Power Words
I was working on polishing up my resume’ the other day, and I was prompted by more than one person to use “power words” and convey “action”. Indeed. I program for a living, sitting in a chair. Doesn’t sound very action-oriented to me!
It so happens that a co-worker sent me a link to an Internet Economy BS Generator. At the press of a button, anyone can create power phrases that could be good resume’ fodder. For example, here’s the first 3 clicks this morning:
- redefine efficient portals
- enable back-end channels
- benchmark customized web services
Certainly I can generate all kinds of powerful expressions to put into my cv and raise my standing on the recruit-o-meter at Dice.com.
On second thought, potential employers might wonder about my desire to “enable back-end channels”.
Kudos to “DHTML Diva” Leslie Lee for a very funny web application.
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January 5th, 2006 at 10:35 am
There’s a nifty tool at fightthebull.com for calculating BSQs of documents. I’ve successfully used it on our positioning and press releases in my quest to persuade people to stop using “bull” words like flexible, extensible, reliable, etc. when concrete results are more … (wait for it)… credible.