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Certain Words Can Hurt Your CV

// October 13th, 2005 // General // 1,111 views

Do you have words like creative, innovative, reliable, team player and well-organised in your CV? Well then you better take another look at that resume of yours.

According to Scott Bennett, author of “The Elements of Résumé Style”, instead of making empty claims to demonstrate your work ethic, use brief, specific examples to demonstrate your skills. In other words, show, don’t tell. Browse through the 25 words that can hurt your resume for more.

Thanks to Cherryflava for the link…

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