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Top 10 overused professional buzzwords 2012
Tue, 18th Dec 2012
FYI, this story is more than a year old

As we approach 2013, the LinkedIn team has detailed the most popular buzzwords analysis from previous years.

Do members still describe themselves as “creative” and “effective” professionals with “extensive experience” or did the most overused words in LinkedIn Profiles change from last year’s analysis?

When they ran the analysis in 2011, LinkedIn had 135 million members around the globe, now they have over 187 million.

Taking a look at more than 187 million profiles members have worldwide, these are the top buzzwords for a selection of countries:

Analytical: Switzerland

Creative: Australia, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, U.S.

Effective: India

Experimental: Brazil

Motivated: Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom

Multinational: Egypt, Indonesia

Responsible: France, Italy

Specialised: Spain