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Things not to mention in your resume HT 231210

You might be a self-motivated worker and even a team player, but writing these on your resume does more harm than good to your chances of getting a job. There are five popular catch phrases that should never make it into your resume, reports CBS News . Talking on The Early Show on Saturday Morning , career adviser Liz Ryan, CEO of AskLizRyan.com , spotlighted the things you shouldn't call yourself on a resume - at least, not without backing up the description with concrete examples. In fact, she said that those examples could speak for themselves, without your actually using the terms you should avoid. Ryan said that the underlying idea in writing a resume is to stand out, and using terms everyone else does hardly accomplishes that. Revealing some of the typical or cliche phrases used in resumes, Ryan said: "'Results oriented professional' is probably the biggest one used, and it's meaningless! You're talking about yourself, so why go into this weird robo...