Words Can Always Hurt You

Why aren’t you getting a job? It might be your lack of experience, your bad attitude, the fact that your resume is written in marker on the back side of a Bud Light box. Or, you might be using the wrong terms in your resume. Check out the bad words you might be using.
A few:
Aggressive
Ambitious
Competent
Creative
Others you might want to avoid:
Murderous
A Little Racist
Fragile
Picky Eater

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