General Vocabulary
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Vocabulary to Recognize Quickly
100

The person trying to fill a vacancy or actively seeking a qualfied applicant for an employer?

Who is the recruiter?

100

Substitution or difference in word choice on your resume 

What are variations?

100
A very, very long time


You may choose to only include specific information on your resume for a short time, not to keep it listed for a number of years





What is indefinitely?

100

 Work which requires extensive training and/or more formal qualifications 

What is professional?

200

To present an opportunity for employment and sure possibility to take the job, if accepted by the person needing work

What is an offer?

200

To explain, to make clear, to get the point across 

What is convey?

200

The way document looks on paper or arranged on a computer screen with different heading, spacing, and font choices

What is layout?

200

Important to or specifically connected to your purpose... in this case, an active job search

What is relevant?

300

The hard copy/ electronic document a person completes to be considered for a job

What is the application? 

300

The possibility or expectation of something for future (connected to a person) 

What is prospective?

300

To make known, especially as a starting point

What is introduce?

300

The characteristics, qualifications, and skills which MUST be present in a potential employee 

What are requirements?

400

The specific skills and traits needed for a job or career choice

What are qualifications? 

400

The document that lists your work history and qualifications

A snapshot of who you are as a worker

What is a resume?

400

To be “just enough” to be clear, and not need anything extra that may make your resume confusing

What is suffice?

400

To explain more about something, give more details about a topic

What is elaborate?

500

The combined summary of situations that a person has gained from previous jobs and other sources, such as  volunteering or community involvement, which have specific connections to the job desired

What is experience?

500

Extra information that can be included on a resume 

What is miscellaneous information?

500

Describing well known achievements from the past

What is illustrious?

500

Positive and successful things that the job-seeker has done in the past

What are accomplishments?

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