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OK, it’s a huge part of the job. But even the most dedicated HR pro will admit that going through stacks of candidate resumes can turn your brain to jelly.
 
And what hastens the jelly-formation process? Reading the same tired buzzwords over and over and over.
 
Harris Poll, on behalf of CareerBuilder, recently canvassed 2,201 U.S. hiring managers and human resource professionals across a spectrum of industries and company sizes. The question: What resume terms are the biggest turnoffs?
 
The results:
 
1.) Best of breed: 38%
2.) Go-getter: 27%
3.) Think outside of the box: 26%
4.) Synergy: 22%
5.) Go-to person: 22%
6.) Thought leadership: 16%
7.) Value added: 16%
8.) Results-driven: 16%
9.) Team player: 15%
 
                                                                Article by Tim Gould HRMorning.com
10.) Bottom line: 14%
11.) Hard worker: 13%
12.)Strategic thinker: 12%
13.)Dynamic: 12%
14.)Self-motivated: 12%
15.)Detail-oriented: 11%
16.)Proactive: 11%
17.)Track record: 10%
Smaller Project Teams Are More Productive
 
At one time or another, almost all information technology professionals have heard cries for more resources. They may even have been the one asking for help. "If only there were more people available for this project," they've said, "then maybe it would get done on time.
"Well, it turns out that more staffing is not the equivalent of optimal staffing. In fact, smaller project teams are more productive and can complete projects cheaper and faster than larger ones, according to a recent study from software life cycle consultancy Quantitative Software Management.
That should be good news for IT departments that have seen their ranks depleted in recent years. Known for its database of more 10,000 validated software projects, QSM analyzed some 3,000 projects to determine what staffing levels translate to optimized cost per effort and schedule. Projects were grouped based on their number of equivalent source lines of code, with the smallest being less than 5,000 lines of code and the largest being more than 50,000 lines.
                                                              
                                                               Article by Tony Kontzer Baslinemag.com
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