Chapter 12

Buzz Words and Action Verbs for Your Resume

BUZZ WORDS ARE A VITAL TOOL for anyone hoping to craft a targeted, effective resume and land his dream job. Using industry-specific buzz words will make your resume stand out to the hiring managers and human resource professionals reviewing them. This section contains a list of buzz words organized by industry followed by a list of regularly used action verbs.

Accounting and Finance

Accounting and finance buzz words highlight experience with accounting, budgeting, treasury, auditing, and information systems activities. This includes collection, documentation, and analysis of financial data and the use of this data to make strategic decisions and share pertinent information with investors, regulators, and government entities. It also includes allocation of capital required for annual operations as well as growth.

Resume Buzz Words

1099 Tax Information

A/P

A/R

Absorbing Cost

Abusive Tax Shelter

Accommodative Monetary Policy

Account Aggregation

Accounting

Accounting Software

Accounting Systems

Accounts

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Accredited Investor

Acid Test

Acquisitions

Actual Reports

Actuarial Department

Actuarial Valuation Report

Adjusted Gross Income

Administrative Leadership

ADP System

Advances

Affiliate

Affinity Investment Scheme

Allotment Needs

Alternative Investment Market

Analysis of Financial Data

Analytical Services

Annual Budget Process

Annual Budgets

Annual Capital Budgets

Annual Operations

Annuity

Appropriation of Money

Asset Management

Asset Reconciliation

Asset Responsibility

Assets

Audit Papers

Audit Requests

Audit Schedules

Auditing

Auditors

Audits

Automated Transmission Process

Balance of Trade

Balance Sheets

Bank Balances

Bank Reconciliations

Bank Training Program

Bar Charts

Bear Market

Bellwether Stock

Benefits Reports

Bids

Big Five

Big Three

Bill Payment

Billing Errors

Billing Systems

Black-Scholes Model

Blue Chip Stock

Board of Directors

Bond and Corporate Financial Services

Bond and Equity Transactions

Bond Market Association

Bonds

Bookkeeping

Boston Stock Exchange

Branch Office

Bridge Financing

Brokerage Firm

Brokerage License

Brokerage Services

Brokers

Budget

Budget Account

Budget and Investigated Variances

Budget Control

Budget Projections

Budgeting

Bull Market

Bureau of Economic Research (BEA)

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)

Burn Basket Execution

Business Administration

Business Cycle

Business Development

Business Experience

Business Model

Business Plan

C.O.B.R.A.

Capital

Capital Budget

Capital Expenditure

Capital Gain

Capital Growth

Capital Surplus Statement

Cash

Cash Account

Cash Availability

Cash Disbursement

Cash Earnings

Cash Flow

Cash Management

CDs

Check Cashing Center

Check Disbursement

Check Verification

Checkbook Maintenance

Check-Cashing Center

Checks

Chicago Stock Exchange

Cincinnati Stock Exchange

Claim Liabilities

Claims Processing

Client Relations

Client's Asset Base

Close the Books

Closet Index

Coding of Receipts

Collections

Commerce Department

Commercial Credit Unions

Commercial Lending

Commercial Loan Operations

Commissions

Commodities

Commodity Futures

Commodity Options

Composite Index

Composite Table

Composite Yield

Compound Interest

Computer Models

Computer Systems

Consulting

Consumer Confidence Index (CCI)

Consumer Credit

Contract Negotiation

Contract Proposals

Contractors

Contracts

Conversion Parity

Convertible Debt

Coordinated Payments

Corporate and Municipal Securities

Corporate Banking Services

Corporate Clients

Corporate Finance

Corporate Financial Data

Corporate Financial Reporting

Corporate Lenders

Corporate Securities

Corporation Account

Cost Estimators

Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA)

Credit Analysis

Credit Balance

Credit Bureau

Credit Reporting

Credit Terms

Currency

Custody Services

Customer Agreement

Customer Inquiries

Customer Relations

Customized Credit Solutions

Customized Investment Portfolios

Data Processing

Database Management

Day Trader

Debt

Debt Consolidation Services

Debt Underwriting

Decimal Pricing

Deferred Compensation Retirement Plan

Department of Commerce

Deposit Accounts

Derivatives

Derivatives and Asset Management

Devaluation

Development of a Mission

Direct Deposits

Director Labor and Standard Costs

Disbursement and Tracking of Loans

Disclosure Forms

Discount Brokerage

Discretionary Income

Discretionary Investment Management

Disposable Income

Divestiture

Dividend Credit

Dividend Receivables

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

Dividend/Interest Payments

Documentation

Dollar Bond

Donated Stock

Dow Jones Composite Average

Dow Theory

Due Diligence

Dynamic Pricing

Earned Surplus

Earnings Reports

Earnings Schedules

Earnings Season

Economic Indicators

Economics

EDP

Efficient Market Theory (EMT)

Emerging Markets

Employee Benefits Reports

Employer-Employee Relationships

Enforcement Policies

Equity

Equity Funds

Equity Ratio

e-Reporting

Escrow

Escrow Deposit

Estate Planning

Eurobonds

European Union (EU)

Exchange Rate

Excise Tax Laws and Regulations

Expenditures

Expense Recording

Expense Reports

Expenses

Federal/State/Unemployment Taxes

Filing Procedures

Finance

Financial Accounting

Financial Advisory Services

Financial Analysis

Financial Expertise

Financial Modeling

Financial Plan

Financial Reporting

Financial Statements

Financial Strategies

Financial Systems

Financial Trend Analysis

First and Junior Trust Deed Loans

Fixed Assets

Fixed Income Securities

Fixed-Income Sales and Trading

Fleet Financing

Flexible Funding Alternatives

Focus Sessions

Forecasts

Foreign Currency

Foreign Exchange

Foreign Markets

Fraud Account Functions

Fund Coding

Fund Custody Services

Fund Expenses

Fund/Sponsor Investments

Future Sales and Trading

GAAP and SSAP Formats

GCAS Productivity

General Ledger

Global Fund Services

Global Macroeconomics

Global Markets

Global Trade Services

Government Entities

HMO Rates

Home Loans

Homeowners

Illustrative Cost Calculations

Income Statements

Income-Related Statements

Inequities

Information Systems

Institutional Equities

Insurance and Financial Services

Insurance Products

Integrated Financial Solutions

Internal Control Procedures

Internal/External Reporting

International Banking Services

International Bond Funds

International Economics

International Index Assets

Investment Banking

Investor Relations

Investor Services

Investors

Invoices

IRA

IRS Filing

IRS Service Policies

ISA/ABS Systems

Issuance of Policies

Journal Entries

Journal Transactions

Key Ratios

Leasing Companies

Legal and Credit Files

Lending

Liabilities

License Agreements

Lien Mortgage Loans

Line Management

Listed Companies

Loan Documents

Loan Payments

Lotus

Management Information Systems

Management Services

Managerial Accounting

Manual Worksheet System

Manually Issued Policies

Market Averages

Market Awareness

Market Indicators

Market Invoices

Marketing

Markets

Merchant Investment Banking

Mergers and Acquisitions

Middle- and Upper-Income Markets

Money Management

Money Market Account

Money Market Instruments

Month-End Journal

Monthly Closing

Monthly Financial Statements

Monthly Forecasts

Monthly Manufacturing Accounting Report

Mortgage Loans

Mortgages

Municipal Securities

Mutual Funds

NASD Regulations

NASDAQ

National/International Markets

New Benefits

New York Stock Exchange

Online Investments

Operating Budget

Operational Support

Options

Originating (Brokering and Funding)

Outstanding Payable Balance

Outstanding Tax Obligations

Overdrafts

Overdue Accounts

Partnerships

Past Due Interest

Payable Vouchers

Payroll

Payroll Coverage

Payroll Functions

Payroll Records

Personnel

Petty Cash

Planning Refinement

Portfolios

Premium-Based Workers' Compensation

Pricing Policies

Primary and Secondary Public Stock Offerings

Principal Auditor

Private Client Services

Private Companies

Probabilities

Problem Resolutions Skills

Production Costing

Profit Plans

Profit Sharing

Profitability

Pro Forma Statements

Property and Casualty Carrier

Public Companies

Public Finance

Public Relations

Purchase Orders

Purchasing

Quantitative Analysis

Quarterly/Monthly Reports

Real Estate and Mortgage Loans

Real Estate Transactions

Receipts

Record Transactions

Recordkeeping Services

Regulators

Regulatory Bodies

Remit Payments

Reports

Repurchase Agreements

Residential Loan Applications

Retail Banking

Retirement Accounts

Retirement Management

Retirement Programs

Retirement Services

Retrospective Refund Liabilities

Revenue Collection

Royalties Computation

Sales

Schedules

SEC Reporting

Secured Business Lending

Secured Loan Programs

Securities

Securities Lending Services

Securities Services

Securities Trading

Security Discrepancies

Self-Insurance Program

Selling

Shareholder Account Activities

Shareholder Inquiries

Single Country Funds

Single-Family Residences

Spending Behavior

Spreadsheets

State Insurance Regulations and Legislation

Statistics

Stock Brokerage Licensure

Stock Market Investments

Stock Research

Stocks

Strategic Decisions

Strategic Plans

Tax and Insurance Escrow

Tax and Regulatory Requirements

Tax Filings

Tax Forms

Tax Liabilities

Tax Returns

Tax Shelters

Taxable Fixed Income

Tax-Deferred Investments

Tax-Exempt Assets

Telephone Collections

“Tiered” Interview Techniques

Trade Capture Settlement

Trade Management Development

Trade Settlements

Transaction Management

Transfers

Travel and Entertainment Reconciliations

Travelers Checks

Treasury

Treasury Bills

Trend Reports

Trial Balance

Trust and Banking Markets

Trust Departments

Unbillable/Uncollectible Business

Underwriting

Underwriting Philosophy

Underwriting Results

Valuation

Variable Annuity Products

Vendor Identification Files

Vendor Payments

Weekly Cash Requirements

Wire Transfers

Workers' Compensation

Administrative

These buzz words are for applicants looking for general management and office positions. They reflect an involvement and familiarity with general office management as well as oversight of facilities and systems associated with day-to-day organizational activities. Important skills include administrative, project management, customer service, and light labor.

Resume Buzz Words

Account Records Maintenance

Account Transactions

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Ad Placement

Adding Machines

Administrative Policies and Procedures

Administrative Support Services

Advertising

Agendas

Analysis

Appraisal Files

Aerospace

Positions in this field might be in manufacturing, commercial or military aviation, or research. Aerospace industry buzz words display experience with manufacturing, engineering, and maintenance of commercial, military, and business aircraft; helicopters; aircraft engines; missiles; spacecrafts; and materials, related components, and equipment. This includes scientific research; hands-on work repairing and constructing aircraft equipment and parts; guaranteeing customer safety through quality assurance testing; and producing reliable, high-quality products.

Resume Buzz Words

ABS Resins

Acquisition Management

Activity Reports

Actuators

Adapter Cards

Advanced Combat Systems

Advanced Fighter Aircraft

Advanced Technology Products

Aerospace Defense Products

Aerospace Ordnance Devices

Aerospace Systems

Aerospace Telemetry

Air Defense Technologies

Air Force Material Command

Air Traffic Control

Air/Coastal Defense Radar Systems

Aircraft

Aircraft Avionics

Aircraft Components

Aircraft Engines

Aircraft Fuel Systems

Aircraft Fuselages

Aircraft Maintenance

Aircraft Modification

Aircraft Refueling

Altitude

Analysis Reports

Appliances

Audio Accessories

Automation

Aviation Communications Products

Avionic Display Systems

Avionic Mechanisms

B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber

Boeing 747

Braking Control Systems

Broadcasting

Cabin Interior Products

Cabin Video Systems

Capital Services

Casting Foundry

Circuit Breakers

Circuits

Combat Systems

Command/Control Systems

Commercial Aircraft

Commercial Aircraft Parts

Commercial Jet Transports

Commercial Pumping Systems

Computer Bus Structures

Computer Peripheral

Computer Systems Development

Computer-Based Information

Control Equipment

Control Systems

Control Valves

Controls

Corporate Aircraft

Coupling Equipment

Data Communications Hardware Products

Data Interchange Services

Database Systems Support

Defense Industry

Defense Systems

Design Activities

Displacement and Pressure Transducers

Distribution of Electricity

Ducting Systems

Dynamic Hydraulic and Mechanical Testing

Dynamic Testing

Edge-Lighted Plastic Panels

Electric Motors

Electrical Components

Electrical Distribution

Electrical Modules

Electrical Supply Houses

Electromagnetic Parts

Electromechanical Locks

Electronic Components

Electronic Firing Systems

Electronic Industrial Automation Products

Electronic Systems

Electronics

Electro-Optics

Emergency Rescue Equipment

Energy Extraction Applications

Engine Components

Engine Instrumentation

Engine Parameters

Engines

Environmental Testing

Ethernet

Evaluation Reports

Executive Aircraft

Explosive Devices

External Commercial and Industrial Customers

F/A-18

Filters

Filtration Equipment

Fire Detection/Protection Systems

Flight Controls

Flight Simulators

Flight Test Data

Fluid Power Systems

Freight Air Carriers

Fuel

Fuel Pumps

Fusing Devices

General Aviation Aircraft

Global Support

Ground Support Services

Heavy Equipment

Helicopters

High-Security

High-Technology Ferrous

Hydraulic

Igniter Assemblies

Industrial Applications

Industrial Automation and Control

Industrial Gas Turbine Engines

Industrial Lighting Products

Industrial Machinery

Industrial Use

Inertial Navigation and Guidance

Information Systems Management

Inter-Computer Network Communications

Interior Aircraft Equipment

Jet Aircraft Engine Parts

Jet Engines

Laminates

Large Commercial Aircraft

Laser Firing Systems

Latching Devices

Light Machining

Liquid Propellant

Local Area Network

Logistics

Logistic Support Analyses

Major Aircraft Manufacturers

Manufacturing Methods

Manufacturing Support Services

Marine Systems

Measuring Methods

Mechanical Separation Devices

Medical Supplies

Medical Systems and Equipment

Microcircuits

Microelectronics

Microprocessor-Based Electronic Sequencers

Military Aircraft

Military Missiles

Military Planes

Missile Systems

Missiles

Molecular Biology Research Items

Nacelle Systems and Components

Navigation Control Systems

Navigational Instruments

Network Topologies

Networking Products

Nonferrous Castings

Operations Research

Optical Equipment

Optical Pick-Offs

Orbiting Satellites

Ordnance-Related Products

Panel Meters

Passenger Air Carriers

Passenger Control Units

Passenger Video Entertainment Systems

Performance Polymers

Plastics

Pneumatic Component Parts

Policies

Positioning Instruments

Power Cartridges

Power Systems

Precision Fastening Systems

Precision Measuring Scales

Precision Patterned Glass and Metal Products

Pressure Regulators

Pressure Transducers

Procedures

Processes

Product Development

Programming Experience

Pumps

Quality Assurance

Quality Control

Radar Equipment

Radio and Television Transmitters for Aircraft

Remote Network Access Communications

Repair Services

Replacement Parts

Resistors

Rocket Engines

Rotary and Linear Optical Incremental

Encoders

Satellite Guidance Systems

Satellite-Based Communications Systems

Scientific Applications

Sensors

Service Accessories

Servovalves

Shared Services

Sheetmetal

Silicones

Simulation-Based Devices

Simulator-Related Training Services

Small-Launch Vehicles

Software Systems

Solid Rocket Motors

Sophisticated Aerospace Equipment

Sounding Rockets

Space

Space and Communications

Space and Aviation Systems

Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC)

Space Applications

Space Systems Architecture

Space Vehicles

Specialty Insurance

Speed

Strategic Missile Systems

Strategic Weapon Systems

Superabrasives

Systems Analysis

Systems Engineering

Systems Management

Tactical Air Defense Systems

Tactical Missile Systems

Tactical Weapon Systems

Technical Guidance

Technical Products

Testing

Token Ring

Training Devices

Training Services

Transmission

Transportation Systems Products

Troubleshooting

Turbine Engines

Valves

Vibration (Random/Sine) Testing

Waterjet Propulsion Systems

Weapon Systems

Wiring Systems

Apparel, Fashion, and Textiles

Buzz words in this industry highlight experience with clothing design, export, and sales; knowledge of current style or style characteristics; or the manufacturing, weaving, and knitting of fabric, yarn, or cloth. This includes work with curtains, drapery, shoes, and sportswear; skill with nonwoven fabrics, textile goods and finishing, and yarn and thread mills; or the buying, handling, shipping, receiving, and selling of such goods.

Resume Buzz Words

Absorbency

Accent

Accessories

Acetate

Apparel

Apparel Design Arena

Apparel-Manufacturing Company

Apprenticeship

Artwork

Assortment

Automotive Distribution

Bandages

Baseball Caps

Bedroom Ensembles

Belts

Block and Slopers Development

Blouses

Brand Names

Brands

Bridal Gowns

Care Labels

Carpet

Casual Wear

Catalog Sales

Chain Stores

Chamois Flannel

Children's Sleepwear

Cloth Labels

Clothes

Clothing Manufacturers

Coats

Color

Comforters

Commission

Complete Line

Consumer Markets

Convert Fabric

Core Products

Cotton

Cotton-Blend Fibers

Curtains

Daywear

Denim

Department Store Merchandise

Design Concepts

Designer Jeans

Designer Lines

Designs

Detail

Die-Casting

Direct Marketing

Distribution Centers

Diversified Line

Divisions

Draperies

Dress Shirts

Dresses

Dye-Printing Process

Dyeing

Elastic Knitting

Export

Extensive Range

Eye Glasses

Fabrics

Fashion Apparel Products

Fibers

Filament

Finished Home Products

Footwear

Formalwear

Furnishings

General Merchandise Stores

Global Retailer

Goods

Grade Rules

Half Sizes

Hand-Knitting Yarn

High-Quality Fabric

High-End Velvet

High-Spec Industrial Applications

Home Fashion Products

Home Furnishings

Import

Independent Textile Converter

Industrial Distribution

Industrial Hosiery

Industrial Markets

Industrial Processes

Industrial Uniforms

Interior Furnishings

Intimate Apparel

Inventory

Jackets

Jeans

Jersey Fabrics

Junior Sizes

Knit

Knit Healthcare Products

Knitted Fabrics

Knitted Fleece

Knitted Textile Fabrics

Labels

Laces

Leather Apparel

Leisure Shirts

Leisurewear

Licensed Labels

Licenses

Licensing

Loungewear

Luggage

Lycra and Rubber Products

Mail Order Catalogs

Major Discounters

Manmade Fibers

Manufacturers

Manufacturing Plants

Marketing

Markets

Mass Merchants

Mass Volume Retailers

Material

Measurement Charts

Medical Products

Men's Apparel

Merchandise

Metal and Coil Slide Fasteners

Micro-Safe Fiber

Misses' Sizes

Narrow Elastic Fibers

National and Regional Chains

Nationally Distributed

Natural and Synthetic Fibers

Neckwear

Nonwovens

Novelties

Nylon Fibers

Nylon Travelers

Outerwear Line

Packaging Products

Pants

Paper Making Machines

Patternmaking

Patterns

Petite

Petite Dresses

Pillows

Plaids

Plastic Injection Moldings

Polyurethane-Coated Fabrics

Principal Buyers

Printed Fabrics

Printed Items

Private Label Sleepwear

Private Labels

Private Retail

Private-Label Designer

Processing Wool

Processing

Producing Pattern

Product Development

Production

Products

Purses

Quality Control

Retail Outlets

Retail Sales Prices

Retail Units

Retailers

Robes

Rug Kits

Sale

Sales Category

Samples

Scarves

Sewing Thread

Sheets

Shirts

Shoes

Skirts

Slacks

Special Machinery Spools

Special Occasion Dresses

Specialty Fabrics

Specialty Markets

Specialty Stores

Specialty Weaves

Spinning Cotton

Sportswear

Sportswear Items

Spun Yarns

Stores

Stretch Panties

Styles

Suits

Support Facilities

Synthetic

Synthetic Filament Polyester

Synthetic Thread

Tailored Men's Clothing

Tapes

Textile Outerwear

Textile Products

Textile Products Manufacturing

Textile Wholesaler

Textile Yarns

Textiles

Textured Nylon

Texturing

Towels

Trading

Trimmings

T-Shirts

Twisting

Undergarments

Uniform Shirts

Uniforms

Upholstery

Value-Priced Apparel

Variety

Warp Knit Fabrics

Washable Service Apparel

Watches

Wear

Weaving

Weekend Casual Sportswear

Wide-Warp Knit

Winding

Window Treatments

Women's Apparel

Women's Sheer Hosiery

Woodturnings

Woolen Coats

Worldwide

Woven

Woven Finished Fabrics

Woven Greige Fabrics

Woven Synthetics

Woven Velvets

Wrinkle-Free Cotton Fabrics

Yarns

Young Ladies'

Young Men's Apparel

Youth Market

Architecture, Construction, and Engineering

In these fields, effective buzz words highlight one's experience with applying scientific and mathematical principles to the design, layout, and construction of machines, structures, buildings, and systems. This includes planning the physical composure of a bridge, house, or monument; graphically conceptualizing the mathematical dynamics of huge land structures; and physically preparing, assembling, or renovating pre-existing architecture.

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Accident Reconstruction

Accident Statistical Data Analysis

Aggregates

Air Conditioning Systems

Airfield Lighting Power Distribution

Airfields

Airports

Architectural Planning

Architectural/Engineering Services

Asphalt Felt-Based Linoleum

Asphalt Paving

Aviation

Banks

Biomechanics

Brick Masonry

Bridge Inspection

Bridges

Budget Development

Builders

Building Entrances

Building Materials

Building Plans

Building Products

Building Restoration

Buildings

Business Support Services

Cabinets

Carpet Base

Chemicals

Civic Centers

Civil Disciplines

Civil Engineering

Coal

Coal Production

Code Compliance

Commercial Architecture

Commercial Construction

Commercial Industries

Commercial Services

Compressor/Vacuum Pump Products

Computer Aided Design (CAD)

Conceptual Design

Concrete Repair

Condominiums

Construction

Construction and Renovation Projects

Construction Base

Construction Drawings

Construction Forensic Services

Construction Maintenance

Construction Management

Construction Management Firm

Construction Management Services

Construction Services

Construction Site

Construction Support

Construction/Structural Engineering

Consulting Services

Contract Documents

Contract Drawings Development

Contractor Submittals

Contractors

Cost Control

Cost Estimates

Cost Estimation

Crushing Operation

Curtainwall Systems

Defense Industry

Design

Design and Construction Phases

Design Calculations

Design Drawings

Design Reports

Design Tasks

Document Review

Doors

Drafting Team

Drainage

Drainage and Flood Control

Drawing Review

Earthwork Volume

Educational Facilities

Electrical Construction

Electrical Subcontracting

Electricity

Electronic Security System Projects

Energy

Energy Industry

Energy Management

Engineering

Engineering Consulting

Engineering Design

Environmental Assessments

Environmental Consulting

Environmental Engineering

Environmental Studies

Equipment Management

Equipment Rental Sales and Service

Estimates

Extensive Variety

Exterior Finishing Materials

Fabricated Products

Facilities and Transportation

Facings

Feasibility Studies

Federal Programs

Field Crews

Field Engineering and Inspection

Field Experience

Field Reports

Field Responsibilities

Financing Operations

Fire/Life Safety Design

Fittings

Floor Adhesives

Flooring

Flooring Products

Frame Parts

General Contracting Firm

General Contractor

Geotechnical Investigation

Geotechnical Services

Global Services

Government Bases

Graphics

Hard Floor Coverings

Hazardous Waste Assessment and Remediation

Heating and Air Conditioning Equipment

Heating Systems

Heavy Construction

Heavy Industrial Construction

Heavy Rail

Heavy-Civil Contractor

Highway Capacity

Highway Contractor

Highways

Homebuilders

Hospitality Projects

Hotels

Industrial Complexes

Industrial Facilities

Infrastructure Systems

Interior Design Services

Job Site Management Team

Labor Units

Laboratories

Land Planning

Lateral and Axial Pile Analyses Programs

Lav-Tops

Layout

Leading Mortgage Finance Company

Lighting Control and Monitoring System

Lighting Products

Loss-Control Services

Maintenance Services

Major Bridges

Major Cargo Airports

Management Consulting

Manufacturing Industry

Marine Facilities

Marine Investigations

Material Take-Off

Materials and Product Testing

Mechanical Contracting

Mechanical Design Drawings

Mechanical Estimates

Mechanical Subcontracting

Metal Fabrication Services

Metal Siding

Metals

Minerals

Monitor Panels

Multidisciplinary Approach

Multifaceted Construction Firm

Multifamily Apartment Complexes

Nonresidential Architectural Building Products

Nuclear Fuel

Occupancies

Office Buildings

Operating Groups

Operation and Construction Management

Services

Pavement

Petrochemical Industry

Petroleum Refining

Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnologies

Industries

Piping Pricing

Piping Takeoffs

Planning

Plumbing

Plumbing Supplies

Policyholders

Pollution Control

Polymers

Power Distribution

Precast Concrete

Prevention of Accidents and Failures

Private Sectors

Probable Risk Assessment

Procurement

Procurement Management

Professional Services Organization

Programming

Project Conception

Project Planning

Project Team

Properties

Protection of Traffic Plan Development

Public Facilities

Public Sectors

Public Works

Pulp

Quality Control

Quantity Estimates

Quantity Takeoff Calculations

Railroads

Railway Signal Engineering Designs

Range Hoods

Ready-Mixed Concrete

Real Estate Agencies

Refrigeration Contractor

Related Mobile Home Products

Relevant Codes

Remediation Services

Remote Site Camps

Renovation

Research Laboratories

Residential

Residential Building Maintenance Services

Restoration

Risk Prevention/Mitigation

Road/Highway

Roof Domes

Roof Vents

Roofing

Safeguard the Environment

Semiconductor

Sheet Metal Fabrication

Siding

Single-Family Homes

Slope Stability Modeling Programs

Solar Energy Components

Solid Waste

Spatial and Statistical Analysis

Specialists

Specialty Construction Services

Specialty Sheets of Foam

Specifications

Sports Facilities

Sprinkler and Irrigation Products

Steel Industry

Storefronts

Streets

Structural Concrete Construction

Structural Engineering

Structural Projects

Stucco

Subcontractors

Suppliers

Surety Claim Services

Surveying

System Safety and Reliability

Task Areas

Technical Consulting

Technical Presentations of Proposals

Tenant Improvements

Tile

Toplights

Total Engineering

Traffic

Traffic Signal Design and Maintenance

Training

Transition Strip Accessories

Transportation

Transportation Markets

Transportation Model Network Coding

Transportation Related

Tunnels

Value Management

Valves

Ventilation

Warning and Labeling Issues

Waste Management

Wastewater Collection

Wastewater Reuse

Wastewater Treatment

Water Management

Water Resources

Water Treatment and Distribution

Water/Wastewater Services

Waterfront Facility

Wide-Ranging Climates

Window Framing

Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Recreation

These buzz words are just some of those from the often glamorous worlds of entertainment, sports, and arts; each individual field within these industries will have many more specific terms that might be used to demonstrate your knowledge and experience. Arts-resume buzz words display experience with production or arrangement of sounds, colors, forms, movements, or other visual elements. Entertainment-industry buzz words exhibit experience-producing performances or shows to amuse, please, or divert an audience's attention. Entertainment buzz words also display experience working for studios, networks, production companies, record companies, and radio stations. Sports and recreation buzz words highlight experience with both competitive and relaxing activities such as games and matches.

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360-Degree Theater Systems

Action/Adventure Films

Actor Management

Amusement Park

Ancient Art

Animation

Arcade

Art Department

Art Media

Awards Shows

Background

Ballets

Banquet Facilities

Botanic Gardens

Broadcasting

Broadway Theaters

Cable Television Networks

Casinos

CD Manufacturing and Distribution Facility

CD-audio and CD-ROM Mastering and Replication

Children's Cartoons

Circus

Coaching Staff

Comedic Theater

Comedy Films

Concerts

Concession Facilities

Conservation and Curatorial Departments

Contracted Artists

Convention and Meeting Facility

Dance

Digital Effects

Digital Images

Director Management

Discovery Labs

Documentary

Editing, Design, Sound, and Related Services

Education Services

Educational and Research Programs

Entertainment

Entertainment Production Company

Event Television

Exercise Programs

Exhibition Halls

Family Audiences

Fashion

Feature-Length Motion Pictures

Fellowships

Film Development

Film Distribution Company

Film-to-Tape and Tape-to-Film Transfer

Finishing

First-Run Syndication

Fitness and Aerobic Classes

Fitness Center

Foreign Television Networks

Free Television

Fulfillment Services

Full-Service Health and Fitness Club

Giant Screen

Guest Hotel Facilities

Hair

Harness Racing Facility

Hiking Trails

Historic Artifacts

Historical Interpretation

History Museum

Home Video

Horseracing Tracks

Independent Multimedia Manufacturing

Integrated Merchandising

Intellectual Property Rights

Interactive Games

Interactive Media

Internships

Laser Disc Licensees and Distributors

Laser Video Disc Recording

Layout

Lectures

Leisure and Entertainment Company

Libraries

Licensing

Live Animals

Live Entertainment

Low-Budget Theatrical Motion Pictures

Made-for-TV Movies

Magazines

Makeup

Manuscripts

Media Company

Meets

Merchandising

Miniseries

Modern Art

Motion Picture Business

Motion Picture Film Processing

Motion Pictures

Museums

Music Production

National and International Tours

National Basketball Association (NBA)

National Football League (NFL)

National Hockey League (NHL)

Major League Baseball (MLB)

Nature Center

Newspapers

Nonprofit Art Gallery

Nonprofit Arts Showcase

Nonprofit Cultural Organization

Nonprofit Performing Arts Theater

Off-Broadway

Off-Line and Online Video Editing

On-Broadway

Online Services

Opera

Opera House

Orchestra

Outdoor Activity Programs

Packaging

Paddle Boats

Parks

Pay Television

Performing Arts Facility

Personal Training

Photo Finishing

Pipeline

Political Satire

Popular and Classical Records

Portable Simulator

Practice

Preservation of Buildings and Ships

Production Planning

Professional Hockey

Professional Resident Theater Company

Professional Sports Teams

Prospecting

Publications and Reproductions

Publishing

Puppetry

Recreation Program

Regional Cable Television Sports Networks

Research Library

Revisualization Sequences

Rights to Films

Roller Skating Rink

Satellite Transmission Uplinking Services

Schedules

Set Dressing

Shakespearean Productions

Sitcoms

Snack Bar

Special Effects

Special Interest Programming

Special Productions

Sports Highlights

Stakes Races

State-of-the-Art Theaters

Student Art Exhibitions

Studio Facilities and Technology

Syndicates

Talent and Literary Agency

Talk Shows

Tanning

Television Programs

Theatrical Exhibitions

Theatrical Performances

Toy Design

Type Design

Uniforms

Vaudeville

Venues

Video and Film Duplication

Video Post-Production Services

Video Theater

Videocassette and Audiocassette Duplication

Virtual Reality Theater Systems

Visual Arts Museum

Warehousing

Water Theme Park

Websites

Weights

Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)

Women Viewers

Automotive

Buzz words for the automotive industry highlight experience in repair shops and with producing automotive equipment and knowledge of auto sales and services.

Resume Buzz Words

Accessories

Air Conditioners

Air Filters

Air Injection

Airbag Electronics

Airbags

Alignment

Alloy Wheels

All Wheel Drive

Aluminum Bodies

Antilock Braking Systems (ABS)

Antilock Brakes

Assemblies

Assembly Services

Auctions

Auto Body Parts

Auto Reconditioning

Automatic

Automobile Doorframes

Automobile Parts

Automotive

Automotive Aftermarket

Automotive Design

Automotive Electronic Controls

Automotive Electronics

Automotive Glass

Automotive Occupant Restraint Systems

Automotive Parts

Automotive Regulators

Automotive Roll Form Products

Automotive Seating Systems and Components

Automotive Service

Automotive Starting Systems

Automotive-Original Equipment

Axles

Ball Bearings

Bimodal Vehicles

Blow Moldings

Body Stampings

Book Value

Brake Linings

Brake Pads

Brakes

Brazed Assemblies

Bus Specialty

Bushings

Caliper

Camping Trailers

Car Stereos

Cars

Certified Automotive Parts Supplier

Chassis

Chemicals

Child and Infant Seats

Climate-Control Systems

Clutch

Clutch Plates

Coatings

Coils

Combined Markets

Combustion Chamber

Commercial Vehicles

Compressor

Connecting Rod

Continuous-Strand Fiberglass

Contract Manufacturing Services Solutions

Conversion Facility

Conversion Van

Convertible Systems

Coolant

Coolant Systems Pressure Gauges

Custom Vehicles

Custom-Designed

Customers

Customizes

Cylinder Head

Cylindrical

Dealers

Decorative Laminates

Delivery Vehicles

Design

Development

Diesel Engines

Differential

Displays

Distributor

Domestic

Door Systems

Driveshaft

Drivetrain Components and Systems

Dry Freight Vans

Electric Automotive Switches

Electric Motors

Electrical

Electrical Automotive Equipment

Electrical Power Distribution Equipment

Electronic Controls

Electroplating

Engine Components

Engine Mounts

Engine Parts

Engineering Services

Exhaust

Exhaust Systems

Exterior Automobile Mirrors

Exterior Enhancement Programs

Extruded Plastic Materials

Fabricated Glass

Factory Equipment

Fifth Wheels

Financing

Flat Glass Products

Flat Tire

Flatbed Trailers

Floor Consoles

Fluid Connectors

Fluid Power

Fluid Systems Components

Four Wheel Drive

Frames

Franchised Auto Dealerships

Franchised Automotive Service Locations

Front Wheel Drive

Fuel Filters

Fuel Injection

Fuel Injectors

Fuel Pumps

Fuel Systems

Fuel-Carrying Systems

Fuel-Handling Products

Full-Line Vehicle Manufacturers

Full-Size Vans

Fully Loaded

Gaskets

Generating Systems

Halogen Headlamp

Headlights

Heaters

Heavy Truck Chassis

Heavy Trucks

Heavy Vehicle Systems

Heavy-Duty Trucks

Hoses

Hydraulic Power Units

Hydraulic Products

Hydraulic Pumps

Ignition Systems

Import

Independent Supplier

Independent Suspension

Industrial Products

Inflatable Restraints

Information Technology

Injection Moldings

Inspections

Instrument Clusters

Instrument Panel Components

Interior Automotive Products

Interior Trim

Iron Castings

Latch Assemblies

Light Truck Seating Systems and Components

Light Trucks

Light Vehicle Aftermarket

Light Vehicle Systems

Lighting Products

Lighting Systems

Limited Slip Differential

Maintenance

Manual

Manufactured Goods

Mass Transit

Metal Automobile Components

Metal Stampings

Midrange Diesel Engines

Midsize/Luxury Car Group

Mini Motor Homes

Minivans

Miscellaneous Automobile Parts

Molded Materials

Molded Plastics

Motor Coaches

Motorhomes

Motors Insurance

Octane Reading

Off-Road Machinery

Oil Caps

Oil Changes

Oil Filters

Options

Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM)

Overdrive

Overhead System Components

Oxygen Sensors

Park Models

Parts

Passenger Cars

Pickup Truck Bedliners

Pickup Trucks

Pinion Steering Gears

Pistons

Piston Rings

Plastic Fasteners and Clips

Plastic Injection Molding

Plastic Interior Items

Plastic Products

Pneumatic Products

Power Rack

Power Units

Powertrain

Powertrain Components

Powertrain Systems

Precision Parts

Precision Stamping

Product Design

Production Facilities

Push Rod

Quarter Panel

Radiator Pumps

Radiator Valves

Radiators

Recreational Vehicle Manufacturers

Recreational Vehicles

Refined Motor Cars

Refrigerated Trailers

Related Components

Rental

Replacement Parts

Replacement Parts Distribution

Research and Development (R&D)

Residual

Resins

Resonator

Ride-Control Products

Safety Restraint Products

Sale

Sales/Service Groups

Sales-Automotive Aftermarket

Sealing

Seals

Seat Belts

Seats

Sectors

Sedans

Sensors

Service Centers

Service Operations

Sleeve Bearings

Small Car Group

Specialized Applications

Specialized Fibers

Specialized Truck Bodies

Spoilers

Sport-Utility Vehicles (SUV)

Standard Transmission

Steering Linkage

Strut

Sun Visors

Sunroofs

Supplies

Suspension

Suspension Ball Joints

Suspension Parts

Suspension Systems

Tail Lamps

Tapered Roller Bearings

Test Drive

Testing

Thrust Washers

Tier One Supplier

Tier Two Supplier

Timing

Tinted Glass Products

Tires

Tool Building Services

Tooling Applications

Torque

Traction Control

Tractors

Trailer Hitches

Transmission Bands

Transmission Parts

Transportation Manufacturing Firm

Travel Trailers

Trimming

Truck Bodies

Truck Campers

Truck Doorframes

Truck Drivetrain Systems

Truck Group

Trucks

Tune Up

Turbocharger

Universal Joint

Upscale Model

Used Cars

Valve Train

Valves

Van Bodies

Van Campers

Vehicle Development Groups

Vehicle Leasing

Vehicle Parts

Vehicle Transport Services

Vehicular Lighting Products

Vibration Control Parts and Systems

Washers

Welded Assemblies

Wheel Base

Wheels

Wholesale Distribution

Wholesale Value

Windows

Worldwide Markets

Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals

The buzz words in these industries are often highly technical, and exhibit a science background. Resumes may demonstrate experience with cellular biology, vaccine research, prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, chemical compounds used in pharmaceuticals, and tools used to diagnose diseases. Relevant experience includes synthesizing new drugs, testing of drugs, determination of dosages and delivery forms (such as liquid or tablets), calculating cost-effectiveness of a proposed drug, and selling/marketing of pharmaceuticals.

Resume Buzz Words

Advanced Cellular and Molecular Biology

Agricultural Biotechnology

Allergies

Analytical Tools

Anemia

Antibodies

Antiviral

Aqueous-Based Synthetic Solutions

Aseptic Processing Design

Assay (ELISA) Test Kits

Autoimmune

Bioinformatics

Biomedical Research

Biopharmaceutical Development

Biopharmaceutical Fermentation

Biosciences

Biostatistics

Biotechnology

Blood Management Systems

Blood Tests

Bone Marrow Transplantation

Breakthrough Drug

Calibration Programs

Cancer Research

Cardiovascular Disease

Cell Biology

Cell Lines

Cell-Based Functional Secondary and Tertiary Assays

Centrifuges

Chemical Manufacturing

Chemotherapeutic Pharmaceuticals

Clean Room Certification

Clinical Laboratories

Communications

Industry buzz words in the area of communications highlight writing, graphics, public relations, publicity, and promotions skills and experience. This includes activities associated with creating, distributing, and transmitting text and graphic information via varied print, video, audio, computer, and web-based media. Some of the buzz words listed concerning editing and writing would also be useful for those applying for positions in publishing.

Resume Buzz Words

Acquisition of Titles

Administrative Skills

Advertising

Annual Fact Book

Antenna Designs and Measurements

Art and Production Elements

Arts and Entertainment

Articles

Assignments

Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)

Audio Production

Authors

Automatic Call Distributors

Automation Solutions

Backlist

Blemishes

Book Production

Booklets

Broadcasting Operations

Business Presentations

Cable Television

Call Center Management

Call Centers

Camera Operation

Campaign Letters

Casting Contracts

Catalogs

CDs

Cellular Phones

Circulation Records

Classified Advertisings

Collaboration

Columns

Commercials

Communications Intelligence Collection

Communications Management

Communications Service Provider

Communications Systems

Computer-Telephony Integration Solutions

Consumer Markets

Content

Content Development

Contributing Writers

Copyedit

Corporate Imaging

Cover Story

Creative Writing

Darkroom Procedures

Data Communications Equipment

Data Communications Services

Data Management

Data Services

Data Systems

Deadlines

Design

Desktop Publishing

Digital Music Service

Direct Mail

DSL Products

Editing

Editorial Changes

Editorial Committee

Editorial Direction

Educational Programs

Electronic Telecommunications Test Equipment

e-Mail Systems

Facsimile Systems

Fact Checking

Federal Agencies

Fiber-Optics

Films

Formatting

Frame Relay

Freelance Projects

Fundraising

Galleys

General Interest Topics

General Trade Reference Titles

Government Network Solutions

Grammar

Grant Proposals

HDTV

Healthcare Communications Systems

High-Bit-Rate Digital Subscriber Line (HDSL)

High-Speed Data

Historical Articles

Independent Telephone Operating Companies

In-Depth Features

Industrial Films

Institutional

Integrated Microwave Antenna Subassemblies

Interconnect Carriers

International Newsletter

Internet

Internet Access

Internet Equipment

Interview

LAN Internetworking

Layout

Ledger

Lighting and Broadcasting System

List Building

Local and National Affiliates

Locator Systems

Low-Radar Cross-Section

Manuscripts

Marketing

Marketing Proposals

Media Lists

Media Relations

Media Tours

Medical Journal

Monograph

Monthly Newspaper

Multimedia Group

Negotiated Contracts

Network and Data Services

Network Architectures

Network Operations

Network-Affiliated

News

News Briefs

News Casting

Newscasts

Newsletters

News Media

Newspapers

On-Air

Order Filling

Page Maker

Pamphlets

Paste-Up/Mechanicals

People Skills

Periodical Publishing

Planning and Forecasting Packages

Poetry

Press Kits

Press Releases

Printers

Private Communications Networks

Private Network Managers

Problem Analysis

Production

Production Details

Program Hosting

Promotions

Proofread

Props

Prototype

Public Carrier Providers

Public Relations

Public Service Announcements

Publication

Publication Process

Publicity

Publicity Files

Publishing Process

Radio Broadcasting

Record Maintenance

Recruitment Experience

References

Reporting Software

Reports

Reproduction

Research Findings

Research Papers

Research Papers and Reports

Residential Local and Long Distance Telephone Services

Review

Satellites

Schedules

Scholars

Scripts

Signal Reconnaissance Equipment

Skin

Social and Political Issues

Specialized Publications

Speeches

Stage Design

Standards and Procedures

Story Development

Story Ideas

Style Criteria

Subscribers

Subscription Orders

Subscriptions

Surface Flaws

Surveys

Switched Multimegabit Data Service

Tape Recording

Technical/Engineering

Telecommunications Signals

Telephone Equipment

Telephone Systems

TelePrompter

Television

Television Commercials

Text

Textbooks

Touchtone Telephone

Trade Magazines

Trade Newspaper

Trends

Updates

Video and Voice Applications

Videoconferencing

Voice Messaging

Voice Systems

Voicemail

Voice-Processing

Volunteer

Wardrobe Arrangements

Wide Area Network (WAN)

Wireless Access Network

Wireless Service Plans

Word Process

Work Flow Systems

Writing

Computers and Mathematics

For positions in the computer industry, buzz words are highly technical and change fairly rapidly. Effective buzz words highlight experience with defining, analyzing, and resolving business problems and utilizing knowledge of computer systems to examine problems and design solutions. Important skills and experience include planning new computer systems or devising ways to apply existing systems to operations that are still done manually.

Resumes for positions in mathematics should spotlight activities ranging from the creation of new theories and techniques to the translation of economic, scientific, engineering, and managerial problems into mathematical terms.

Resume Buzz Words

Accounts Payable

Accounts Receivable

Administrative Tasks

Algorithms

Alternative Concept Development

Applications

Architecture

Architecture Requirements and Capabilities

Backup and Multiplatform Connectivity Systems

Batch System

Billing Systems

Bookkeeping

Bugs

Business Problems

Business Re-Engineering

C++

Client Database

Client Support Services

Client/Server Technology

CMS-2

COBOL Programming

Coding

Communications Technology

Computer Information Systems

Computer Interface Circuitry

Computer Program Requirements

Computer Programming Languages

Computer Reselling

Computer Science

Computer Software

Computer Systems

Conversion Products

Customer Needs

Customer Requirements

Customer Service System Consulting

Data Acquisition

Data Communication Systems

Data Communications

Data Entry

Data Migration

Data Processing

Data System Design and Implementation

Database Management

Database Repair/Troubleshooting

Database Systems

Deadlines

Design and Implementation

Developmental Math

Device Driver

Differential Equations

Digital Audio and Video Tools

Disk System

Documentation

DOD Telecommunications Technology, Architecture, Policy and Standards

DOS Batch Files

Drivers

Dynamical Systems Analysis

Electronic Components

Engineering Projects

Engineering Solutions

Failure and Analysis Reports

Fault Tolerant Signal Generation Software

File Structure

Financial Reporting Systems

Fixed Storage Space

Flowcharts

Hardware Products

Host Users

Information Architecture

Instructions and Guidelines

Integration

Internet Sales Systems

IT Planning

LAN Management

Large-Scale Networking Environments

Logical/Manageable Components

Mainframe Production Environment

Management and Technology Consulting

Manufacturing Efficiency

Manufacturing Test Systems

Membership Records

Memory Upgrades

Microcomputer

Mini Computers

MIS

Monitor Networks

Multiuser Database

Multivariable Calculus

Network-Based Applications

Network Configuration

Network Installation

Network Interface Cards

Network Management

Network Tools

Networking Solutions

Noncompliant Issues

Online Message System

Open Systems

Open Systems Migration

Operating Efficiencies

Operating Systems

Operational Procedures

Optical Disks

Parallel Architectures

PC Products

PC Software

Performance Standards

Peripheral Manufacturers

Preproduction Testing

Process Control

Process Time

Product Demos

Product Presentations

Products and Components

Programming Skills

Project Cost Effectiveness

Prototype

Real-Time Computer Programs

Real-Time Embedded Software Design

Real-Time Interactive Visual Communications

Real-Time Simulation

Record Compilation

Reliability

Reporting Systems

SAS Programming

Server Machines

SGI Workstation

Shared Storage Systems

Software

Software Design

Software Development

Software Guide

Software Implementation

Software Testing

Software Upgrades

Source Code

Specifications

Statistical Knowledge

Strategic Planning

Subassemblies

System and Subsystem Interface

System Design Engineering

System Enhancements

System Safety

System Testing

Systems Configuration

Systems Engineering

Systems Test and Integration

T1 Connection

Technical Directions

Technical Notes

Technical Reports

Technical Solutions

Technology Integration

Terminal Servers

Test Data

Test Networks

Test Plan

Test Procedures

Test Software/Hardware

Troubleshooting

Uninterrupted Transmissions

UNIX Market

User Manuals

Utilities

Video Communications

Video Images

Visual Basic

Visual Programming Languages

Voice Communications

VxWorks

Warehouse Development Tools

Whitepapers

Windows

Workstation Configuration

Workstation Maintenance

Workstations

Education and Library Sciences

Education buzz words display a familiarity with child development, kindergarten and elementary school education (including math, language, science, and social studies), private and public preschools, elementary schools, middle and secondary schools, colleges and universities, as well as tutorial operations. Library science buzz words highlight experience related to the collection and cataloging of library materials and direct information programs for the public.

Resume Buzz Words

Absent

Academic Development

Academic Schedule

Accountability

Accreditation

Administrative Problems

Advertising

Aesthetics

After-School Programs

Age Appropriate

ALA Filing Rules

Alertness and Coordination

Algebra I & II

Algorithm

Alumni Relations

Appreciation

Art

Artistic Skills

Audiovisual

Authentic Assessment

Author

AV Equipment

Balanced Development of Children

Balanced Reading

Basic Academic Skills

Behavioral Problems

Behavioral Strategies

Bibliographic Data

Bibliographies

Block Scheduling

Books

Bookstore Operations

Brain-Based Learning

Budget Planning

Building Self-Esteem

Bus Stops

Business Math

Card Catalog

Cataloging

Certification

Chair Meetings

Charter Schools

Child Development

Child-Centered Teaching

Chronically/Terminally Ill Children

Circulation Desk

Class Trips

Classroom Safety

Classroom Supervision

Classrooms

Coach

Cognitive Development

Cognitive Skills

Collaboration Skills

Collaborative Projects

College Archives

College-Level Courses

Committees

Computer Curriculum

Computer Lab

Computers for Classroom Management

Consensus

Content Areas

Course Descriptions

Crafts Instruction

Creative Expression

Creativity

Critical Thinking

Cultural and Recreational Activities

Curricula Methods

Curriculum

Curriculum Development

Curriculum Plans

Daily Lesson Plans

Daily Operations

Day Camp

Debater

Decode

Department of Education

Department of Social Services (DSS)

Department of Youth Services (DYS)

Departmental Text

Detention

Development of Initiative and Self-Reliance

Dexterity

Direct Mail

Direction

Disabled Students

Discovery Learning

Donor Gifts

Drilling

Education

Education Expeditions

Education Institutions

Education Plans

Education Reform

Education Reinforcement

Educational and Psychological Testing

Educational and Recreational Activities

Educational Committees

Educational Requirements

Elementary Education

Elementary School

Emotional Methods

Emotionally Disturbed Class

English

Environmental Simulation

Evaluation

Exercises

Faculty and Staff Counsel

Food Service Management

Fundraising

Geometry

Grades 9-12

Grades K-8

Grades/Marks

Group Counseling

Group Presentation

Group Study

Guidance Counselor

Half-Time

Handbook

Handicaps

High School

Higher-Order Thinking

History

Honors

Index Tools

Indexes

Individual IEP's

Individual Lesson Plans

Individualized Treatment/Education Plans

Infant Care

Intellectual Methods

Interpreter/Translator

Journals

Junior High

Language

Language Arts

Language/Learning Disabilities

Leadership Training

Learning Aids

Learning Disability Class

Learning Through Play

Lectures/Seminars

Letter Sounds

Library Services

Life and Career Skills

Lifelong Learning

Literacy and Numeracy Skills

Mass Media Communications

Mathematics

Media Releases

Microfiche

Microfilm

Monograph Collection

Montessori Method

Multicultural Populations

Multiculturalism

Multioffice Communication

Multiple Intelligences

Museum Trips

Music Lessons

Negotiator

New Book Orders

Newsprint Publications

NLM Classification System

Nonprofit Service Organization

Numerical Ability

Observation Skills

One-to-One Instruction

Onsite Visitation

Oral Language Skills

Orientation Programs

Outcome-Based Education

Outings

Parent Involvement Committee

Parent Relations

Parent Teacher Association (PTA)

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Peer Tutoring

Performance Standards

Personal Care and Play

Phonics

Photo Indexing

Photocopy

Photocopy Policies

Physical Development

Physical Skills

Physical Therapy

Portfolio Assessment

Positive Behavior Modification Techniques

Pre-Calculus

Preparation

Preschool/Daycare Setting

Press Releases

Private School

Procedures

Program Coordination

Progress Reports

Project Approach

PTSA

Public Relations

Public School

Public Service

Public Speaking

Publishing

Pupil-Led Play

Reading

Reconstitution

Recreational Activities

Recruiting

Reference and Search Files

Reference Questions

Reference Services

Religion

Remedial Math

Remedial Reading

Research

Residence Halls

Retrospective Conversion

Role Model

Rote Learning

SAT Preparation

Scholarships

School Administration

School Board

School Policies

School Year

Science

Secondary School

Secretary of Education

Severe Emotional Disabilities Classroom

Sign Language

Social Studies

Special Education

Speech Pathology

Spelling

Staff Meetings

State Standards

State-Certified

Statistics

Student Accomplishments

Student Activities

Student Affairs Calendar

Student Assessment

Student Athletes

Student Evaluation

Student Groups

Student Performance

Student Relations

Substitute

Success-Oriented Group

Summer School

Superintendent

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Systems

Tardy

Teacher Dues

Teacher Evaluation

Teacher Recruitment

Teacher Union

Teacher-in-Service Training

Teaching Aids

Teaching Methods

Teaching Skills

Teaching to the Test

Teaching/Training

Terminals

Textbooks

Therapeutic Group Services

Traditional Teaching Mode

Training

Trigonometry

Troubleshooting Skills

University

University Students

Vocational Counseling

Vocational Interest

Voucher

Weekly Meetings

Whole Child Development

Whole Language

Workshops

Writing

Engineering

Buzz words from the various fields of engineering demonstrate experience with the theories and principles of science and mathematics and with designing machinery, products, systems, and processes for efficient and economical performance. This includes designing industrial machinery and equipment for manufacturing goods, defense systems, and weapons for the armed forces. Other important skills and experience include planning and supervising the construction of buildings, highways, and rapid transit systems; and designing and developing consumer products and systems for control and automation of manufacturing, business, and management processes.

Resume Buzz Words

3D Modeling

Acoustic Testing

Aerodynamics

Allocation

Analog Electronics

Architecture Enhancements

Assembly Design

Assembly Modification

Bid and Cost Plus Work

Bid Sheets

Bidder Lists

Board of Safety Standards

Buildings

C Programming

C4 Navigation and Intelligence

Cable Products

Capital Equipment

Ceramic Capacitors

Chemical Engineering

Chemistry

Circuitry

Civil Engineering

Commercial Projects

Competitive Analysis

Complex Electromechanical Systems

Component Evaluation

Components and Assemblies

Compression Tests

Computer Product Design

Computer Programming

Computer Software Packages

Computer-Based Transducers and Loudspeaker System Measurement

Conceptualization

Conflicts Resolution

Consistency and Compatibility

Construction Coordination

Construction Estimates

Construction Industries

Contract Engineering

Cost Reduction

Customized Security

Data Collection and Analysis

Data Performance Characteristics

Design and Construction of RF Equipment

Design Methodologies

Design Verification Testing

Detailed Models

Development Environment

Digital Electronics

Documentation

Dynamic Systems

Economical Solution

Efficiency Control

Electrical Analysis

Electrical Design

Electrical Engineering

Electronic Design

Electronic Equipment

Electrostatic Discharge

Emissions Testing

Engineering Estimates

Engineering Field Supervision

Engineering Management

Environmental Engineering

Environmental Problems

Environmental Regulations

Environmental Testing

Fabrication Methodologies

Facilities

Facilities Engineering

Facilities Inspections

Flow Patterns

Fluid Compression

Fluid Mechanics

Fluid Systems

Functionality

Geological Formations

Global Marketing

Government Markets

Hardware Evaluation

High-Density Surface Mount Printed Circuit/Wiring Board (PWB)

High-Speed Applications

High-Temperature Environments

Hydraulic Systems

Hydrologic Surveys

Industrial Engineering

Industrial Projects

Information-Based Systems

Injection Molding Design

Integrated Systems

Interdisciplinary Requirements

Internal Controls

Justification Studies

Land Surveying Services

Line Balancing

Load Monitors

Logical Performance Characteristics

Logistics

Maintenance Documentation

Management Processes

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Problem Resolution

Manufacturing Processes

Marine Engineering

Master Specifications

Mathematical Models

Mechanical and Control Systems

Mechanical Design

Mechanical Design Integrity

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanism Design

Microscopic Analysis

Mission-Critical Programs

Motion Control

Mounting

Networked Systems

Networking Functionality

New Product Development Environment

OEM

Operations Manual

Part Tolerance

Parts Modeling

Performance Characteristics

Petroleum Accumulation

Petroleum Generation

Petroleum Migration

Phase Separation

Physical Performance Characteristics

Planning

Polishing

Powder and Bulk Solids Handling

Power Supply Test

Preproduction Engineering Prototypes

Preventive Maintenance Programs

Process and Procedure Development

Process and Project Documentation

Process Control

Process Development

Process Improvements

Process Methods

Process Sheets

Product Development

Productivity

Professional Consulting

Programmable Logic

Project Cost

Project Engineering

Project Management

Project Specifications

Project Start-Up

Prototypes

PWB Fabrication

Qualitative Analysis

Quality Assurance

Quality Assurance Tests

Quality Control

Quantitative Analysis

Radiation Monitoring Equipment

Radiological Controls

Reactor Design

Reactor Maintenance

Reconnaissance

Regulatory Compliance

Regulatory Requirements

Reliability and Quality Assurance

Reliability Life Testing

Research and Development (R&D)

Safety Regulations

Scheduling

Scientific Discovery

Sheet Metal Design

Space Platforms

Space Systems and Electronics

Specifications

Statistical Analysis

Statistical Process Controls

Stress Analysis

Structural Design

Subsystems

Surveillance

Susceptibility Testing

System Analysis

System Baselines

System Characterization and Test

System Dynamics

Systems Analysis

Systems Dynamics

Systems Maintenance

Technical Guidelines

Technical Guides

Technical Support

Technical Writing

Tensile Tests

Test Planning and Field Operations

Test Plans

Test Processes

Test Specimens

Testability and Verifiability of Requirements

Testing Policies

Testing Standards

Theories

Thermodynamics

Thermoforming Design

Timing Violations

Tooling

Top-Level System Architecture

Vendor and Partner Technology Relationships

Weight and Distribution Properties

Worst-Case Scenarios

Written Specifications

Executive and Managerial

Executive and managerial positions exist in all types of businesses. Executive buzz words should highlight experience ranging from general supervisory duties to running an entire company. Relevant skills include management of individual departments within a larger corporate structure, motivating workers to achieve their goals as rapidly and economically as possibly, budgeting and directing projects, and evaluating company processes and methods to determine cost-effective plans.

Resume Buzz Words

Corporate Returns

Corporate Strategy

Correspondences

Cost Reports

Credit Lines

Custom and Importing Regulations

Customer Education

Customer Relations

Customer Service

Data Processing

Database

Database Management

Day-to-Day Operations

Direct Mail

Direct Response Agencies

Domestic Letters of Credit

Efficient Operations

Employee Morale

Employee Training

Equipment

Evaluation

Expense Control

Expenses

Facilities

Facility Coordination

Fiduciary Income

Finance

Financial Controls

Financial Management

Financial Reports

Financial Statements

Financial Transactions

Franchise Management

General Ledgers

Hardware

High-Dollar Contracts

Hiring

Import/Export Shipments

Incremental

Individual Returns

Insurance

International Letters of Credit

Inventory

Inventory Control

Invoices

Lead Development

Leasing

Lending

Logistics

Long Term Goals

Loss Prevention

Maintenance

Major Accounts

Management

Manpower

Marketing

Marketing Activities

Markets

Merchandising

Mobility

Motivation

Negotiation

New Business Development

New Products

Objectives

Operational Objectives

Operations

Outside Sales and Support Staff

P&L Management

Payables

Payroll

Personnel Management

Personnel Relations

Policies and Procedures

Product Awareness

Profit Loss

Profit Margin

Progressive Organization

Projection

Promotions

Property Management

Prospects

Provider/Client Communication

Public Relations

Purchasing Process

Purchasing Systems

Quality Control

Receivables

Records

Referrals

Regulatory Requirements

Relationship Management

Reorganization

Reports

Restaurants

Retail Banking

Retail Sales

Revenue

Revenue Development

Sales Experience

Sales Expertise

Sales Objectives

Sales Presentations

Sales Support

Sales Techniques

Scenarios

Scheduling

Service Contracts

Service Operations

Small Business

Staff Supervision

Statistics

Store Operations

Supervision

Supervisory Experience

Tax Issues

Team Management

Technical Support

Third-Generation

Time-Phase

Training

Transitional

Troubleshooting

Yearly Transactions

Food and Beverages/Agriculture

Industry buzz words for these fields highlight experience with growing, processing, packaging, shipping, receiving, storing, preparing, and selling consumable products. This includes farming; transport and delivery of products between farms, processing plants, and vendors; scientific research and development of products to ensure quality and safety of foods; and export and sale, both foreign and domestic.

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Advanced Breeding

Advertising Claims

Agricultural

Agricultural Chemicals

Agricultural Commodities

Agricultural Products

Agricultural Trade Association

Animal Feed Ingredients

Animal Oils

Baby Food

Baked Products

Baking Breads

Basic Ingredients

Beef

Beer

Beer Brands

Beer, Wine, and Spirits Distributor

Beverage Vending Company

Beverages

Biotechniques

Bottled Water

Bottling Facility

Brands

Brewing

Business Efforts

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cakes

Canned Beans

Canned Fruits and Vegetables

Canned Meat Products

Canola

Cans

Cash Advances

Cattle Feeding Procedures

Cereals

Cheese

Chemical Dispensing Equipment

Citrus Growing and Processing Firm

Coin-Operated Vending Machines

Commercial Soups

Commodities

Commodity Trading

Competitive Prices

Competitively Priced

Condiments

Confections

Consumers

Convenience Food

Cooking Oil

Corn

Corn Refining Process

Corrugating

Costing

Cotton

Cottonseed Flour Products

Creative Solutions

Crop Areas

Crop Growth

Crop Insurance

Crop Nutrients

Culinary Background

Dairy Dessert Products

Dairy Products

Define Problems

Dehydrator

Dessert Products

Diet Soft Drinks

Dips

Distribution

Diversified

Diversified Livestock Company

Doughnuts

Drinking Water

Dry Bulk Warehousing

Edible and Industrial Plant Oils

Eggnog

Erythritol

Ethanol

Farm

Farm Products

Farmers

Farming

Feed

Feed Ingredient Trading

Feedlot

Fermentation Lab

Fermentation Products

Fermentor Systems

Fertilizers

Financial Markets Division (FMD)

Flavoring Products

Food and Consumer Products

Food and Cosmetic Product Regulations

Food and Seed Industries

Food Industry

Food Processing Businesses

Food Production

Food Products

Food Safety

Food Safety Systems

Food Service Disposables

Food Service Experience

Formulas

Freight Management

Fresh and Frozen Fish Products

Frozen Foods

Frozen Meats

Frozen Potato Products

Fruits

Fuel

Functional Foods Markets

Genetic Engineering

Genetically Engineered Plants

Government Regulations

Grain Merchandising

Grain-Based Foods

Grains

Greenhouse

Groceries

Growers

Ham

Handling

Harvesting

Herbs

High-Fructose Corn Syrup

High-Quality

Horticulture

Hybrids

Ice Cream Manufacturer

Imports

Incremental Break Boxes

Industrial-Grade Starches

Ingredients

Institutions

Inventory Management

Irrigation

Juices

Ketchup

Labels

Lamb

Livestock Marketing

Livestock Production

Livestock Quality

Local Vineyards

Luncheon Meats

Major Producer

Major Trader

Malt Beverages

Manufacturer

Manufacturing

Margarine

Market

Market Conditions

Meat Products

Merchandising

Military Markets

Milk

Minerals

Mines

Nationally Distributed Food Products

Natural Ingredients

Nonagricultural

Nutritional Products

Oilseeds

Order Placement

Order Selection

Packaged Food Companies

Packaging

Pasta Products

Pasta Sauces

Pest Control

Pet Food

Pharmaceutical

Phosphates

Pickles

Pinot Noir

Plant Breeding

Plant Products

Planting

Pork

Portion Control

Potash

Premium Line

Premium White and Red Varietal Table Wines

Premium Wines

Prepared Feeds

Processed Consumables

Procurement

Product Specifications

Protein Powders

Proteins

Public Stockyards

Pudding

Purchasing

Quality Control

Quality Raw Materials

Quick-Service Restaurants

Raising Livestock

Ready-To-Eat Cereals

Recognized Brand Names

Reconditioning

Refrigerated

Rent

Repackaging

Replenishment

Restaurants

Retail Locations

Rice

Risk Management

Rolls

Salad Dressings

Salt Products

Sauces

Sauvignon Blanc

Seafood

Seasoning Blends

Seasoning Mixes

Seasonings

Seed

Seed Varieties

Smoked Salmon Ravioli

Snack Foods

Soft Drinks

Sour Cream

Soy Flour

Soy Isolates

Soy Milk

Soy Protein

Soybeans

Spaghetti Sauces

Specialty Food Company

Specialty Food Items

Specialty Ingredient

Spices

Sports Beverages

Starches

Sterility Control

Storing

Strain Management

Sweeteners

Temperature Controlled

Tomato Sauces

Tomato-Based Products

Transporting

Tryptophan

TVP

Veal

Vegetable Oil Refinement

Vegetable Oils

Vegetable Products

Vegetables

Vendors

Vitamin C

Vitamin E

Vitamins

Wheat

Wholesale Food Distributors

Wholesale Outlets

Wholesaler

Yogurt

Government

For those interested in positions in politics and government, buzz words highlight experience in executive, legislative, judicial, or general government agencies as well as with public agencies, such as firefighting, military, police work, or the United States Postal Service. This includes researching and evaluating military materials; cleaning, maintenance, and general service for public works; participating in political campaigns by networking, fundraising, or organizing; and working to control narcotic and dangerous drug use through prevention and law enforcement. It also includes mail pickup and delivery experience, public relations and press work, and public outreach activities.

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Administration

Administrative Offices

Administrative Services

Advanced Development Programs

Agency

Agency Management

Agricultural Production

Agriculture

Air and Water Pollution

Air Quality

Annex Building

Area-Wide Governmental Organization

Assistance Services

Bank Holding Companies

Borrowing Transactions

Briefing Reports

Broadly Based Exploratory Programs

Building Activities

Bureau

Business Administration

Business Interests

Business Relationship

Central Headquarters

Central Management Agencies

Chamber of Commerce

Citizens

City Council Offices

City Departments

City Highways

City Manager

City Transportation Department

Classification Compliance Audits

Coastal Waters

Committee

Community Service Jobs

Complete Range of Mail Pickup and Delivery Services

Computerized Procurement Systems

Constitutional Officer

Consumer Rights

Consumers and Businesses

Control Audits

Coordinating Food Protection Programs

Debate

Debt Management

Defense Contract Management

Democratic Party

Department of Industrial Accidents

Department of Labor and Workforce Development

Dependents

Developing Countries

Diplomatic Capabilities

Disaster Management

Disaster Prevention

District Court

Domestic Disputes

Econometrics

Economic and Educational Support

Economic Conditions

Economic Development

Economic Growth

Economy

Education

Educational Issues

Educational Programs

Elections

Emergency Situations

Energy

Enforcement

Engineering

Environmental Protection

Environmental Quality

Environmental Sciences

Environmental Studies

Exchange Rate Management

Executive Branch

Export Counseling

Federal Bank

Federal Benefits

Federal Campaigning Activities

Federal Environmental Laws

Federal Government

Federal Government Agency

Federal Labor-Management Relations

Federal Planning

Federal Records

Federal Reserve Notes

Federal Space Exploration Program

Field Locations

Field Offices

Finance

Financial Institutions

Fire Prevention

Fish and Wildlife

Food Protection Program

Food Stamps

Foreign Intelligence

Functional Divisions

Funding

General Services

Generating Electricity

Government Assistance

Government Offices

Government Organization

Government Program Applications

Government Registration Activities

Governmental Organization

Government-Owned Facilities

Government-Run

Governor

Grant

Guidelines

Health and Human Services Facility

Highway Maintenance

Human Health Protection

Impact of Trade

Import

Inadequate Housing

Income Distribution

Income Tax Returns

Independent Auditor

Information Services

Information Technology

In-House Research

Institutional Issues

International Agency

International Aid

International Companies

International Lending Agency

International Trade

Issuance of Licenses

Job Market

Job Placement

Jobseekers

Justice

Labor Unions

Land Use

Law

Law Enforcement Services

Legal Cases

Legal Determinations

Legal Services

Legislative Branch

Legislative Requests

Legislators

Lending to Third World Nations

Local Businesses

Local Government Agency

Local Office

Long-Term Economic Growth

Macroeconomics

Maintenance and Improvement

Mandate

Manufacturing Quotas

Mayor's Office

Medicaid Services

Medical Devices

Medical Emergencies

Medico-Public Health Laboratory

Metro

Metropolitan Development

Missions

Monetary Policy

Monetary Theory

Multidisciplinary Support

National Cemeteries

National Headquarters

National Health Programs

National Law Enforcement Agency

National Parks

Nationwide Healthcare Programs

Natural Resources

Nature and Wildlife Preservation

Naval Warfare Centers

Navy Needs

Nonprofit

Nuclear Materials

Nuclear Power

Objective Trade Expertise

Operations

Organization Analysis

Passport Acceptance

Patent

Patrols

Physical Sciences

Police Department

Policies

Political and Legislative Support Functions

Political Economy

Productivity of Natural Resources

Public Buildings

Public Expenditure

Public Finance

Public Order

Public Use

Public Works

Purify City Water

Quality Health Care

Quality of the Environment

Radiation Emitting Products

Recreation Areas

Rectifying Disputes

Recycling Services

Reducing Manufacturing Costs

Regional Offices

Regional Planning Agency

Regional Problems

Regional Training Institutes

Regulation of Companies

Regulatory Agency

Regulatory Commission

Renewable Energy

Repair Services

Republican Party

Roads and Highways

Safe Living Conditions

Sale of Consumer Products

Securities Market

Security Documents

Security Products

Seminars

Senior Services

Significant Economic Changes

Small Business

Snow Plowing

Space Systems Technology

Special Investigations

Standards

State Entities

State Government

State Parks and Reservations

State Representation

State Tax Information

State-Run Agencies and Universities

Statewide Financial and Compliance Audits

Statistical Material

Statistical Methodologies

Statutory Filings

Street Repairs

Tax Forms

Tax Publications

Trade Actions

Trade Association

Trade Seminars

Traffic Congestion

Transportation Planning

U.S. Industries

U.S. Paper Currency

U.S. Policy

Urban Development

Utility Companies

Volunteers

Water Supply

Welfare Office

Work Force Conditions

Workers' Compensation Claims

Health and Medical

Buzz words from the vital health and medical fields demonstrate experience with illness, working toward achieving and maintaining healthy lifestyles, and helping to address and resolve related issues, such as insurance and medical claim forms. This includes working directly with patients and their families in dealing with health problems; assisting patients by providing medical advice regarding prescriptions, insurance claim forms, and related issues; and researching medical treatments and techniques.

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Acute and Chronic Patients

Agency Staff

AIDS

Ambulatory Services

Anatomy/Physiology

Anesthesia Operations

Angioplasty

Appointments

Behavioral Programs

Biochemistry

Blood Chemistry

Blood Draws

Bone Fractures

Budget Preparation

Budget Responsibilities

Burn Patients

Business Management Activities

Calisthenics

Cardiac Anatomy

Cardiac Catheterization

Cardiac Patients

Case Management

Childbirth

Chronic Pain

Chronically Ill

Clerical Support

Client Eligibility

Clinical Cardiology

Clinical Instruction

Clinical Operations

Communication Disorders

Community Hospitals

Comprehensive Care

Computer Literacy

Conduct Disorders

Conferences and Lectures

CPR

Crisis Intervention

Crowns

Daycare Centers

DEA Regulations

Dental Impressions

Dental Laboratory

Dental Materials

Dentures

Department Budgets

Departmental Meetings

Diet Aides

Dietetic Technicians

Discharge Planning

Disease Research

Drills

Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Drug Delivery

Echocardiography

Educational Counseling

Educational Videos

EKG

Electric Stimulation

Emergency Care

Emergency Medical Procedures

Emergency Services

Emergency Treatment

Exercise Classes

Family Conferences

Filing Systems

First Aid

Follow-Up Medical Treatments

Formal Education Programs

Front Desk Procedures

Gastroenterology

Government-Funded Food Programs

Grinders

Health/Recreation Clubs

Heimlich Methods of Resuscitation

Hematology and Serology Testing

Historic Research

HMO's

Home Care

Home Care Agencies

Home Health Agencies

Hospital Policies

Hospital, State, and Federal Guidelines

Human Services

ICU

Individualized Treatments

Infusion Therapy Services

Inhalation Therapy

Injured Patients

Inlays

In-Patient and Outpatient Care

In-Service Consultation

Instrument Set-Ups

Insurance Companies

Intensive Aerobics

Intravenous Therapy

IV Antibiotic Therapy

Lab Procedures

Lab Results

Laboratory Operations

Lathes

Manic Depression

Massage Therapy

Medical Equipment

Medical Management

Medical Photography

Medical Records

Medical Research

Methodology

Metropolitan Hospitals

Modalities

Motivational Skills

MRI Department

Multidisciplined Practice

New Medications

Nursing Home Placement

Nursing Practice Standards

Nursing Services

Nutrients

Nutrition

Nutritional Care Plans

Order Entry

Outpatient

Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Pathology

Patient Care

Patient Charts

Patient Records

Patient Relations

Patient Services

Patients

Pediatric Patients

Pediatric/Emergency Medicine

Personality Disorders

Pet Food Products

Pet Nutrition

Pharmaceutical Companies

Pharmaceuticals

Pharmacology

Pharmacology and Behavioral Modification Methods

Physical and Psychosocial Needs

Physical Standards

Physical Therapy Standards

Policy and Procedures Development

Polishers

Post-Op Care

Postoperative Care

Preliminary Diagnoses

Preoperative Care

Prescription Reimbursement Claims

Prescriptions

Primary Nursing Care

Private Practice

Psychiatric Care

Psychology

Psycho-Social Assessments

QA Monitoring

Qualitative Research

Quality Assurance

Quantitative Research

Radiology

Referring Physicians

Respiratory Therapy

Service Related Incidents

Severely Ill Patients

Side Effects

Skilled Nursing Assessment

Social Services

Specialized Nursing and Medical Care

Staffing Issues

State-Funded Programs

Statistical Reports

Strength and Stamina

Stretching

Stretching/Strengthening Exercises

Strokes

Substance Abuse

Surgical Procedures

Teaching

Therapy

Tracheotomy Care

Ultrasound

Unit Doses

Urinalysis

Ventilators

Veterinary Medicine

Vital Signs

Word Processing

Work-Related Injuries

Workshops

X-Ray Department

X-Ray Procedures

Yoga

Hotels and Restaurants

In these service industries, buzz words reflect experience and familiarity with restaurant management, food services, banquets and conventions, guest/customer service, and promotions. Other valuable skills include culinary, business/accounting, interpersonal communication, and facilities management. Many of these buzz words would also apply for many positions in the travel industry.

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ACF (CEC) Certification

ACF Apprenticeship

Administrative

Amusement Facilities

Audio Equipment

Bakeries

Bakery and Confectionery

Banquet Activities

Banquet Equipment

Banquet/Meeting Facilities

Bar Set-Up and Breakdown

Beauty Culture

Bookkeeping

Budgeted Food Costs

Buffet and Restaurant Displays

Buffing Wheel

Burnishing Machine Tumble

Cafes

Cash Control

Cash Handling Procedures

Casual-Dining Restaurants

Catering

China, Glass and Silver Service Inventory

Cleanliness

Cleanup of All Banquet Functions

Cocktails

Company Standards

Conference Center

Cookery Craft

Coolers/Storerooms

Country Clubs

Culinary Arts

Culinary Management

Culinary School

Cultural Centers

Customer Satisfaction

Daily Quality Checks

Deluxe Hotels

Dinnerware

Dishwashing Machine

DJs

Drive-Thru Restaurants

Eating Venues

Employee Relations

Ethnic Cuisine

Excess Production

Exclusive Health Clubs

Family-Oriented Restaurants

Fast-Food Restaurants

Federal, State, Local Safety and Health Regulations

Fine Dining

Floor and Capacity Charts

Flow of Guests

Food and Facilities Management Services Company

Food and/or Beverage Orders

Food Preparation and Presentation

Food Preservation

Food Production Management

Food Retailing

Food Service Companies

Food Service Facilities

Food Service Handlers Certification

Foreign Hotel Institutions

Franchises

Fresh Products

Front Office Operation

Glassware

Global Sales

Groundskeeping

Guest Occupancy

Guest Services

HACCP Standards

Health Department Rules

Hiring

Home Science

Hospitality Management

Hotel Accounting

Hotel Management

Hotel Standards

Housekeeping

Ingredients

Integrated Facilities Management

International Hospitality

Inventory and Food Costs

JCAHO Knowledge

Kitchen

Leisure and Tourism

Leisure Attractions

Licensed House Management

Liquor and Wines

Live Entertainment

Luxury Hotel

Management Experience

Meat Blocks

Meeting Rooms

Menu Development

Menu Planning for Various Disease States

Nightclub Promotions

Nutritional Requirements

Nutritional Screening and Assessment

Online Reservations

Organizational Functions

Orientation

Outsourcing Solutions

Personality

Pizzeria

Plant Operations and Maintenance

Plating and Presentation

Portion Sizes

Pots, Pans, and Trays

Presentation

Pre-Shift and Regularly Scheduled Meetings

Prices

Problem-Solving Capabilities

Promotions

Proper Food Handling

Public Recreation Facilities

Quality Standards

Reception

Recruiting Efforts

Refrigerators

Reservation

Resorts

Restaurants

Roadside Lodges

Room Set-Ups

Safety Procedures

Sales Figures

Sanitation Practices

Scheduling

Server Stations

Special Packages and Promotions

Spoilage

Squirrel POS System

Staff Development

Staffing

Tables

Techniques and Standards

TIPS Certification

Tourism

Training

Trash and Garbage Removal

Travel

Vendor and Distributor Relations

Vocational Training

Weddings

Weekly and Monthly Inventories

Worktables

Human Resources

Human resources buzz words display experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring employees according to their qualifications and suitability to the organization. Additional responsibilities often include encouraging a productive company culture by effectively utilizing employee skills and fostering job satisfaction; handling employee health and pension plans; and maintaining and articulating knowledge of government regulations regarding labor and employee benefit regulations.

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Accounts Payable System

Accounts Receivable System

Ad Management

ADA

Administration

Affirmative Action

Background Checks

Behavioral Sciences

Benchmarking

Benefit Checks

Benefit Consulting

Benefits

Benefits Administration

Blended Learning Solutions

Business Results

Business Value

Candidate Pool

Candidate Screening

Career Counseling

Career Development

Career Fairs

Claim Adjudication

Client Management

Coached Learning Solutions

Coaching

College Programs

Compensation and Payroll Functions

Compensation Consulting

Compensation Data

Compensation System

Competencies

Confidential Personnel Records

Consultative Skills

Content Assessment

Contract Negotiations

Contracts

Corporate Communication

Corporate Learning

Corporate Performance

Corporate Philosophy

Creation of Reports and Correspondences

Current Trends

Customer Service

Delivery Assessment

Departmental Contacts

Departmental Expenditures

Development Initiatives

Direct Mail

EEO/AA Compliance

e-Learning

Electronic Learning Solutions

Employee Counseling

Employee Effectiveness

Employee Records

Employee Relations

Employee Relationship Management Solution

Employee Status Forms

Employees

Employment

Entitlement

Evaluation Process

Executive Bonus Plan

Executive Search Companies

Exempt Positions

Federal and State Laws

General Ledger

Global Leadership Attributes

Grievance Interviews

Grievance Procedures

Gross Sales Reconciliation

Hard-Core Unemployed

Health Care and Group Benefits

HRIS Technologies

HRMS Products/Solutions

Human Capital Strategy

Induction Programs

Industry Trends

Insurance Payments

Integrated Development Approach

Internal and External Resources

Internal Staffing

Interview Process

Invoice Processing

Job Descriptions

Job Requirements

Key Business Outcomes

Key Competencies and Deliverables

Labor Disputes

Labor Management

Labor Relations

Leader Effectiveness

Leadership Assessment Tools

Leadership Development Programs

Leadership Responsibilities

Maintenance Bills

Management

Management Techniques

Maternity Leave

Measurement

Meetings

Mentor

Merit Budget Recommendations

Methodologies

Modularized Learning Solutions

Needs Analysis

Networking Activities

Non-Exempt Positions

Office Interviews

Office Supply Maintenance

Open Enrollments

Open Positions

Organizational Development

Organizational Learning

Organizational Objectives

Outplacement Services

Payroll Database

Payroll Transmissions

Pension/Health and Welfare Reports

People Development

Performance Development

Performance Management

Performance Measurement and Rewards

Permanent Personnel Actions

Permanent Positions

Personnel

Personnel Policies

Placement

Portfolio assessment

Position Analysis

Potential Candidates

Pre-Screening

Pricing Information

Private Sector

Productivity

Professional Associations

Professional Development

Professional Staffing Costs

Program Delivery

Progressive Human Processes

Prospective Employees

Qualified Professionals

Real-Time Information

Recruiting Resources

Recruitment

Recruitment Sources

Reference Checks

Referrals

Regulations

Regulatory Agencies: EOHS, OER, DPA, PERA

Reinsurance Carrier

Request For Proposals (RFP)

Resume Preparation

Retirement Consulting

Return on Investment (ROI)

Salaried Jobs

Salary Administration

Salary Reviews

Salary Surveys

Self-Directed Learning Solutions

Skills Testing

Staffing

Statistical Records

Strategic Human Resource Planning

Team Development

Team Performance

Team-Based Environment

Telemarketing

Temporary Assignments

Termination

Time and Labor Solutions

Training

Tutoring

Unclaimed Wages

Unemployed Youth

Unemployment Insurance

Unions

Unskilled

Vacation Schedules

Vendor Selection

Visitors

Wages

Web-Based Enterprise Applications

Website Job Postings

Workers' Compensation

Workflow

Workplace Laws

Workplace Stress

Insurance

For the insurance industry, appropriate buzz words highlight experience with contracts, claims, personal injury, workers' compensation, and assets. This includes knowledge of different areas of insurance, such as fire, theft, automotive, property, business, health, and disability. Familiarity with premiums, appraisals, policies, financial planning services, and insurance sales should also be included.

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Accident

Accountability

Accounts Receivable

Act of God

Adhesion

Adjust

Adjustment

Advance

Agency

Agents

Aggregate

Aid

Amendment

Annuities

Annuity Plans

Annuity Products

Appraisal

Asset Accumulation

Asset-Based Lending/Financing

Assets

Attorneys

Audit

Auto Insurance Claims

Automobile Accident

Automobile Dealers

Automobile Insurance

Automotive

Basic Coverage

Benefits

Binding Agreement

Book Value

Borderline Risk

Branch Offices

Broad-Based Customer Group

Brokerage

Building Code

Capacity

Capital

Captive Agents

Care Plan

Carrier

Caseload

Cash Value

Casualty

Certificate

Charitable Health Care Corporation

Charter

Claims

Claims Management Services

Class

Clause

Clients

Closing Services

Collision

Commercial and Individual Financial Services

Commercial Clients

Commercial Insurance

Commission

Common Law

Compensation

Consolidation

Contingency

Contract

Convention

Convergence

Conversion

Countersignature

Coverage

Covered Loss

Credit Associations

Credit Insurance

Credit Life Insurance

Credit Report

Customers

Daily Report

Damage

Deductible

Dental Care Services

Dental Insurance Firm

Dependents

Descendent

Disability Coverage

Disability Income Insurance

Earned

Emergency Coverage

Endorsement

Enterprise

Equity

Escrow

Estate

Estate Planning

Exclusion

Expense

Extended

Fee

Field

Financial and Insurance Operations

Financial Services Group

Firm

First Party

Flat

Gain

Geographical Location

Gross

Group Health

Group Life

Group Pension

Guiding Principle

Hazard

Healthcare Delivery

Health Maintenance Organizations (HMO)

Health Plan Coverage

High Exposure Claims

Holding Company

Homebuyers

Homeowners

Indemnity Medical

Individual Life

Inevitable Accident

Injury

Inspection

Institutional Investments

Insurance Carrier

Insurance Products

Insurance Provider

Insurance Risks

Interest Rate

Investigation

Investment

Investment Planning

Investment Planning Company

Joint Coverage

Jurisdictions

Leaseholder

Lenders

Lending Organizations

Liabilities

License

Life Insurance

Limitations

Liquidation

Loss

Loss Prevention

Major Disasters

Malpractice Insurance

Market Value

Members

Mortgage

Multiline Financial Services

Multiperil

Multiple-Line

Mutual Funds

Mutualization

Natural Death

Negligence

Net Loss

Noninsurable Risk

Nonrenewal

Offices

Outsource Vendor

Overrides

Ownership

Payee

Pension

Pension Planning Markets

Performance Reports

Permanent Insurance

Personal Automobiles

Personal Injury

Personal Insurance

Personal Lines of Insurance

Policies

Policy Cancellation

Policy Writing

Policyholders

Portfolio

Power of Attorney

Premium Rate

Premiums

Prevention

Primary Coverage

Primary Insurers

Procedures

Product Portfolio

Professional Liability Insurance

Professional Medical Services

Proof of Loss

Property

Property and Casualty Reinsurance

Provider Reimbursement

Providers

Quota

Rates

Real Estate Brokers

Real Estate Transactions

Rebate

Records

Regional and Specialty Property and Casualty Insurers

Reinsurance Intermediary Facilities

Renewal

Retirement Planning

Risk Management Programs

Risks

Search and Examination Services

Securities

Selling

Services

Settlement

Severity

Special Accounts

Sum

Surety

Title Insurance

Legal and Protective Services

In these fields, buzz words highlight experience with interpreting and enforcing the laws. This includes supporting the legal system; patrolling and inspecting property to protect against theft, vandalism, and illegal entry; and ensuring the safety and security of persons who have been arrested, are awaiting trial, or who have been convicted of a crime and sentenced to serve time in a correctional institution. It also includes maintaining order, enforcing rules and regulations, and supplementing counseling.

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Administrative Hearings

Administrative Support Services

Advisory Committees

Advisory Opinions

Alarms

Ambulance

Antitheft System

Appeals Court

Appellate Briefs

Appellate Litigation

Applicants

Appointments

Appropriate Parties

Arbitrators

Arraignment

Assigned Areas

Attorney Appearance Records

Attorney-Client Conferences

Bail Agreements

Bail Motions

Bankruptcy

Bankruptcy Trustees

Brief

Budgeting

Building Security

Burglar Alarms

Bylaws

Camera Surveillance System

Campaign Activities

Capital Projected Costs

Care and Protection Cases

Case Files

Case Management Project

Case Research

Cell Checks

Citations

City Property

Civil Action

Civil Litigation

Civil Motions

Civil Pleadings

Civil Probate Court

Civil Proceedings

Civil Rights

Clerical Support

Client Forms

Client Needs

Client Scheduling

Client Service Plans

Clients

Client's Suit

Co-Counsel

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