So much for originality. For the second year running ‘creative’ has been cited as the most overused LinkedIn profile term among the website’s global user base.
LinkedIn, which boasts more than 187 million members, urges those people to get more creative with their profiles in order to stand out. Rather than just calling yourself creative, make sure you cite creative projects on which you’ve been involved. The social business site also recommends reworking your LinkedIn profile, whipping up a news-style headline, among other things.
This year’s top 10 in the US has seen the addition of the terms ‘responsible’ and ‘analytical’ at the expense of ‘dynamic’ and ‘communication skills’, which no longer make the grade.
Here’s the 2012 top 10 list in its entirety:
1. Creative
2. Organisational
3. Effective
4. Motivated
5. Extensive experience
6. Track record
7. Innovative
8. Responsible
9. Analytical
10. Problem solving
Outside the US, Brazilians like to call themselves as ‘experimental’, Indonisians are fond of the term ‘multinational’, while peopl in the UK like to describe themselves as ‘motivated’.
Be creative and join the Network World LinkedIn page. As far as I can see, I’ve avoided the top 10 buzzwords in my own LinkedIn file.
IDG News Service
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