John's Ramblings » Job http://www.calnan-web.com/weblog It's only pain, it won't hurt you. Just ride through it. Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:52:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Power Words http://www.calnan-web.com/weblog/2006/01/05/power-words/ http://www.calnan-web.com/weblog/2006/01/05/power-words/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2006 15:51:10 +0000 John http://www.calnan-web.com/weblog/?p=40 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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