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Resume Buzzwords To Avoid

Posted on April 19, 2017 - Posted in: Blog

As we get into spring and summer vacation and graduation looms, students step up their job and internship hunts and send their resumes out. There are many factors that can make you more and less appealing to recruiters. The words you use in your resume can have a huge impact. Think that highlighting what “creative” “hard worker” who thinks “outside the box” will up your odds of getting an interview? Think again.

This article from Monster.com shares some buzzwords to avoid and suggestions for better alternatives. 

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