I just read an article on the L.A. Times website that reminded me about one of things that relaxed me when leaving the employment of a corporation with thousands of employees. They published a list of overused words on LinkedIn, and chances are there might be a few on your resume. If so, you might want to get to work on it, especially given current unemployment rates.
Here are the specific ones they mentioned:
- Motivated
- Team Player
- Problem Solver
- Innovative
- Results Oriented
- Proven Track Record
- Fast-Paced
- Entrepreneurial
And a few others you might want to avoid:
- Responsible for
- Assisted in
- Served as
- Successfully (as if you would write about something you failed at)
- Developed
- Summary
- Promoted
And while we're on the subject, here are few phrases that used to get sloshed around my office way too much:
- Value added (next time we'll subtract it)
- At the end of the day
- Anything “granular”
- Out of pocket
- Let's “Circle The Wagons” (huh???)
- Move up the value chain
- Think outside the box
- Throwing someone under the bus (phrase and in actuality)
- Herding Cats (No, this is herding cats: http://bit.ly/40hz)
- Quintessential anything
- Can I get some color on that? (no you can't. now go away)
- Let's touch base
- That being said
- Let's regroup
- Performance-based
- Going forward
- Client centered
Please comment below with any more….we are very list-friendly here….it is, after all a Friday:
