A new Yahoo! article says that in today’s competitive environment, job hunters need to avoid routine, hackneyed and cliched language in their resumes, especially phrases that show you to be uninspired and “vocabulary challenged.”
What are some declasse phrases you should avoid in your resume?
–*”Proven track record”
–*”Team player”
–*”Leverage my people skills”
–*”Leverage other people’s skills”
–*”Communicate with extreme prejudice”
–*”Machiavellian instincts”
–*”Ethics minded”
–*”Take much umbrage”
–*”Ethics obsessed”
–*”A friend to dogs and squirrels”
–*”Enjoy worker’s compensation lawsuits”
–*”Never learned to read”
–*”Stupid is as stupid does”
–*”Kill the hostages”
–*”Got a gun aimed at your belly”
–*”Inflexible dedication to ethics”
–*”Got my eye on the prize”
–*”Would you like happy ending?”
–*”I dissolve easily in lipids”
–*”I kill frogs”
–*”Won’t move unless inspired”
–*”Borderline personality disorder-type inflexible dedication to ethics”
–*”Cleavage”
–*”Gash”
–*”Dirty Sanchez”
–*”Donkey punch”
–*”I’d like to thank the academy”
–*”Filching fiend”
–*”Two girls one cup”
–*”Kill unethical people”
–*”Antichrist”
–*”Satan”
–*”Organized company picnic”
–*”Enjoy extracurricular activities such as piano”
–*”Work is everything”
–*”Work is not everything”
–*”Work well with others”
–*”Works well with ‘The Other'”
–*”Don’t have to explain myself to anyone”
–*”I don’t have to explain myself to you”
–*”Lick this resume, see what happens”
–*”I was sent here from the workfare office. Please do not really give me this job.”
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