Abby Locke

Abby M. Locke is an executive career marketing and career management strategist who has been quoted and featured in the Essence Magazine, the Washington Post, Washington Post Express, Wall Street Journal, CEO Update, Monster.com, and the Society for Human Resource Management.

Currently the founder and executive career consultant of Premier Writing Solutions, LLC in Washington DC, Abby works exclusively with senior level and C-level executive candidates and supports them with their career transition, career management, and career acceleration needs.

Fueled by a deep passion for helping others reach their highest potential, she engages clients through very structured, thought-provoking strategy and coaching sessions that help them uncover their personal brand and true career passions.

A seasoned résumé writer and personal brand strategist, Abby use excerpts and insightful nuggets of information—drawn from these sessions—as the underlying foundation for creating executive career communications.

The results are highly-customized, branded résumés and career marketing documents that validate her clients’ market value, differentiate them from their colleagues, and position them for long-term career growth. Clients have cited that these sessions have rewarded them with a renewed definition of personal success, a higher level of confidence, and an “eye-opening” view of their value to employers.

Abby has done extensive job search coaching and career consulting work with Lee Hecht Harrison and Georgetown University MBA Career Management Office where she assisted incoming and graduating MBA students with career transition career enhancement services.

In addition, she was awarded a private contract with a national non-profit to support their displaced senior executives with resume development, job search assistance, and career coaching services.

As a published author, she has distinctive executive résumé samples in national career publications including Sales and Marketing Resumes For $100,000 Careers, Top Notch Executive Résumés, Nail the Résumé! Great Tips for Creating Dynamite Résumés, Same-Day Résumé, Quick Resume and Cover Letter Book, 30-Minute Resume Makeover, Happy About My Resume and Directory of Professional Resume Writers.

She serves as a Résumé Consultant for Women-for-Hire career fairs and is a regular contributor to The Ladders, DCjobs,com, Localcareers.com and ExecutiveAgent.com.

Abby holds several, leading career industry certifications including Career Management Coach, Master Resume Writer, Nationally Certified Resume Writer, Personal Brand Strategist. 360 Reach Brand Assessment Coach, Certificate in Executive Coaching, and is a candidate for the Job Search Strategist certification.

In addition, she holds a bachelor's degree in business management from Clark University and MBA degree from Boston University