Robert Half International

Your resume is designed to communicate your accomplishments and distinguish you from other job seekers, but there are certain words and phrases that can actually disguise your qualifications. For example, if an applicant writes, "Assisted manager in optimizing marketing campaigns," it's difficult to determine exactly what the person did or how he or she did it.

Indeed, peppering your resume with vague terms can be a red flag to employers, who may feel as though you are trying to exaggerate your qualifications or hide knowledge gaps.

Here are some common buzzwords to avoid when writing your resume and advice for what you should say instead:

CareerBuilder.com

Wouldn't it be great if you could sprinkle a few magic words into your résumé that would miraculously catapult it to the top of the heap in an interviewer's office? No hocus pocus is needed -- adding certain "buzzwords" or keywords to your résumé could do just that.

How résumés are being distributed and retrieved is changing the way they are prepared. Today, a resume often has two audiences:

• The traditional interviewer who will read the actual paper copy of your résumé, and
• The high-speed résumé scanner or online posting site that flags particular résumé2 for the interviewer to review based on specified search requirements.

With this in mind, you must cater to both audiences -- the autonomous and the automated -- and showcase your experience in a way that gets you noticed by both.

CareerBuilder.com

Writing a winning resume is a lot like Goldilocks and the three bears. You have to try out a few before you find the one that's "just right."

Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com writer

OK, while it's not quite a "crime" (more like a misdemeanor), resume lies -- and those who tell them -- don't fare well in the working world. Yet somehow, these seemingly harmless untruths are still making their way onto paper and into the hands of future employers.

Although just five percent of workers admitted to fibbing on their resume, 57 percent of hiring managers say they have caught a lie on a candidate's application, according to a survey by CareerBuilder.com. Ninety-three percent of those who spotted the lie did not hire the candidate because of it.

By Liz Ryan

Yes, you have to submit your résumé electronically. But there's still plenty you can do to get your résumé seen by the real decision-maker.