英文簡歷中對於自己的描述措辭非常重要。要能展示自己的才能但不能一味地誇自己，更重要的是吸引招聘的人。招聘者每天都會讀大量的簡歷，如果你的簡歷使用的都是一些大家都會用的溢美之詞，那麼就很難展示出自我。讓我們學學如何用詞吧。 Are you a proactive team player with a proven track record and a dynamic skill set? Then keep it to yourself. Words and phrases such as ‘dynamic’ or ‘problem solver’ have been named as the most overused cliches on jargon-filled CVs。
如何在英文簡歷表現自己?什麼樣的形容詞最能恰如其分地展現自己的實力?我們不得而知，但是研究者倒是研究出了N個在英文簡歷上最最忌諱出現的單詞，比如：dynamic有活力的、problem solver問題處理專家等等，這些空白無力而又略顯得誇張甚至浮華的'詞語會讓考官“噁心”，簡歷直接“打入冷宮”。
It seems that despite describing themselves as ‘innovative’, many workers are anything but as they resort to the same dull and dreary buzzwords in their CVs. The list was compiled by business network LinkedIn which has 85million members, including more than four million in the UK. It found the term ‘motivated’ is the most well-worn catchphrase in the UK – compared to the U.S. where ‘extensive experience’ is the most popular。
儘管在英文簡歷中，許多應聘者都運用“具有創新能力
innovative”來表現自己，然而考官在看了“千篇一律”的具有“創新性”的人才簡歷後，絕對不會相信一個和別人運用同樣詞彙
innovative 來證明自己的人在現實生活中會是一個真正有創新思維的人。在針對全世界8千萬應聘者的求職簡歷調查中，研究人員驚奇地發現英國和美國求職者使用率最高的詞彙集中在2個詞語上，其中超過400萬英國人喜歡用motivated(積極)來形容自己，而美國人喜歡用extensive experience(具有廣泛經驗)來表現自己的能力。
Other unoriginal words that crop up include ‘entrepreneurial’ and ‘proactive’ said LinkedIn, which studied user profiles on its network. A spokesman said: ‘These phrases can appear empty to a potential employer and may do more harm than good when you include them in your profile or resume.‘If you’re using any of these ten terms, wipe them out.’
還有很多頻繁出現在簡歷中，卻有不討考官喜歡的詞語，比如 entrepreneurial(企業家的)、proactive(前瞻性) 等等。有專家說：“這些詞語出現的頻率極高，但是表現出的意義卻蒼白無力，不能展示出應聘者的潛在能力，重複出現只能讓考官‘看着就心煩’。”
The top ten no-nos are:
motivated (積極的)
extensive experience (廣泛經驗)
innovative (創新性)
proven track record (可靠的工作業績)
dynamic (有活力的)
team player (團隊合作者)
proactive (前瞻性)
entrepreneurial (企業家的)
skill set (技能組合)
problem solver (問題解決達人)