{"id":66288,"date":"2012-12-05T10:11:15","date_gmt":"2012-12-05T08:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=66288"},"modified":"2012-12-05T10:14:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-05T08:14:03","slug":"linkedin-buzzwords-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/66288-linkedin-buzzwords-to-avoid.html","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn buzzwords to avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn has released a list of the most overused buzzwords found on LinkedIn profiles in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, the most popular buzzword on LinkedIn was \u201ccreative\u201d, which has been prominent for many years.<\/p>\n<p>Other words include \u201cmotivated\u201d, \u201cmultinational\u201d, \u201cresponsible\u201d, and \u201canalytical\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>LinkedIn has also indicated the countries in which users most commonly use the various buzzwords.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Analytical:<\/strong> Switzerland;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Creative:<\/strong> Australia, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Sweden, U.S.;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Effective:<\/strong> India;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Experimental:<\/strong> Brazil;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Motivated:<\/strong> Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multinational:<\/strong> Egypt, Indonesia;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Responsible:<\/strong> France, Italy;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Specialized:<\/strong> Spain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LinkedIn now has 187 million users, up 50 million since 2011.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_66294\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quick-news\/66288-linkedin-buzzwords-to-avoid.html\/attachment\/linkedin-buzzwords-map\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-66294\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66294\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66294\" title=\"LinkedIn Buzzwords Map\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LinkedIn-Buzzwords-Map.jpg\" alt=\"LinkedIn Buzzwords Map\" width=\"600\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LinkedIn-Buzzwords-Map.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LinkedIn-Buzzwords-Map-74x75.jpg 74w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LinkedIn-Buzzwords-Map-138x140.jpg 138w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LinkedIn-Buzzwords-Map-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/LinkedIn-Buzzwords-Map-247x250.jpg 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-66294\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LinkedIn Buzzwords Map<\/p><\/div>\n<h5>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.linkedin.com\/2012\/12\/04\/buzzwords-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\">Linked Blog <\/a><\/h5>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related 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