:: 3 Things NOT to Do on Your #Executive #Resume ::

*Next 4 Years* And now we reap what chaos sowed, The last four years, the storms we rode, The waves that swept our hope away, Depravity and lies exposed, But now we stand empowered and, With renewed hope, we think we can, Surmount the bitterness at hand, Remove ourselves from sinking sand, As most of us do share this wish, To come together, no remiss, To strengthen ties and build anew, And find a path to solitude, Empowered by the work rewards, And revenue that they did hoard, Employ our hands and attitude, And reap rewards with gratitude. #JBPMicropoetry ©️JBPMicropoetry

You know the adage, "The more things change, the more they stay the same?" I'm finding this axiom to be truer than ever as the return to concision in storytelling rises to the forefront of #executive #storytelling. With the undulations of the economy, technology, AI and more, executive career stories are returning to their foundational roots :: Words. They are stories unclouded by too much design, undistracted by pontification, but woven with the right amount of context and genuine spin that tells a story of Rising Action, Climax and Falling Action. But as importantly, what REALLY matters is using the right words, fitted, like a glove to the INDIVIDUAL #JobSeeker for whom the story is written (versus echoing every other story). 🎙️ 🎙️ 🎙️ I was further reminded of this axiom when my friend, @MarkADyson replayed a 10-year-old podcast in which he and I deeply discussed the Storytelling aspects of a #professional #resume. He has titled the evergreen episode: "Simplified Evergreen Resume Tips For Any Year That Wins" === If you are interested in our deep-dive exchange, I've included the link here:

>> DO YOU WANT TO BE THE TRENDSETTER OR THE ECHO? << 📷 In your Exec Career Story, you can follow the hand wringers + inspirers of fear and be ultra concise so that 'just the bottom line facts' are presented. 📷 This will ensure you fit into the mold that every other exec is following, so that you follow the mantra, that 'no one will read more than XX pages or they will be turned off by XX design.' 📷 Or, you can be bold, and set your story apart by telling a ROBUST STORY. 📷 Over the years, I've witnessed both :: those have chosen to be the trendsetters and those echoing the trends and diminishing their value. 📷 Which will you be? -- 📷 The strategy I use provides contextual detail to elicit a more rooted and value-driven opinion vs just delivering cursory headlines + metrics. 📷 And, this contextual storytelling works - even with occasional pushback re: the more assertive layout and content strategy. 📷 People "don't always know what they don't know," as they say, and I've even had TECH + OTHER recruiters tell clients that 'because the story was a bit over the top AND it SOLD their VALUE, they HAD to contact/interview the clients,' who ultimately got the jobs represented by those recruiters.

Wow, @MarkADyson:: thank you for this republish of our epic conversation! I will be listening 🎧 again this week.

.@elonmusk + @VivekGRamaswamy :: More specifically, why I am interested in a role with the DOGE: I would be quite interested in leading a team to help people that are going to be let go transition to new jobs!

Dear @elonmusk + @VivekGRamaswamy :: As the DOGE powers ahead on initiatives to cut waste, I would love to provide my writing/career strategy to any laid-off government employees that may result from the cost- and waste-cutting efforts. I have been eager to find a way to meld my decades of master-level career writing and interviewing skills and experience with a values-centered, conservative-leaning organization, and when I saw the DOGE's tweet, I was compelled to reach out. As such, I have DM'd my bulleted overview of 'why I am interested in DOGE.' I would love the opportunity to support your economy-liberating initiatives! 🇺🇸

How I Chose My 2025 Word of the Year: Balancing the Nuance of Complexity With the Liberation of Simplicity" // This post explores how my Word of the Year aspires to close gaps and inconsistencies in my work + lifestyle changes that were set into motion last year on the heels of a personal/professional sea change, as well as how other day-to-day ways of behaving/thinking/doing can be improved by using this word as a North Star. What's YOUR Word for 2025? Please share in the comments!

@SWcareer The particular way you shared my poem makes my heart happy. Thank you, @SWcareer. I hope you are enjoying a peaceful holiday season!

Persist! I am embracing this word for 2025 and hope to help many of my clients do the same as they navigate career, work, life challenges! To read my poetic take on, 'The Victory of Persistence,' simply subscribe to my monthly poetry newsletter - no strings; just a single poem with a few hand-picked, illustrative photos emailed to your in-box. 🙂 SUBSCRIBE HERE:

Thank you so much, @jacobshare, for coordinating this annual initiative in which I am grateful to be included! 😍

🎄*CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEA :: POEMS of HOPE* 🎄 There's still time to order my book, "Poems of Hope: Inspiring Verse for Confidence + Joy" and receive it before Christmas. I've had several customers tell me they bought multiples for gifts for family + friends! 🎁 Easy to order via Amazon: 🎁 Order also via the publisher, Booklocker: Here's a sample of what you'll find inside: ~~~ "I am Strong Enough to Know" A woman's heart I want to sow, With all the toughness and the grit, but nonetheless I ne'er forget, That softness and the tenderness, That makes a woman's soul address, Her inner needs and those she knows, Her friends and colleagues, even foes, In this world, where women sit, Upon their mountain and remit, Their news of fabricated bliss, When claiming they are goddesses, I elevate myself and senses, Preferring instead sacred fences, Sitting separately from mire, Not running headfirst into fire, For our great men whose shoulders strong, Are where we go and do belong, For shelter, goals we share alike, And paired together we can fight, A world gone crazy and awry, We strengthen forces by and by. ©️JBPMicropoetry #jbpmicropoetry #confidence #joy

I commit to persisting into 2025, to maintain momentum on aspirations toward a more liberating lifestyle. Underpinning this momentum is my 2024 word, ‘liberate,’ which, 9 months into the year, I nearly abandoned because, frankly, “I was not feeling it.” In retrospect, *I* did not choose the word; He did. His timing would thus reveal when it would ‘come alive!’ Ecclesiastes 3:11 (KJV) He hath made everything beautiful in His time; also, He hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Read more, here -->

@SWcareer Thank you so much for your specific and kind words, Dorlee! ❣️

From a client this week: "I am feeling energized, optimistic, and confident as a result of the story you are telling and our conversation yesterday." #executive #careerstory #confidence

Yes! Great quote, @SWcareer!

Liberating Into a New Lifestyle With My Husband, Capt. Robert, and Our Scottish Terrier, Walter 🇺🇸

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