Don't Say You're "Experienced" on Your Resume (and Other Words to Banish)




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Summary: If you want your resume to be more effective and less generic, make sure every word on it counts. Forbes recommends striking common phrases like saying you're "experienced in [something]"; instead, show where your experience lies. You can be "experienced" in something after you've done it once-or every day for the past 10 years. So drop this nebulous term and be specific.