Among the 85 million profiles on LinkedIn in the U.S., the most overused buzzwords are:
Extensive experience (But it's so alliterative!)
Innovative (Jonas Salk was innovative, not you)
Motivated (If you have to tell someone you're motivated...)
Results-oriented (i.e., you consider the means to those ends...ahem..."flexible".)
Dynamic (Let me be the judge of that.)
Proven track record (Use this AND "extensive experience" in the same profile, and I will hunt you down.)
Team player (Which means you're not.)
Fast-paced (If that includes talking fast, pass.)
Problem solver (Are you suggesting my company has a problem that needs solving?)
Entrepreneurial (Rube Goldberg was also entrepreneurial...)
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