Hi there,
It's super inconvenient when you get the chance to apply for an interesting job or a speaking opportunity, only to open your CV to find that you haven't updated it in 4 years. (Ask me how I know...)
Instead of scrambling, let's take a few minutes now to make updates so that the task isn't so onerous later.
Even if you don't have time to fully format each new item, adding a quick list of things that should go on the resume/CV can be enough to jog your memory when the time comes. For example, if you've done a few speaking gigs that never made it to your CV, but you don't have time to get the details for each, just add something like this for now:
Presented at women's herb conference - class on perimenopause, June 2023
Lecture for SW School on prenatal herbal care - August 2024
Later, you can flesh these out with the full details. Jotting them down now makes it easier to finish up later. And, of course, if you have time to do it correctly now, definitely do that 🌿
Warmly,
Camille
💌 July Care Task #1: Update your resume/CV
Open your resume/CV and double-check the following:
Contact Information: Double-check that your name, credentials, email, phone number, and location are current; test all links.
Education: Do you have any new degrees or educational achievements to list?
Certifications & Licensure: Update active credentials (e.g., CNS, RD, RH), include dates earned or renewed, remove any credentials that no longer apply, and add any specialty certifications or recent continuing education.
Professional Experience: For each role, list job title, organization, location, dates, and 2–5 bullets describing your main responsibilities, achievements, and populations served.
Teaching & Presentations: Have you taught any new courses? Any new presentations to add? Note that date, title and hosting organization or event.
Publications & Writing: List any new articles, blog posts, book chapters, newsletters, or other publications with titles, where published, and dates.
Professional Memberships: Add any professional organizations you've recently joined; mention or update leadership roles or committee work if relevant.
Clinical Training / Supervision: Note any new internships or supervised practice (with preceptor names if important), including settings and dates.
Skills: Highlight any new or updated clinical or technical skills such as client assessment, herbal formulation, supplement protocols, public speaking, or EHR use.
Volunteer Work/Community Involvement: Do you have any new volunteer roles related to herbalism/nutrition? List the organizations served and impact.
You did it. Congrats! Leave a comment letting me know how it went to receive some gold stars.
🌟 Extra Resources 🌟
Canva has a free CV maker (and there are tons of other tools online to help you make a professional and aesthetically-pleasing CV)
✔️ Other Reminders
Paid subscribers have access to my monthly planning video. Do this toward the end of each month or the first week of the following month. Takes about 30 minutes.
Paid subscribers have access to my weekly planning video. If you haven’t yet, take about 15 min to reflect on last week and get yourself set up for the week ahead.
Co-working is back for paid subscribers. We meet every Wednesday through early August from 2-3 pm ET. This is the perfect time to work on your weekly business care task, to catch up on client notes, do your bookkeeping, etc. Click through to RSVP and get a calendar invite.
It's not too late to join the Summer 2025 Book Club: We’re reading one (short!) chapter per day of Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts by Oliver Burkeman starting July 1. Join other practitioners for live discussion each Tuesday in July from 7-8 pm ET. Paid subscribers can join book club for free (get your coupon code here). Otherwise, it's $25 to join. Details here.
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