Harris Poll, on behalf of CareerBuilder, recently canvassed 2,201 U.S. hiring managers and human resource professionals across a spectrum of industries and company sizes. The question: What resume terms are the biggest turnoffs?
The results:
- Best of breed: 38%
- Go-getter: 27%
- Think outside of the box: 26%
- Synergy: 22%
- Go-to person: 22%
- Thought leadership: 16%
- Value added: 16%
- Results-driven: 16%
- Team player: 15%
- Bottom line: 14%
- Hard worker: 13%
- Strategic thinker: 12%
- Dynamic: 12%
- Self-motivated: 12%
- Detail-oriented: 11%
- Proactive: 11%
- Track record: 10%
Bunch of those make your skin crawl, don’t they?
Read the article here. (Courtesy of HR Morning News)