Hiring decision-makers surveyed for the book,
Top Notch Executive Resumes identified this as one of their Top 30 Executive Resume Pet Peeves:
Resume language is egotistical and self-congratulatory. Harlynn Goolsby of the Human Resources
Department at OSRAM Sylvania compares this type of resume verbiage to a “bio or the introduction
for a guest speaker.”
Some examples of puffed-up phrases include “inspirational leader,” “as quoted in …,” and “winner of
countless awards.”
See all 30 peeves: executive resume peeves
1-10 in Part 1, executive resume peeves 11-20 in Part 2 and
executive resume peeves 21-30 in Part 3.
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