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  • “Responsible” Tops Linkedin’s 2013 Buzzwords

    “Responsible” Tops Linkedin’s 2013 Buzzwords

    As the largest social network for career networking, LinkedIn has access to a great wealth of data about how professionals want to be perceived. Though the word “creative” has consistently popped up on the site’s yearly top 10 overused buzzwords list, the terms LinkedIn members use to describe themselves seem anything but.

    This year’s top 10 overused LinkedIn buzzwords are no exception, though the new list does show that professionals now believe responsibility is a top trait.

    “Responsible” is this year’s most overused buzzword after entering the top 10 on last year’s list. “Creative,” which had held the top spot for two years in a row, has been knocked down to third place just behind “strategic.” Filling out the top 10 are “effective,” “patient,” “expert,” “organizational,” “driven,” “innovative,” and “analytical.”

    Not only is “Responsible” the most overused buzzword of the year, but it also tops the list of overused buzzwords for every English-speaking country surveyed by LinkedIn. “Strategic” also makes it into the top three for each country. This represents a shift toward a more practical personality-based skillset, rather than attempts to wow companies with claims of creativity or past success. U.S. profiles in particular account for an inordinate number of the uses of “patient” – a word that will likely gain popularity in the coming year if the growth of “responsible” is anything to go by.

    Whether or not employers really do want employees who can patiently craft creative, effective, and responsible strategies, LinkedIn suggests that prospective hires get a bit more creative with their profiles. If nothing else, a glimpse at a thesaurus could help them stand out enough for employers to give their profile a second look.

  • Amazon Releases The Best Books Of 2013 List

    As we approach the end of 2013, we’re getting into top 10 list season. Today, Amazon annouonced its selections for the Best Books of 2013.

    “This year offered a stellar list of books to choose from, both fiction and nonfiction,” said Sara Nelson, Editorial Director of Books and Kindle at Amazon.com. “Our top choice, The Goldfinch, is an emotionally trenchant masterpiece and was hands down our team’s favorite book of the year.”

    Below you can see the Top 10 editors’ picks for 2013:

    1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt: A decade after her last novel, Tartt has written a wide-ranging, emotionally trenchant masterpiece that follows the life of Theo, a 14-year-old Manhattanite, who loses his mother, steals a painting and sets off on a journey worthy of Dickens.

    2. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini: A father gives away his daughter to a wealthy man in Kabul, setting into motion a novel that moves through war, separation, birth, death, deceit and love. On the heels of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini has proven that lightning can strike thrice.

    3. Thank You for Your Service by David Finkel: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Good Soldiers comes a mesmerizing nonfiction account of the day-to-day hope and pain that soldiers carry upon returning home. As Finkel writes: “While the truth of war is that it’s always about loving the guy next to you, the truth of the after-war is that you’re on your own.”

    4. Life After Life: A Novel by Kate Atkinson: What if you could be born again and again? This brilliant, multi-layered novel answers that question as Atkinson’s protagonist moves through multiple lives, each one an iteration on the last, flirting with the balance between choice and fate.

    5. Pilgrim’s Wilderness: A True Story of Faith and Madness on the Alaska Frontier by Tom Kizzia: When the “Pilgrim” family rolled into the old mining outpost of McCarthy, Alaska, they were a sight to behold: Robert “Papa Pilgrim” Hale, his wife Country Rose, and their 15 children. But dark secrets lurked behind their congenial faces, ones that shocked a frontier community.

    6. Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson: During World War I, the course of the modern day Middle East was set by a handful of young, low-ranking actors who exerted oversized influence on the region. Anderson focuses our attention on four men: a minor German diplomat and spy, an American oilman descended from the Yale family, a Romanian-born agronomist, and T.E. Lawrence himself.

    7. Tenth of December: Stories by George Saunders: Saunders’ first collection of short stories in six years introduces his ironic, absurd, profound and funny style to an army of new readers.

    8. The Son by Philipp Meyer: A multigenerational Western spanning the 1800s Comanche raids in Texas to the 20th century oil boom, The Son is a towering achievement.

    9. A House in the Sky: A Memoir by Amanda Lindhout: Written with uncommon sensitivity, Lindhout’s account of the 460 days she spent as a captive in Somalia is a moving testament to human resilience in the midst of profound darkness.

    10. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell: This young adult novel about two kids who fall in love on a bus is sweet without being saccharine. And it’s a story adults can love, too.

    Is there a book you’re surprised didn’t make this years list? If so, let us know in the comment section.

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