Word count and to avoid in your resume

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You do not have much time to get a good (or bad) impression to do with your resume. According to a CareerBuilder survey, 17% of surveyed hiring managers spend 30 seconds or less back on average criticism. 68% spend less than two minutes. Therefore, almost all the words can you help in your resume or hitting noticed discord.

Include values and for action words

Instead of using vague words are words and phrases that exactly what he has done in his previous work to explain.

If possible, use the figures to show how you have added value to the above companies.

For example, instead of saying that "the value of the company to save money," we can say that "the public relations budget managed $ 500,000, the company saves 10% through effective advertising strategies."

Also love to see recruiters action words in a resume. Action words show certain things that you have done in the past for the employer, and hope to do for your future employer.

Here are the top 15 words to include in your resume:

1. Achieved 52%
2. Improvements: 48%
3. Trained / Mentor 47%
4. Managed 44%
5. Created: 43%
6. Solved: 40%
7. Volunteer: 35%
8. Influenced: 29%
9. Increase / decrease: 28%
10. Ideas: 27%
11. Agreed 25%
12. Launched: 24%
13. Income / benefits: 23%
14. Under the budget: 16%
15. He won 13%

Avoid vague words

Hiring managers are tired, vaguely hear,   Cliché words like "team player" and "workers". These words do not accurately show how you add value to your previous job.

Here are the 15 worst words when writing your resume to use, according to employers who CareerBuilder in the survey, with the "Best of Breed", which sounds more like a dog show winner a candidate for employment:

1. BOB: 38%
2. Hustler: 27%
3. Think outside the box: 26%
4. Synergy: 22%
5. Go to person: 22%
6. Thought Leadership: 16%
7. Value: 16%
8. Delivering Results: 16%
9. Team player: 15%
10. Baseline: 14%
11. Hard Worker: 13%
12. Strategic thinkers: 12%
13. Dynamic: 12%
14. Motivation: 12%
15. Attention to detail: 11%

Focus on work-related skills

By focusing on the features, performance and achievements to the work for which you are applying for, are more your resume to get a little closer able. Even a minute or two can help.

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