10 boilerplate phrases that kill resumes
Stodgy boilerplate phrases in your resume today mark you as uncreative and “vocabulary challenged.” [1]
Everybody used the same boilerplate phrases, so we knew we couldn’t go wrong choosing one of them — or many — to throw into your resume. [2]
08/23/09 — The 2009 job market is very different from job markets of the past. [...] Everybody used the same boilerplate phrases, so we knew we couldn’t go wrong choosing one of them – or many – to throw into your resume. [3]
Liz Ryan is a 25-year HR veteran, former Fortune 500 VP and an internationally recognized expert on careers and the new millennium workplace. [...] The 2009 job market is very different from job markets of the past. [...] At XYZ Industries, I used consumer surveys and online-forum analysis to uncover the reasons why consumers chose our competitors over us; our sales grew twenty percent over the next six months as a result. [1]
04:00 PDT 08/23/09 — The 2009 job market is very different from job markets of the past. [4]
Industries, I used consumer surveys and online-forum analysis to uncover the reasons why consumers chose our competitors over us; our sales grew twenty percent over the next six months as a result. [...] “I’m a Marketing Researcher who’s driven by curiosity about why people buy what they do. [...] You can make your resume more compelling and human-sounding by rooting out and replacing the boring corporate-speak phrases that litter it, and replacing them with human language – things that people like you or I would actually say. [3]
You can make your resume more compelling and human-sounding by rooting out and replacing the boring corporate-speak phrases that litter it, and replacing them with human language — things that people like you or I would actually say. [1]
You can make your resume more compelling and human-sounding by rooting out and replacing the boring corporate-speak phrases that litter it, and replacing them with human language — things that people like you or I would actually say. [2]
You can make your resume more compelling and human-sounding by rooting out and replacing the boring corporate-speak phrases that litter it, and replacing them with human language - things that people like you or I would actually say. [4]
“I’m a Marketing Researcher who’s driven by curiosity about why people buy what they do. [2]
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[1] Working Divas: Work Life Balance tips, Media maven mom blogger, Product …
[2] The Savvy Networker
[3] HSU Career Center | Tips | 10 boilerplate phrases that kill resumes
[4] 10 boilerplate phrases that kill resumes