Stop Using These 10 Buzzwords on Your Resume

By Mark Micheli
December 10, 2012
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You know what’s not “creative,” “effective,” or “innovative”? Using the words “creative,” “effective,” and “innovative” on your resume...

By analyzing the resumes of its 187 million members, LinkedIn has once again compiled a list of the most overused professional buzzwords. Just like 2011, this year’s most overused buzzword was “creative,” followed by “organizational” and “effective.”

Here’s the full list of this year's 10 most overused buzzwords on LinkedIn profiles in the United States:

Creative
Organizational
Effective
Motivated
Extensive Experience
Track Record
Innovative
Responsible
Analytical
Problem Solving

Take a look at LinkedIn’s full analysis here. How do you make your resume stand out?

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Mark Micheli writes Excellence in Government’s Promising Practices blog and serves as the program manager of the Government Business Council. Prior to his current roles, he worked as a management consultant on national security and emergency management issues with the US Treasury Department. He’s worked as a political research analyst, a reporter for the Des Moines Register at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland and is a graduate of the Coro Fellows Program in Public Affairs. He studied at Drake University where he has degrees in Magazine Journalism, Political Science and History.

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