This webinar is supported by the British Journal of Nutrition. The focus of this webinar is the all important job interview. CVs will not get you a job – interviews do. Based on research from Nutrition Talent, and Mark Hollingsworth’s extensive personal experience from interviewing hundreds of candidates (many of them nutritionists), this webinar will guide you through the steps you need to take, from the preparation you should make before the interview, through the important entering the interview room and first impressions, to the flow and format of a typical job interview. The webinar concludes with highlighting the most important question you will always be asked in a job interview, and then how to follow up after the interview.
What will I learn?
- Learn about the steps you need to take to prepare for an interview
- Gain tips on creating first impressions
- Understand interview formats and what you should do post interview
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 1 Lesson
- Lifetime
- Job interviews – a personal perspective1
Instructor
Mark Hollingsworth is the CEO of The Nutrition Society, a scientific learned society, based in London, United Kingdom, a position he has held since July 2014. A graduate of the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, Hollingsworth began his career by serving for 16 years in a variety of roles as a military officer in the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force, serving in Belize, Germany, Canada and the UK. Upon leaving the Royal Air Force Hollingsworth then developed extensive leadership experience in the non-profit sector, serving as a Director, Vice-President, Executive Director and Board Chair in Canada. This was followed by a two-year period as a visiting lecturer on Leadership at the University of Winnipeg in Canada, during which time he published two books on the basic skills of leadership. He returned to the United Kingdom in 2014 to take up his role as CEO of The Nutrition Society. Hollingsworth, in his capacity of CEO, also serves on the UK Parliamentary Scientific Advisory Committee, The Royal Society of Biology Strategic Partners Group and the UK Medical CEOs Group. He holds an MBA and is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management. He was awarded CEO of The Year for life sciences in 2018 by CEO Today Magazine, the Global 100 CEO of the Year for Life Sciences in 2019, and has been named in 2021 as one of the Top 20 Most Dynamic CEOs in the United Kingdom by CEO Publications.
