Motivated team player seeks new cliche-free resume

Results-oriented problem solver with extensive experience in a fast-paced environment seeks cliche-free resume to post online.

The business networking website LinkedIn.com has released a list of the most heavily used phrases of self-promotion based on a survey of over 85 million individual profiles.

The most viral buzzword among American job seekers? Extensive experience, a term that also dominated in Canada and Australia.

The rest of the worst cliches: innovative, motivated, results-oriented, dynamic, proven track record, team player, fast-paced, problem solver and entrepreneurial.

Resume posters in other countries put their faith in other well-worn phrases.

In Brazil, India and Spain, dynamic topped the charts. Meanwhile, in France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, more networking professionals wanted to be seen as innovative.

The full list is available at blog.linkedin.com.

(Writing by Kevin Krolicki, editing by Greg McCune)