Killer Phrase in Resume

Before I list the phrases, let me explain a little about why they should be run out of town on a rail. Have you ever sat through a speech by a company executive who seems to communicate solely in business cliches? He'll speak of synergy and paradigm shifts and value-added propositions until you want to impale yourself on the nearest sharp object. And the only value you take away from a speech like that is that you are, in fact, capable of a boredom-induced vegetative state.
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Cliched forms of speech are crutches for the uncreative. And the frequency of their usage make them absolutely meaningless.

So do you want your resume to say, above everything else, that you are incapable of forming a new thought? No, you don't. You also don't want the people reviewing your resume to gloss over these trite phrases and not give you a chance. That's why you should strike every occurrence of the following from your resume:

Results-oriented professional
Cross-functional teams
More than [x] years of progressively responsible experience
Superior (or excellent) communication skills
Strong work ethic
Met or exceeded expectations
Proven track record of success
Works well with all levels of staff
Team player
Bottom-line orientation

Find better ways of saying these things. After all, just because you think of yourself as a results-oriented professional does not necessarily make it fact. Why not just list your actual results? You have a proven track record? Proven by whose standards? And if there is a "record" of it, why don't you just give me its contents?

Met or exceeded expectations? Whose expectations? The guy down the street at the coffee shop? Tell me instead about the time you had to lead a project with a seemingly impossible timeline and budget.

I think you see where I'm going with this.

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