LinkedIn’s Most Overused Resume Cliches

Posted on by candacemoody
LinkedIn’s most overused resume terms include “team player,” “motivated” and “dynamic.”
LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, has compiled a list of the 10 most overused terms and phrases within the profiles of its 85 million members.

“We wanted to reveal insights that help professionals make better choices about how to position themselves online,” DJ Patil, LinkedIn’s lead data analyst, said in a statement.

Find the full story as reported by CNN here:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/web/12/13/linkedin.resume.cliches/index.html?ir

Published by candacemoody

Candace’s background includes Human Resources, recruiting, training and assessment. She spent several years with a national staffing company, serving employers on both coasts. Her writing on business, career and employment issues has appeared in the Florida Times Union, the Jacksonville Business Journal, the Atlanta Journal Constitution and 904 Magazine, as well as several national publications and websites. Candace is often quoted in the media on local labor market and employment issues.

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