Terms to Never Use on Your Resume
You may think they help but career adviser says they actually hurt your chances of getting a job. You would think being a self-motivated worker would be a benefit, right? And who wouldn’t want a team player in their company? Of course these are positive traits — until you write them on your resume! There are five popular catch-phrases that should never make it into your resume. Watch out – yours is probably littered with them. Call them resume-busters.
But on “The Early Show on Saturday Morning,” career adviser Liz Ryan, CEO of AskLizRyan.com, spotlighted the things you shouldn’t call yourself on a resume – at least, not without backing up the description with concrete examples. In fact, she says those examples could speak for themselves, without your actually using the terms you should avoid. The idea, Ryan says, is to stand out – and using terms everyone else does hardly accomplishes that. This is all-the-more important in this still-tight jobs market.
To read the entire article and learn how to make sure your resume is on track click on the link below. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/24/earlyshow/saturday/main6428195.shtml
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