Avoid Cliches On your Resume While Job Hunt

Hiring Professionals Are Not Looking For These Clichés On Your Resume Looking for a new job is a tiring and hard process. You want to make sure that you put the best and most concise material on your resume and cover letter. Concise, because even though the economy is improving, the job market is still below the threshold. People do not have jobs and head-hunters take up much time to short-list resumes. They are always looking to throw away anything that they find least relevant or anything that has even a little bull-shit. Following are some cliché lines that you might want to avoid putting on your CV so that it gets through human resources.

1. I am a creative thinker Unless creative is a part of your job title, i.e. “creative director”, “creative writer”, etc; this is a word that has been used too many times to grab any attention. If at all, it will repel the person viewing your resume. Try thinking of the inverse of this statement, would a person ever write that they think monotonous and have no sense of creativity. Instead of just saying that you are creative, you would rather want to discuss your creative projects. Write down any websites that you have designed, any art that you have created, etc.

2. I am result oriented This is another sentence that does not mean much. Who doesn’t want results? Instead of saying that you work for results, show them the actual results of your working. Numbers will help you in this regard. Show them your number of sales, the number of people you have supervised, hired on your team or the amount of traffic that you have generated to your website or your ad campaign.

3. I have excellent written and oral communication skills Another cliché. If you really want to show good written skills, write a good cover letter. Writing this would just fill space. Drop this line, and instead proofread your resume and cover letter a couple times so you don’t leave any mistakes.

4. I am an expert Even if people around you say that you are very good at a skill, never mention on the resume that you are an expert or a guru of the skill. Even if you are extra-ordinary in the respect, mention particularly what you know about it. For example if you are an excellent programmer, mention the programming languages that you know; specify how good you know them down to the last detail if you have to, but never say that you are a programming guru.

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