The 10 most overused words in LinkedIn profiles

An analysis reveals the most common adjectives employed by the 187 million members of the social network. How many of these words are in your profile?
By Michael Sebastian | Posted: December 6, 2012
Millions of people on LinkedIn share a common trait: creativity. Or so they say. For the second consecutive year, “creative” earned the dubious title of the most overused buzzword in LinkedIn profiles. In fact, the top three buzzwords remained unchanged from last year : “creative,” “organizational,” and “effective.” However, there are some changes among this year’s top 10. In a blog post this morning , LinkedIn Senior Data Scientist Simla Ceyhan said: “Mor read more...

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