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A hiring manager told me my resume had 'too many buzzwords' and I cut them all
They said stuff like 'synergized cross-functional teams' was just noise. I rewrote it with plain language and got three callbacks in two weeks. Has anyone else had luck ditching the corporate speak?
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the_hayden25d ago
Oh man, I feel this in my soul lol. I once had a resume that said I was a "results-driven thought leader who leveraged agile methodologies" and honestly I think I was just trying to sound important while barely knowing what agile meant. When I rewrote it I literally changed "facilitated synergistic partnerships" to "talked to people and got stuff done" and suddenly people actually wanted to talk to me. My favorite was deleting "optimized vertical integration strategies" and replacing it with "helped teams work together better" - the hiring manager probably thought I finally learned how to speak human. It's wild how much simpler is better.
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hernandez.blake25d ago
Yeah, exactly! It's like everyone's in on the same joke but nobody wants to be the first to drop the act. I swear half those corporate buzzwords are just there to make you sound like you've done stuff when you really haven't. The wild part is that hiring managers are people too - they're sitting there rolling their eyes at half these resumes hoping someone just talks straight to them. You cut through all that nonsense and suddenly you're the one that stands out.
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ray_miller4125d ago
Same thing happened to me. I rewrote my whole resume after realizing nobody cared about "streamlined cross-functional operations" or whatever nonsense I had in there. Changed it to "cut down wasted time in meetings" and got three interviews in two weeks. The recruiter literally told me later she appreciated that I sounded like a real person. Made me think about how many qualified people get ignored because they try too hard to sound corporate. Plain English just works better every time.
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