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. 盡管在英文簡歷中，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"的人才簡歷后，絕對不會相信一個和別人運用同樣詞匯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匯集中在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，重復出現只能讓考官‘看著就心煩’。"以下是專家總結出來在英文簡歷中出現頻率最高的10個詞語，僅供參考，專家建議是使用它們的時候"千萬要慎重"。
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
