By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter I stumbled across the idea of story “accessibility” on a colleague’s blog this weekend. In her post, “The Earth Is the Original Nonlinear Storyteller,” Katharine Hansen, PhD, a leading proponent for deploying storytelling for career advancement, describes a geology field trip in her Eastern Washington locale. Hansen explained that during this tour […]
Transitioning Your Career From Fortune 500 to a Small Business Market
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter If small firms truly DO offer the largest number of jobs (64% of net new jobs according to the U.S. Small Business Administration), then mapping a career strategy aimed that direction makes good sense. The key word here is ‘strategy,’ and an instrumental tool in your strategy toolkit is a focused, well […]
Are You Everywhere–Yet Nowhere–on Social Media?
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Visibility within the social networking channels is essential in today’s job search. If you are hunkered down, nose to the grindstone and confident that doing your job well will get you your next job, and that social media is not for you, then I suggest you rethink your approach. Hiring decision makers, […]
Job Seeker Clarity (Reality Check)
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Part of my job owning a creative, service-oriented business is managing client expectations. I credit a conference presenter, Andrea Kay, for tipping me off about 10 years ago as to a best (or at least better) practice for setting expectations ‘up front’ with customers. During her speech, she articulated the value of […]
Words Breathe Life
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter In a recent, Glassdoor.com blog post, I spoke to the need to differentiate yourself in job search via a nuance-rich career story that will elicit emotion and interest. Interestingly, a commenter honed in on a particular phrase (i.e., ‘weaving in word ribbons of career wonderment’) and dressed-down my post asserting that a […]
What About the Results of All This Suffering?
By Robert P. Poindexter A few days ago, I began the mind-numbing task of refinishing the woodwork on our sailboat. I do not like anything about this procedure. It requires you to stay bent over most of the time. And, since it is a sailboat, you are usually bending over and twisting to avoid some […]
Think Your Resume Is Too Long? Go Bungee Jumping!
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter While most operators of bungee jumping sites are not typically physics experts, they do rely on tables generated by experts. These tables are used to determine chord diameter and static line length, based on the weight of the jumper and the desired maximum distance of the jump. Most would agree there is no […]
Confident Careerists Embrace Differentiation
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter A recurring trait that bubbles up with job seekers of every ilk is ‘fear.’ The unfamiliarity of the job search game, the discomfort of career transition whether you are gainfully employed but looking or recently were laid off can be suffocating. Unfortunately, for some, this means analysis paralysis and resistance to discomfort. […]
Career Changer: Can You Quell “Bottom-line Ache”?
By Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Career change is not only possible, it is probable if you bear in mind certain rules of thumb and realities and consider your career change process an adventure involving new learnings, personal sacrifices and opportunities for exhilaration. As well, as in ANY change, the most effective and manageable transition involves charting a […]
A Resume YOUR Way
By Robert P. Poindexter I love blueberry muffins, but I don’t like blueberry ice cream. Not that it’s inherently evil or anything; I just don’t happen to be a fan. As a matter of fact, I can’t think of anything I like blueberries in, except for muffins. I really don’t like blueberries by themselves either. […]