{"id":12291,"date":"2020-07-31T11:47:52","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T11:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.openbusinesscouncil.org\/?p=12291"},"modified":"2022-05-04T21:37:55","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T21:37:55","slug":"the-cv-buzzwords-ruining-your-job-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.footballthink.com\/the-cv-buzzwords-ruining-your-job-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0The CV Buzzwords Ruining your Job Hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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With many businesses forced to temporarily close for a few months earlier in the year, their finances have severely been impacted. So much so that they have had to take the drastic decision of making some of their employees redundant to ease cash-flow.<\/p>\n
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\u2022\u2018Best\u2019<\/em> is the buzzword that hiring managers most hate seeing on CVs (76%)<\/p>\n
\u202271% are not a fan of applicants using the world \u2018motivated\u2019<\/em> on CVs<\/p>\n
\u2022With over 4,000 appearances each on the CVs analysed, over 50% would rather candidates sway away from words such as \u2018passionate\u2019<\/em> (57%) and \u2018excellent\u2019<\/em> (54%) to highlight their skills\/suitability<\/p>\n
\u2022Interestingly, 43% of employers would prefer it if candidates didn\u2019t use the clich\u00e9\u2018hardworking\u2019<\/em> to describe their work ethic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Those made redundant will undoubtedly be itching to get back into the job market and to do so, will be using their curriculum vitae (CV) to signal their credentials to prospective employers. Their eagerness to get back into work exemplified by an astonishing 9,900 Google searches* for \u2018CV writing\u2019 in the UK last month (June 2020).<\/p>\n