Top 10 words to avoid using on your resume and on-line profile according to LinkedIn.

1. Resume
& Profile
BUZZ Kill a ‘not another presentation’ presentation

2. Standout from the crowd

3. Analyzed profiles of it’s
85 million
determine the most clichéd and overused phrases.
users to
Source: By Bob Brown |/ Network World US | Published 14:40, 15 December 10

4. LinkedIn Top 10
BUZZwords

5. #10. Entrepreneurial

6. #9.
Problem
Solver

7. #8. Fast-paced

8. #7. Team Player

9. #6. Proven Track Record

10. #5. Dynamic

11. #4. Results-oriented

12. Multi-tasker
#3. Motivated

13. #2. Innovative

14. #1. Extensive Experience

15. Why should I care about BUZZwords
on my LinkedIn profile (or my resume for that matter)?

16. “If you’re not on LinkedIn, you do not exist to recruiters.”
- Kevin Donlin, U.S. News & World Report, December 2010

18. Q Do you or your company use social networks or social
media to support your recruitment effort?
Plan to begin
Don't know
this year
4%
9%
No
14%
Yes 73%
Source: Jobvite 2010 Social Recruiting Survey

19. Q Which social media do you or your company use for
recruiting?
LinkedIn 78.3%
Facebook 54.6%
Twitter 44.8%
Blog 18.7%
YouTube 13.7%
Myspace 5.4%
None 14.4%
Percentage of Survey Respondents Source: Jobvite 2010 Social Recruiting Survey

20. Q Q
Have you successfully hired through a Through which network have you hired?
social network?
A A
Yes LinkedIn
58.1% 89.4%
Facebook
27.5%
Twitter
14.2%
Source: Jobvite 2010 Social Recruiting Survey

21. BUZZword

22. BUZZword

23. BUZZwords on their own do
Waste
nothing more than valuable real estate on
a resume and your on-line profile.

24. Create
BUZZ
by balancing buzzwords with
Achievements

25. Success Formula
A
B=E

26. Success Formula
A
B=E xperience
&
Education

27. Success Formula
A chievements
B=E xperience
&
Education

28. Success Formula
A chievements
B=EUZZ xperience
&
Education

29. Success Formula
A chievements
B=EUZZ xperience
&
Education

30. Achievements = Uniqueness
Everyone has BUZZwords. Separate yourself from the crowd.

31. “Cows, after you've seen one, or two, or ten, are boring. A Purple Cow, though...now
that would be something. Purple Cow describes something phenomenal, something
counterintuitive and exciting and flat out unbelievable. “ - Seth Godin

32. Be a Purple Cow

33. Celebrate your Uniqueness

34. Replace BUZZwords with
KEYwords from the Employer’s job spec.
Key Resume Tip

35. GOLDEN RULE
Friends don’t let friends be a BUZZkill.

36. Be a FRIEND to your profile
Remember – Friends don’t let friends be
a BUZZ Kill.

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