Sentences with phrase «trite words»

Avoid using bland, boring, or trite words and phrases at all costs.

Potential candidates seem to forget how priceless that is, only focusing on trite words and job descriptions for past employers with cool clout and credentials.

Using trite words or phrases to articulate your value is one of the biggest mistakes job candidates make, says Claman.

Avoid filling your CV with these trite words, says Lindsey Pollak, author of Getting from College to Career (HarperCollins, 2007), as they can make your CV «appear empty to a potential employer and may do more harm than good».

He sits with me in my grief without offering either trite words or rebounding my pain with righteous anger.

The Clothes: Lovely sounds like a trite word to describe a collection, but Lela Rose does pretty and lovely really, really well.

Not exact matches

«Raising venture capital is like you're on a journey in a car, and you've got to stop at the gas station to fill the tank,» Parker says, calling upon a trite — his words — venture capital analogy.

Is it possible that the message of comfort for those devastated by the faltering world economy will be nothing more than trite and meaningless words if not accompanied by a biblical response where we, the church, become the Good News, the economic expression of God in flesh?

I'm feeling like a hoax when Dianah slightly moves her crutch that lays between her and mother and murmurs it like a prayer, the living and active words of the Old Book that keep her living, and the words sound the opposite of trite when she speaks them under the beat of the African sun:

But even if they are trite, the temptation to add words should be resisted as these are not always «reverent» and often stroke our ego.

I think that may be one reason why so many rely on trite statements, quotes, and cliches — words that defend as easily as they offend.

It is a saying long since become trite but still true of the thought of modern liberal students of the Bible, that the Bible is not in its entirety the word of God, but that the Bible does contain the word of God.

«The children are our future» — trite and cliché, but in this case the words...

«It is trite law that when the word «shall» is employed in a statute, the primary meaning that the court will assign to it is that such provision is mandatory and leaves no room for discretionary or arbitrary exercise of power except a congruence reading if the statute intends otherwise.

Though this might sound a bit trite (after all, metabolism is always a buzz word that is frequently misused), Jeff delves a little deeper to explain that «fast metabolism» basically means «overactive sympathetic nervous system»... which means the adrenal, thyroid and pituitary glands (which control metabolism and energy production) are more active.

Trite is the word that best describes The Perfect Score.

There's no words or trite voiceover.

It might sound trite, but excess words can grate on an agent's nerves.

When a dream - wave crashes onto the shore of my reality, it is hard to find words that don't sound corny or trite.

The words «author platform» have become so trite and ingrained that authors just want to turn the other way.

Going back and looking at what people thought of it way back when, you'll find words like «trite» and «simplistic.»

Intentionally obscured by trite social commentary borrowed from various sources and, at times, interspersed with Pettibon's own words, the drawings ask, «Who is speaking in this work?»

Many words sound trite and rehearsed, as if the applicant has a list of them ready to go, and the interviewer has heard these phrases many times, which is why their eyes are glossing over.

Steer clear of trite, vague and uncertain words which create ambiguity in your resume objective.

Old - fashioned resumes are dense with acronyms, pretentious words and trite padding.

Instead of using trite or boring words, the jobseeker employs a diverse array of words and phrases.

Scan your cover letter for cheesy, trite or dull words and phrases, then reword or remove them before sending your application.

Please avoid trite, bland, or overused words and phrases at all costs.

A big part of that process is scanning the draft of your cover letter for passive voice and cheesy, trite or dull words and phrases, then rewording or removing them before hitting send on an email to a prospective employer.

Also it is all very well to indicate that you are willing to work as a part of a unit, but avoid the use of trite phrases such as Team Player, rather use words that indicate ability to use initiative and enterprise.

We rebuilt its pillars to avoid the trite and overused: Honesty, Integrity, Professionalism... words that echo through the halls of nearly every real estate brand.