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- Namco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Instead of "Mopped the bathroom floor and scrubbed the toilet", use "Biological colony erradication technician responsible for processing billions+ units nightly."
- Flashman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Aggressive, Ambitious, Competent, Creative, Detail-oriented, Determined, Efficient, Experienced, Flexible, Goal-oriented, Hard-working, Independent, Innovative, Knowledgeable, Logical, Motivated, Meticulous, People person, Professional, Reliable, Resourceful, Self-motivated, Successful, Team player, Well-organized
- dintlu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is a lousy article that can be summed up in one sentence:
Instead of telling your prospective employer what a fantastic employee you are, tell them what fantastic work you have accomplished. - sadsac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Why write a resume anyway? Jobs suck. They all make you work. No thanks.
- bariswheel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2show, don't tell.
amen. - cambrown99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+210 more words/phrases that hurt your resume: poop, incarcerated, restraining order, mall security guard, timberlake, DDR champion, Bush administration, dupe, monkey wrangler, and Best Buy.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And the #1 word that hurts your resume? The misspelled one.
- nadiac, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Quote:
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Instead of... "Demonstrated success in analyzing client needs"
Try... "Created and implemented comprehensive needs assessment mechanism to help forecast demand for services and staffing."
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Lehrer was right. Satire is, indeed, obsolete. - kalanu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Simple fact is regardless of experience, you have to use some buzz-words; the software or hardware used, etc. just to beat the filters. General ones like the examples won't work, but industry and job-specific ones are necessary just to make it to the hiring manager's desktop. No Digg. Not very fond of useless advice. If you're going to say don't do something this way at least point to an article explaining how to do it right, otherwise don't waste my time.
- osuadh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1looks like a complete rip off of a blog post that was on digg a few months ago. cnn.com sucks
- anagoge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1So it is apparantly old, but I still found it interesting enough to bookmark the page for future reference and therefore I digg it.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1People like numbers. Why do you think people get suckered into those late night infomercials? You can make $XXXXXX!!!!. This is really common with military awards, everyone seems to be accountable for millions worth of equipment! Thats how my LT who didn't do ***** in Iraq but use the internet in the office and stuff her face with pastries got a Bronze Star Medal.
- stonebear, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Heh heh. Like most such articles, it is old, deceptive information. If your resume was going to get you past the fine mesh screen, such “tips” might make a difference. The truth is, the person who gets the job these days is the one with an inside connection that gets walked around the screen, it doesn’t really matter what is on their resume.
The key to getting the job these days is to be a social and family manipulator, not a good author. - buryme, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, I tried all of this for my resume and in the interview they asked me about my experience of registering 120+ third-shift emergency patients per night, I had nothing to say...I never worked in a hospital!
- echosierratwo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0good stuff
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nothing new here.
In fact, the examples they use are word-for-word the same examples you will see EVERYWHERE else. At least, in the last decade. - squenix1221, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i think i saw this before on digg...but interesting to see again
+digg - salmonmoose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I wouldn't know, I didn't apply for my current job, they asked me to come work for them :)
- isny, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Obvious words that hurt your resume: acquitted, in self-defense, convicted, imprisoned, cult...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this was definitely on digg a few months back. and it does look like cnn made an exact copy of the original article. i believe this was the article: http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/careerbytes/CBArticle.aspx?articleID=399&cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=c9f10c37df2f494685b8000321c18ad2-191794798-W7-2 which was posted on careerbuilder.com back in october 2005. at least the editor's note on cnn's page sites careerbuilder.com as one of their partners. lazy journalism. no digg.
- bariswheel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"What we got here is a little game of show and tell. You don't wanna
show me nothin'. But you're tellin' me everything. Now I know you know
where they are. So tell me, before I do some damage you won't walk away
from." - Cocotti (Christopher Walken), True Romance. - shit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Child" and "Molester" didn't help out on my last job search.
In short, lie about the past. Try "Adult Molester". - kerpau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Did anyone notice that these are the same tired words that are overused on CareerBuilder.com job postings? Successful job seekers avoid managers who use vague phrases like these in their job postings. (-:
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0*****, you might need to change it to "I molested 29.1 children per hour." They want numbers!
- loveandrockets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I need these vague and insincere words because I do a vague and insincere job. If I put in numbers they will never hire me. I need ***** to survive!
- bobb243, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0it's kind of informative, but all of those "buzz words", which a lot of companies actually like seeing on a resume, are ones that this lady says you shouldn't greatly consider.... zzzz..
- andy2005, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0They missed one:
"procrastinator"
:-) - wilsonics, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Thanks for the tips....just looking for a job now....anyone looking for a soon to be CCNA in the Minneapolis, MN area? drop me a line ;)
- lamprey187, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0synergy
- Deputy_Doodah, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0AMEN!!!!!!!
I've thrown away so many garbage resumes. I want to see real experience. To some degree I don't care if it doesn't match the position I'm filling exactly. I want to see what kinds of things this person can do, and how adaptable and motivated they are.
I want people who write like they speak, and I want them to speak intelligently.
Too many people fill their resumes with buzzwords and ***** simply because they listened to some crackpot's advice. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So, essentially, instead of being vague be specific and use specific real world examples of situations in your career life that apply to your skills directly.
Apparently this is not common sense. Being vague and using empty words strike me as being afraid to show your true self for fear that may break the deal. - phunlee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0digg. but mainly cause I just wrote my resume and submitted it tonite, about 3 hours ago.
I write a bad-ass resume apparently. - robotplague, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I hate all of those words...what I really can't stand are mission statements for design sites or multimedia firms in general, they use 70% of these words. Prove yourself in your work, not a "well written" paragraph your secretary wrote about how amazing you are.
- spacebar14, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1"Instead of "Mopped the bathroom floor and scrubbed the toilet", use "Biological colony erradication technician responsible for processing billions+ units nightly.""
LMAO!!
and u losers who keep saying "omg wtf dupe!! omg omg omg dupe!!! wtf?! WTF OMG DUPE BBQ WTF?!" just stfu .. not every1 reads everything - clevershark, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Looks like my resume is free of content-free catch phrases already.
- Rounin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I think MSN ran this as a repost too. No digg.
- T-Bird, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Man, great link...I was just going to start looking for suggestions on the net. Rounding into my second revision of my resume now :)
- kamsdigg, on 09/12/2008, -0/+0good resume tips. You can find more tips at http://www.bestsampleresume.com
- binarypower, on 10/12/2007, -0/+025 phrases, not words... some are 2 words
- pHr34kY, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This article has been kicking around the net for several months now. The original doesn't have a date on it, but I've found evidence of it being around back in September.
http://www.job-secrets-revealed.com/latest/?cat=2
It's old, no digg. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0So they basically eliminated every word that one would think of. What the hell are you supposed to put on there then?
- BrowserBabe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm currently working on my cover letters, but this article makes me think I should probably double check my resume. I understand that it makes sense that you do not want to be vague. Unfortunately, it is so much easier to be vague than to sit down to really think about what are you real abilities and say them with conviction. Anyway, digg!
- shiftless, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It's not that hard to write a resume if you're not an idiot.
- gullevek, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0You want a BS job, do a BS writing. Very simple. Perhaps would should call that the BS guide to getting a good job.
- v3xt0r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Instead of "AJAX", use 'Client-Side Scripting and Extensible Markup Programming using JavaScript and XML, Asynchronously'.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0*nelson voice* HA HA!
- gwjc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Jeez, suck on that pinkboy
- inkswamp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0In other words, be specific. Throw out the thesaurus and the fancy words, and just tell what you've done. I'm surprised anyone needs an article like this, but I guess it's good to be reminded.
- DigitAl56K, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0Why is the clock speed significant here? Surely it's the capabilities of the processor (instruction sets, registers, and so forth) and other compatible hardware that determines if XP is going to run on it or not.
The only other reason I could think of this being problematic is with certain types of timer events.
This experiment is silly anyway, what practical purpose does it serve? You can run XP on really slow hardware? So...?
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