Posted by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter, Master Resume Writer on Jul 23rd, 2010

What Chuck Norris and Resu...

“When Chuck Norris enters a room, he doesn’t turn the lights on, he turns the dark off.” There are literally hundreds of these Chuck Norris-isms floating around the internet. Another one of my favorites, “Chuck Norris runs Vista Windows on his Etch-a-Sketch.” And, of course, we all...

Posted by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter, Master Resume Writer on Jul 20th, 2010

Career Strategies: Being B...

Resume and social media issues abound: grabbing at cliches (e.g., “I’m a people person”), mirroring your colleagues’  content, shying away from touches of color, graphics, charts or graphs, avoiding the personal exposure you fear will occur if you sign up for social media accounts...

Posted by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter, Master Resume Writer on Jul 16th, 2010

Facing the Fear in Your Ca...

Intro by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter In what I envision at least a 2-part series on “Facing the Fear in Your Career Search,” my husband, Rob, starts us off with a riveting story on how our journey into a storm created one of our most memorable experiences this summer (perhaps ever). Likewise, in...

Posted by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter, Master Resume Writer on Jul 10th, 2010

For the Want of a Resume, ...

You may have heard this little ditty as a child, or perhaps some wise college professor referred to it at some time during your blurry-eyed, groggy-headed freshman year. It goes like this: For the want of a nail, a shoe was lost. For the want of a shoe, the horse was lost. For the want of a horse, the...

Posted by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter, Master Resume Writer on Jul 8th, 2010

Positivity: Fundamental to...

By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Frequently, clients reach out to me when the ache of job search has piqued, and they need professional help to stem the pain. After the initial conversational salve has been applied, the pragmatic, passionate and focused ‘work’ begins to steer a more direct route and...

Posted by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter, Master Resume Writer on Jul 7th, 2010

Wanderlust: Discover Your ...

By Rob Poindexter by rse75/Flickr Wanderlust, a loan word from German that came to English sometime between 1875 and 1902, depending on whom you ask. In German, the term has become somewhat obsolete. A more contemporary equivalent for the English wanderlust in the sense of “love of travel” would ...

Posted by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter, Master Resume Writer on Jul 2nd, 2010

Communicating More in Your...

Are you communicating your career nuances like an arousing wine advertisement that  sells distinctions in flavor that only THIS $40 bottle of Pinot Noir can deliver? Communicating nuance is my favorite ‘secret weapon’ for devising a differentiating resume story. Unfortunately, most resumes...

Posted by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter, Master Resume Writer on Jun 29th, 2010

3 Tips to Shore Up for a C...

By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Ankle-deep in water, we waded across the ramp to our dock. The next day, after a satiating weekend of sailing, we returned to the ramp for departure, and alas, the water had risen to our knees. Granted, we had slept the prior night ‘on the water,’ and then sailed...

Posted by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter, Master Resume Writer on Jun 24th, 2010

A Four Leaf Clover Resume...

By Rob Poindexter As one of the sons of a West Texas preacher, we were indeed the proverbial “poor church mice.”  Oh, don’t get me wrong, we rarely ever went hungry, and the clothes my older brother passed down to me would usually still be in pretty good shape by the time my younger...

Posted by Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter, Master Resume Writer on Jun 22nd, 2010

Windy Days and Resumes...

By Rob Poindexter, Captain, Sea’s the Day Spring has been wrought with one storm after another. Rarely, can you look west here lately without an Armageddon like sky building into yet another rain soaked day. And it seems as though the moment one storm passes through, the next one starts to build up. As...