Brand-Led Resume Writing & Personal Branding in New Jersey

When your experience is stronger than your current positioning,
a resume update alone is rarely enough.

I work one-on-one with experienced professionals, leaders, executives, and career changers who are ready to make a thoughtful next move.

Some clients come to me knowing exactly where they want to go and need stronger resume and LinkedIn materials. Others need to define the direction, strengthen their positioning, or have an experienced advisor alongside them throughout the transition.

My work combines strategic career positioning, done-for-you resume and LinkedIn branding, and private career coaching so the story you tell reflects both what you have accomplished and where you are ready to go next.

Best fit for:
  • Directors, VPs, executives, and experienced professionals pursuing their next level
  • Professionals whose careers have become broad, complex, or difficult to position
  • Career changers, returners, and professionals exploring a meaningful pivot
  • Clients who want strategic guidance and stronger positioning, not generic career advice or a resume rewrite

I’m Rebecca Henninger, a career strategist, executive resume writer, and personal branding expert based in New Jersey. For more than 15 years, I’ve worked directly with professionals navigating promotions, pivots, leadership transitions, and complex career decisions.

My role is not simply to improve the way your experience reads. It is to understand where you are going, identify the value that should lead your story, and create the positioning, materials, and strategy to support the move.

More Than a Resume.
A Personal Brand Grounded in Market-Aligned Positioning. 

I'm the Job Girl

  • Your resume reflects your scope and leadership
  • Your story is clear and consistent
  • You’re positioned for roles that match where you’re headed

After we Work Together:

  • Your experience reads broader than it should
  • Your value is hard to summarize
  • Your resume undersells your level or impact

Before we Work Together:

I partner with high-achieving professionals across New Jersey and nationwide to help them get clear on their strengths, elevate their message, and position themselves for meaningful career growth.

Whether you’re preparing for a promotion, pursuing leadership roles, exploring a pivot, or returning to work, you’ll walk away with clarity, confidence, and a strategy that supports your next step.

What Happens When You Lead with a Brand, and Not Just a Resume 

Every Engagement Starts 
With Positioning

Using my CLEAR™ Framework, I develop a personalized CLEAR™ Positioning Map that defines your target direction, the language that best communicates your value, the evidence that supports the move, where your experience aligns with the market, and what you need to become known for.

I do not begin by editing your existing resume line by line. Before anything is written, I need to understand where you are going, what the market needs to see, and which parts of your experience make the strongest case for that move.

The depth of that work varies by engagement. Resume Branding begins with enough strategy to build the right story. A Positioning Portfolio goes further, defining the broader professional brand and language you can carry into LinkedIn, networking, interviews, and career conversations.

Choose the Right Level of Support

Every portfolio begins with strategic positioning and a personalized CLEAR™ Positioning Map, then builds the career materials and level of advisory support that fit your search.

Career Branding & Positioning Portfolios

Positioning. Visibility. Executive Presence.

Included in Every Portfolio

90-minute positioning deep dive  
Personalized CLEAR™ Positioning Map  
Custom resume  
LinkedIn positioning  
One revision round  
Personalized implementation guidance

Upgrade to Premium
$595

Add a focused visibility and search activation layer to any portfolio.

Includes:
Resume distribution to relevant recruiters
Personalized 30-day LinkedIn visibility plan
Customized recruiter outreach messaging
Customized networking outreach messaging
2 additional hours of flexible coaching for search strategy, networking, recruiter conversations, interview preparation, or active opportunities

VISIBILITY + RECRUITER REACH + SEARCH ACTIVATION

Core Portfolio
Position Your Next Move

$1,295

For professionals who know where they want to go and need stronger positioning and career materials to compete effectively.

Includes:

- CLEAR™ Positioning Map
- Custom resume
- Complete LinkedIn profile
 optimization
- Cover letter
- 30 days of private Slack or email access
- 1 hour of coaching

POSITIONING 

RESERVE
Signature Portfolio
Position Yourself & Build Visibility

$1,795

For directors and senior-level professionals who want a more comprehensive brand presence plus hands-on guidance as they take their search to market.

Includes
:
- CLEAR™ Positioning Map
- Custom resume
- Complete LinkedIn profile
 optimization
- Cover letter
- Expanded brand messaging + keyword strategy
- 90 days of private Slack or email access
- 3 hours of flexible coaching
- Priority turnaround

POSITIONING + VISIBILITY


Executive Concierge Portfolio
Build Your Executive Brand

$2,495

For senior leaders pursuing VP, executive, enterprise leadership, or other highly competitive opportunities.

Includes everything in Signature, plus:

- Executive bio
- Board-ready leadership one-pager
- 3 hours of flexible executive coaching and advisory, which can be used for positioning for specific senior-- level opportunities, interview strategy and preparation, career and search strategy, offer evaluation and negotiation preparation
- 90 days of priority advisory support via Slack or email

EXECUTIVE BRAND + SENIOR SEARCH STRATEGY + PRIORITY ADVISORY

RESERVE

Next Chapter Advisory

From $3,495 - $4,995

For professionals who want both the brand built and an ongoing strategic partner through the transition, from inception through offer..

We begin by defining your direction, positioning, and professional brand. From there, I stay involved as you take that story into the market, pursue opportunities, build relationships, interview, evaluate options, and adjust the strategy as the search evolves.

Your engagement includes:

  • Full positioning and brand development
  • Resume and LinkedIn development
  • CLEAR™ Positioning Map: Personalized positioning strategy defining target direction, leadership value, supporting evidence, market alignment, and reputation strategy.
  • Career-direction and target-role strategy
  • Private coaching throughout the engagement
  • Ongoing asynchronous access
  • Networking and search strategy
  • Interview preparation and positioning
  • Opportunity and offer evaluation
  • Messaging refinement as the transition evolves

This is right for you when:

You do not simply want the materials built. You want ongoing strategic guidance through the transition itself.

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As Seen In:

15+ years of experience | 3,000+ clients supported | Expertise in pharma, life sciences, finance, operations, & leadership roles | Direct, collaborative process — no outsourcing or templates | Story-driven resumes grounded in clarity and positioning

What Makes The Job Girl Different?

A Resume Writing & Personal Branding Process Designed for High Performers

My work combines expert writing, strategy, and clarity to ensure your experience is positioned accurately for where you’re headed next. Using my CLEAR™ framework, I help translate your leadership story into language that reflects your scope, strengths, and direction.

I come from a marketing and brand strategy background, not a template-driven resume mill. That means:

No worksheets or generic intake forms 
No outsourced writing or assembly-line resumes  
No fluffy language or buzzwords that sound impressive but say nothing

Instead, we work collaboratively through a structured, interview-based process that clarifies your role, impact, and positioning before anything is written. I'll help you uncover and articulate:

  • Your real scope and impact 
  • The through-line across roles, pivots, or industries 
  • Messaging aligned with the roles you’re targeting—not the ones you’re leaving

The result is of our work is a resume and personal brand that clearly reflects your scope, credibility, and direction — and supports confident conversations with decision-makers.

Client Success Stories in Numbers

TRUSTED BY DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVES AND ACCOMPLISHED PROFESSIONALS NATIONWIDE.

Years CAREER STRATEGY EXPERIENCE

15+

Extensive experience in career positioning, personal branding, executive resumes and leadership transitions.

DIRECT ACCESS TO REBECCA

1:1

Every engagement is led personally by Rebecca. Clients receive individualized strategy, candid feedback and accountability throughout the process.

Nationwide

Rebecca works with clients across the United States while maintaining strong roots in Montville, New Jersey.

Based in New Jersey

5-Star Reviews

70+

Client feedback reflects Rebecca’s strategic guidance, personal attention and commitment to high-quality work.

 Clients served

3,000+

Trusted by executives, mid-career professionals, and career changers across industries.

You don’t just need a resume. You need a clear framework and a proven job landing system.
My CLEAR™ framework blends messaging, strategy, and behavior-based change to help you communicate your value with confidence. It’s how I guide high-achieving professionals through pivots, promotions, industry changes, and midlife reinvention—so you land roles that align with your strengths, goals, and next chapter.

How the CLEAR™ Framework Helps You Land Roles with Confidence

Build consistency across your materials, relationships, online presence, and professional conversations so others understand what you can be counted on to deliver.

Reputation

Connect your experience and positioning with the expectations, opportunities, and realities of your target market.

Alignment

Identify the experiences, accomplishments, business outcomes, and leadership examples that prove your fit for the roles you are pursuing.

Evidence

Develop the words, themes, and stories that communicate your value clearly across your resume, LinkedIn profile, networking, interviews, and career conversations.

Language

Define your strengths, priorities, target direction, and the professional identity you want to build next.

Clarity

Trusted by 3,000+ high-achieving professionals — here’s what they’re saying.

Industries I Serve

I work with high-achieving professionals across New Jersey and nationwide in roles that require clarity, strategic storytelling, and modern personal branding. My clients come from industries where strong communication, leadership value, and cross-functional impact matter.

Industries include:
  • Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences (commercial, medical, R&D, operations, HEOR, market access)
  • Healthcare & Biotech
  • Financial Services & Insurance
  • Technology & SaaS
  • Consumer Goods & Retail
  • Manufacturing & Supply Chain
  • Education & Nonprofit Leadership

I’m a New Jersey-based resume writer in Montville, serving professionals across Morristown, Parsippany, Summit, Princeton, and Northern NJ who want a modern, strategic resume that opens doors. Want to see the transformation? View my professional resume samples
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I do not begin by editing the document you already have. I begin by identifying the positioning the market needs to understand.

This is especially important for leadership and executive-level roles, where your materials must communicate scope, influence, business judgment, and measurable impact. The goal is not simply to describe your career more professionally. It is to establish why you are the right candidate for the opportunity ahead.

What is included in your personal branding process?

Choose based on the outcome you need:

Personal branding and positioning when you need to define what makes you distinct and how to communicate it.
Brand deliverables when you need that positioning carried through your resume, LinkedIn profile, and leadership materials.
Career coaching or advisory when you need continued guidance across decisions, outreach, interviews, and your broader search.
A Power Hour when you need focused guidance on one immediate career challenge.

If you are unsure, book a 15-minute conversation to discuss your goals and identify the right level of support.

How do I know which service is right for me?

Yes. Coaching can include networking strategy, LinkedIn visibility, interview preparation, opportunity evaluation, career decisions, and adjustments based on market response.

For clients navigating a longer or more complex transition, ongoing advisory allows the strategy and materials to evolve together.

Do you provide career coaching after my brand materials are completed?

Every branding engagement begins with a focused interview and a personalized CLEAR™ Positioning Map built around Clarity, Language, Evidence, Alignment, and Reputation.

The process defines:

What you want to be known for
Your signature strengths and differentiators
The business problems you are best positioned to solve
The evidence supporting your leadership narrative
Your personal brand statement and unique value proposition
The language to use across LinkedIn, networking, interviews, and career conversations

This foundation guides the development of your resume and other brand deliverables.

How is your approach different from traditional resume writing?

You do not need to arrive with a perfectly defined title. Career coaching can help you evaluate your experience, priorities, strengths, market opportunities, and possible directions before finalizing your positioning.

If you already know the general level or type of work you want, the branding process can sharpen that direction and establish the language needed to pursue it.

What if I am not sure which role I want next?

Yes. Many clients come to me when preparing for Director/VP-level and senior leadership opportunities within their current organization.

Can you help with internal promotions?

Yes, when the directions share a credible foundation.

We will identify the central story connecting your experience, where the messaging should remain consistent, and where it should be adapted. The goal is to create enough range for multiple opportunities without making your brand feel fragmented.

Can you position me for more than one career direction?

Yes. I also work with professionals across finance, technology, consumer products, manufacturing, supply chain, education, nonprofit organizations, and other corporate environments.

The common thread is a complex career that requires sharper positioning, a stronger personal brand, and a clear narrative for what comes next.

Do you work with professionals outside pharma & life sciences?

Yes. I have deep experience positioning leaders across commercial, medical affairs, market access, HEOR, clinical development, regulatory, quality, R&D, technology, manufacturing, and operations.

I understand the matrixed structures, technical language, cross-functional leadership, and complex scope that can be difficult to communicate in an executive resume or LinkedIn profile.

Do you specialize in pharma and life sciences?

No. My work begins with positioning: defining the right target role, clarifying leadership scope and building a personal brand and career materials that reflect how hiring and advancement work in life sciences.Before writing, I identify your leadership brand, signature strengths, career evidence, target audience, and unique value proposition.

Your resume becomes one of several brand deliverables, alongside your CLEAR™ Positioning Map and LinkedIn profile.


Can I hire you only to write my resume?

All three, because senior-level career moves rarely require only one of those services.

My work begins with strategic positioning: defining what makes you distinctly valuable, where that value fits in the market, and what you want to be known for next. That positioning then shapes your personal brand, resume, LinkedIn profile, networking language, and career strategy.

Are you a career coach, personal branding strategist, or executive resume writer?

No. Many clients come to me because they are ready to be considered for their first executive-level role.

If your experience has grown but your positioning still reflects an earlier stage of your career, we will define the leadership value, business impact, and executive presence needed to support your next move.

Do I need to be an executive to work with you?

I work with ambitious professionals, from emerging leaders and career changers to Directors, VPs, C-suite executives, and board candidates. With more than a decade of experience supporting senior leaders, I specialize in positioning clients for greater visibility, expanded scope, and next-level opportunities across pharma, life sciences, healthcare, finance, and complex corporate environments.

Who do you work with?

FAQ: Resume Writing & Career Coaching with The Job Girl®

Resume Writing Services in New Jersey — And Nationwide

Based in Northern New Jersey, I support clients across Montville, Morristown, Summit, Parsippany, Princeton, and the surrounding area — as well as professionals nationwide. Your resume is tailored for both New Jersey-based employers and national opportunities.

Proudly supporting job seekers across Morris, Essex, Somerset, Bergen, and Union counties, including Morristown, Summit, Montville, Parsippany, Chatham, Madison, Livingston, Short Hills, Ridgewood, and Princeton.

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