Profile Words

Click Image To Visit Site My mother used to tell me "Sticks and stones can break your bones but words can never hurt you." Gotta love my mom but whatever she was talking about did not include resumes or LinkedIn profiles.

Your LinkedIn profile is every bit as and maybe even more important than your resume. The wrong words on your resume and LinkedIn profile can keep you from getting a job interview. And believe you me this kind of rejection hurts.



The Wrong Words On Your LinkedIn Profile "Can Make Readers Cringe and Click Away"

Look, I guarantee you that causing an employer to *cringe* is not going to spark any interest in you and you will definitely ‘strike out.’ There are so many words that can cause employers to cringe and reject you – in fact- there are 1,797 of them.

I have sat alongside numerous employers as they searched, scanned, and reviewed LinkedIn profiles. I have seen them frown while reading and reject even qualified candidates simply because they did not appreciate their verbiage.

Besides your picture, words are all you have on your profile. Words must do all the work for you. You cannot afford to have any words working against you.

If you are like most LinkedIn users and job hunters, you might be surprised to learn there are 1,797 words that not only make you look bad, but can cause employers and clients to cringe and shun you.

Chances are, you are using these words. Many seem innocent enough and appear on many profiles and resumes. There are numerous words that employers and HR hate to see. Words that are so overused and misused, just seeing the words annoys them. So what happens next? When employers read your profile and see *red flags* or are annoyed, they leave.

A great deal of these 1797 words are not obscure words that few people know. They are common words that are used on resumes, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles every day. There are buzzwords, negative keywords, adverse adjectives, fatigued phrases, damaging transitional words, harmful trend words, substandard skill words, and many more that can hurt your profile and resume and "leave you out" of the running.

Don’t kid yourself. Job hunting is tough business. Getting rid of even one bad word can be enough to tip the scales in your favor. Then instead of getting ruled out you will get called in!

If you are in business and want to network, seeking a new job, or will ever be job hunting again you can no longer afford to ignore LinkedIn. You are severely limiting your opportunities by failing to create a LinkedIn profile.

Here are some surprising statistics that support the case for getting your profile up on LinkedIn in now:

Because over 40% of people on LinkedIn are business decision makers if you want to attract employers or clients, your profile better be amazing.

Your LinkedIn profile is as important as your resume. This is your chance to… Read more…