Has your anxious mind ever started racing with the stresses and heartaches of life, work and career?
Or, have you been elevated by a sudden upturn in hope and opportunity that is quickly accompanied by the plummeting emotions of uncertainty and fear? Perhaps, you were soothed by the certainty of aspirations paired with the paralysis of what’s next?
Or a little bit–or a lot–of all the above?
I am familiar, and personally experienced with these tumultuous feelings, thoughts and fears that can send your mind tumbling.
How to Slow Down Your Anxious Mind With a Calming Executive Resume Process
I also know the genuine joy of new shoots of growth and bright flowers of hope that can sweep us off our feet, seemingly out of nowhere. And, while my faith tells me that many of my finest moments are due to God, my mind also tells me it is faith combined with the feet and hands of doing that underpins the ultimate outcomes.
It’s the minutes, hours, days, months, and even years of consistent work and focus that propel us forward, step by step.
This is why when a prospective or returning client comes to me with their expressions of angst and consternation exuding through emotional pores, I aspire to listen and focus in on what they are saying, and not saying. They often are facing impending job loss or the disruption of their current work situation that is causing them to reflect and consider a big move, and my role is to get them to think first, and then begin the complex, but needed process of focusing.
It is during our call or Zoom engagement that we discuss not only their next-step goals but also their concerns, their past blockages, the career and life detours and the going-forward obstacles.
Slow Down Your Mind Through a Triumphant Storytelling Journey
And then, we engage in actionable process steps of deep breaths and doing that begins and ends with empowering steps.
Once we determine the next-phase plans, we begin a journey that is both clarifying and calming; and, it also sets them on a storied path that is more targeted and exhilarating. It’s not just about spilling out a lame career overview and summary of achievements, but it’s also the weaving of a plot line that thickens and climaxes as we move in and out of different chapters.
As one client recently described, it’s about building the right amount of tension and the right amount of triumph that makes the reader sit on the edge of their seat. It’s not a boring resume, it’s about character development.
It’s also about completing a career debriefing in order to examine, synthesize and deliver concision amid the details. For, without initially pouring ourselves into the details, we cannot begin to extract the content weeds that root themselves into our story, untended and distracting.
Easing Your Struggle to Articulate a Concise Resume Message
Another client expressed it so well: “I have been lucky enough to do so many interesting things and learned so much in the process, that after writing it all down, I can see why I have struggled articulating it in a concise message. So glad we are working together on this, as I certainly need the help!”
It is navigating all the colorful executive resume stories and examining those which should be highlighted in future interview conversations, and those which should be tossed by the wayside. It is about culminating in a thoughtfully crafted strategic story that sells your differentiating value, from cultural attributes to leadership nuances to revenue and profit-empowering outcomes, and much more.
Leveraging this process will enable you to not only own, but also powerfully share YOUR unique story.
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Dip your toes in the water of the calming executive resume process with my low-cost and recently enhanced Exec Resume Starter Kit. Email me for more information at jacqui@careertrend.net.
I am one of only 50 certified master resume writers and have crafted more than 1,500 career stories that put ‘your value into words.’ My bachelor’s in writing/journalism allows me to apply a journalist’s eye to your career.
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