Top buzzwords in UK job ads

‘Passionate’, ‘motivated’ and ‘communication skills’ appear in over half of UK job ads, according to a survey analysing more than 500,000 UK job ads in March carried out by job search website Adzuna.co.uk.
Wed, 25 April 2012
‘Passionate’, ‘motivated’ and ‘communication skills’ appear in over half of UK job ads, according to a survey analysing more than 500,000 UK job ads in March carried out by job search website Adzuna.co.uk.

In total, 90% of job ads contain at least one of the 10 most commonly occurring ‘buzzwords’ identified by the survey. The full list...

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