When you use the words 鈥渕otivated鈥�, 鈥渢eam player鈥� and 鈥渇ast-paced鈥� in your CV, potential employers just see 鈥渞hubarb, rhubarb, rhubarb鈥�. That鈥檚 according to networking site LinkedIn, which recently included them in its list of the of 2010 .
Avoid filling your CV with these trite words, says Lindsey Pollak, author of Getting from College to Career (HarperCollins, 2007), as they can make your CV 鈥渁ppear empty to a potential employer and may do more harm than good鈥�. After all, would you rather sound like a faceless corporation or a real person with an interesting story to tell?