Your Resume Must Do More Than Catch a Recruiter’s Eye By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter While I recognize the role of recruiters, my position in the front line strategizing and writing effective resumes is grounded in 15 years’ experience. Candidates can be both creative and marketing-focused in their presentation and still attract the attention of the...

The 6-second resume scan is hogwash By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Hat tip to Dawn Lennon and Dawn Bugni for unwittingly spurring me (via our chat over at Google Plus) to write this post discussing a recent survey on resumes. I admit to being highly concerned about TheLadders’ survey and the sweeping comments encouraging...

How to Demonstrate Company Cultural Fit In Your Resume image via Flicker: SayJas By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Understandably so, metrics often are a focal point when building a strong and interview-grabbing resume story. While measurable impact is critical in creating a compelling career chronology, equally important is articulating your cultural fit with your...

Weighing in: 3 Job Search Fitness Tips By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Following our New Year’s resolution to get fit, my husband, Rob, and I have lost a combined total of nearly 40 lbs. During my last weigh-in, the scale’s little pound-marker quivered between a 19 and 20 lb. net loss. With 15 lbs. yet to lose, and after having...

What to Say on Your Resume to Get a Leg-Up By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Are you telling prospective employers what you think they want to hear? Or, are you giving them the facts? As human beings, and especially human beings trying to land a job, we all tend to err on the side of saying what we believe will give us the best chance for success. (Watch...

Smoothing Your Military-to-Civilian Career Transition By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Are you a soon-to-be transitioning or currently ‘in-transition’ member of the United States Armed Forces? As you equip yourself to shift your military talent into a civilian career role, do you feel unclear how to best translate your experience? While there is no...

Powerless in Job Search? Fuel Up!   By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter I am delighted to present my first blog post via U.S. News & World Report, in collaboration with Glassdoor.com. Career transition requires clear and constant career articulation initiatives that push many of us out of our comfort zones, which can be exhausting. In...

Recently Fired? Surround Yourself With Pushy Encouragers! image: SmilynStef (flickr) By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Recently downsized, separated or fired executives often at the precipice of retirement or at a phase in their executive career ladder where they are feeling old and worn down often struggle with building a career portfolio. They are so...

Careerist: Are You a Confident Salesperson? image via Bahman Farzad - Flickr By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Careerist, are you fearful that in the current market you must sacrifice financial rewards (salary) to land a job? I think in many cases this fear that you are competing with lower salary competitors and thus must lower your salary bar can be...

Disrupting Your Resume By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter “I feel like the resume is a good book I want to read again. It looked great the first time, but I know I’ll get more out of it when I read through it several more times.” The above quote was the BEST gift I could have received during any given business day –...