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Words not to Use

Assist, assisted
Reasons to avoid: Hiring managers want to know what you did, not how you helped. If you're familiar enough with a task to p
Example: Assisted marketing director by researching PDAs.
Possible rephrasing: Researched PDAs for marketing department.
Experiment
Reasons to avoid: No one wants to hear about what you tried to do--only what you have accomplished.
Example: Experimented with new LAN management software.
Possible rephrasing: Tested and evaluated new LAN management software.
Skillfully, effectively, carefully, quickly, expert, mastered
Reasons to avoid: Hiring managers often object to words that describe how well you do a particular task. In many cases, it c
Example: Skillfully managed transition from Windows NT to Windows Server 2003.
Possible rephrasing: Migrated organization from Windows NT to Windows Server 2003 with no downtime during business ho
Cutting-edge, detail-oriented; coordinate, facilitate, transform; proven ability, synergy, and liaison
Reasons to avoid: Hiring managers say such words take up space without communicating much. They've seen them so ofte
Example: Detail-oriented manager with proven ability to oversee day-to-day network operations and to implement major tech
Possible rephrasing: Supervised an eight-member IS staff; completed two full-scale platform migrations; consolidated equipm
Responsible for...
Reasons to avoid: You're a manager, so of course you're responsible for something. Specify exactly what your responsibilitie
Example: Responsible for managing inventory, overseeing network operations, making new equipment purchases, troublesh
Possible rephrasing: Supervised the support of 70 users running Windows XP and two servers running Windows Server 200
 ar enough with a task to put it on your resume, you can choose a better word than assist.

r task. In many cases, it comes across as boastful--and it's unnecessary. "If you aren't good at it, why are you putting it on your resume?" on

wntime during business hours.

y, and liaison
They've seen them so often that the words have lost their original energy.
d to implement major technology initiatives.
tions; consolidated equipment and resources following facilities move.

y what your responsibilities are and work in a few numbers to convey the scope of what you do.
ment purchases, troubleshooting workstation issues.
ning Windows Server 2003; implemented asset management plan for inventorying equipment; built a network operations team responsible
ing it on your resume?" one recruiter said.

rations team responsible for the internal infrastructure.