When looking at a specific position or title, as your browsing postings, take the terms and phrases used and incorporate them into your resume if they apply. It's a lot easier to match your resume to positions, and demonstrates how you match it.  Makes sense, right?

Ambiguous, fluffy, passive terms should be avoided. A resume is a summary, not a Curriculum Vitae, and not your life story in the working world. It should be concise. 

So redline those "mutual benefit" and "challenging position" phrases. Get to the point. 

Keeping in the food analogy, think ordering at a fast food restaurant.  You don't want to hear the upsizing and specials and "can I interest you in" when all you want is a burger, with the condiments and toppings you want, not what someone else wants to give you.

So don't be that fast food flunkie who's trying to upsell.  Be the person who listens to what's really wanted, and offer that.

And if you know specific applications, or industry knowledge, list them, at least on the resume you're submitting for a specific position. 

But don't say you're a specialist in 20 different things; that's not a specialist, that's a generalist.


Customize, people.