By Robert P. Poindexter Sunday mornings around our house are usually spent lounging about with full cups of coffee, quietly checking emails and trying to decide how to spend the day without interfering with the football game. (I’m out of commission and worthless for at least three hours every Sunday during football season, barring overtime.) […]
Your Job Search: A Love Story
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Four years ago this week, on December 8, 2006, after responding to a simple, virtual Match.com ‘wink’ from Rob (aka, mustangrodevot78@talkmatch.com), a life-changing relationship commenced. Amidst thousands of Match.com profiles, Rob selected my dating resume and lightly and proactively reached out to me. According to DatingSitesReviews, in the past year 17% of people […]
Is Your Resume a “Marketing Animal?”
By Robert P. Poindexter It was around 5 o’clock in the morning, cold and blustery, the way you would expect it to be in Southwestern Pennsylvania the day after Thanksgiving. Snow drifts that had started gathering several weeks ago were now 4 to 5 feet deep, and the prevailing temperatures would guarantee their survival for some time to come. […]
Overcoming Sheepish Resume Tactics
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Consumed by the dull roar of the same-old same-old resume advice, I was inspired to write my latest TalentCulture post on the value of a strategically written marketing message versus building a tactical resume. To read why NOT being a resume writing sheep will catapult your career search to new heights, please […]
Employers Don’t “Care”
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter In collaboration with my colleague and Career Collective co-coordinator, Miriam Salpeter, and a group of prolific careers bloggers and friends, I introduce my December blog post contribution. This month’s collective topic involves Human Resources / Job Search Misconceptions. Hat tip to Dawn Bugni for the idea. Please visit my colleagues’ posts on the same topic, […]
Clearing the Junk in Your Career Trunk
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Are you a careerist who is sailing along, when one day, you realize there is a weight wrought by disorganization, clutter and the junk in your career trunk? These disruptions can be disruptive and distracting to both your current, and your future, career objectives. Click HERE to read the full story over […]
Does Your Resume Need Attention?
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter If you are relying upon fast-food communications for your job search, you may be doing yourself a disservice. Hiring decision makers are not solely depending upon social media tweets and blogs for recruitment reconnaissance; in fact, some are espousing their hunger for meatier career stories. To learn more, read my post over […]
Palm Trees or Mesquite Trees – Change Is Inevitable
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Dictionary.com defines “change” as follows: “to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone: to change one’s name; to change one’s opinion; to change the course of history.” There is something both romantic and disconcerting about the idea of change. Ultimately, changing the “future course” of something is empowering. Personally, I have encountered, battled, spearheaded, embraced, endured and celebrated change in the course of my life. […]
The Aristotle Approach to Your Job Search
By Robert Poindexter From the teachings of Greek Philosopher Aristotle came the three methods of persuasion we all rely upon. Around 300 B.C., while teaching at the Lyceum, he introduced them to us. They are as follows: Ethos (Credibility). Sometimes we believe something just because we trust the person telling us. In the world of job […]
Job Search Angst: Like Clouds Mounting Before a Storm
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Job search is scary, and for some, anxiety builds and builds, like clouds gathering before a storm. Since creating your resume is the first pragmatic step in launching your job hunt, the mounting pressure of uncertainty often results in a fury of resume writing activity punctuated by thunderous cracks of career revelation […]
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