Business English Vocabulary for SELLING DESCRIBING yourself Business English Course Lesson 3

hello everyone and welcome back to

english with lucy

in this lesson i’m going to teach you

how you can

sell yourself in english on your cv in

your cover letter

and in your interviews

in your cv your cover letter your

telephone interviews

and your job interviews you are selling

yourself

language plays a huge part in this in

this lesson

i’m going to teach you about the weak

words you should avoid saying

and the powerful words you should use

instead to start let’s talk about

25 words you should use to sell yourself

you should pick a handful of these that

describe you and see how

you can work them into your job

application process

number one determined

determined this means that you have

determination to get a job done

number two hard working

hard working this means that you put a

lot of effort into a job and you like to

do it well

number three diligent

diligent this means that you show care

and effort in your work

number four trustworthy

trustworthy this means that people can

rely on you to be good

honest and sincere number five

a team player a team player

this means you work well in a team

number six motivated

motivated this means that you are

willing to do something that involves

hard work

and effort number seven

reliable reliable this means you can be

trusted to do something well

number eight a self-starter

a self-starter this means you’re a

person who is able to work on their own

and make their own decisions without

needing anyone to tell them what to do

number nine loyal

loyal this means you will remain

faithful to your company

number 10 studious

studious this means you spend a lot of

time studying or reading

11. attentive

attentive this means that you are

helpful and make sure that people have

what they need

12. conscientious

conscientious this means that you take

care to do things carefully and

correctly

13. industrious

industrious this means you are hard

working and get a lot done

14. dedicated

dedicated this means that you work hard

at something because it’s important to

you

15. dynamic

dynamic this means that you produce

change action or effects

16. enterprising

enterprising this means you have the

ability to think of new projects

or new ways of doing things 17.

enthusiastic enthusiastic

this means that you show a lot of

excitement and interest about things

18. self-aware

self-aware this means you have a lot of

knowledge and understanding of your own

character 19.

consistent consistent

this means you always behave in a

predictable way

20. organized

organized this means that you are able

to plan your work and life in an

efficient way

21 professional

professional this means that you are

well trained

and extremely skilled 22.

methodical methodical

this means that you do things in a

systematic way

23. logical

logical this means that you do things in

a careful and well-thought-out way

24 skillful

skillful this means that you are good at

doing something

especially something that needs a

particular ability or special training

and the last one number 25 it’s

passionate

passionate this means that you become

emotionally invested in what you’re

doing

career advisors will often talk about

including powerful action verbs in your

cv and cover letter

but what are they they are impactful

verbs that express

physical or mental action they make you

seem like you

really know what you’re talking about

i’m going to talk about eight

categories and for each category i will

give you five

powerful action verbs that you can use

you should pick a handful of these to

use in your cv

cover letter and in your job interviews

let’s start with management and

leadership

assigned assigned

delegated delegated

organized organized

scheduled scheduled

directed directed

now for communication

addressed addressed

corresponded corresponded

moderated moderated

negotiated negotiated

authored authored

and for research clarified

clarified critiqued

critiqued examined

examined inspected

inspected investigated

investigated

and for technical skills

assembled assembled

calculated calculated

computed computed

fabricated fabricated

programmed programmed

now for organization

catalogued catalogued

compiled

categorized categorized

logged logged

charted charted

and for financial appraised

appraised audited

audited balanced

balanced budgeted

budgeted forecasted

forecasted and for creative

conceptualized conceptualized

designed designed

illustrated illustrated

invented invented

shaped shaped

and for education

coached coached

guided guided

stimulated stimulated

informed informed

advised advised

for the last part of this lesson i’m

going to talk to you about the words you

should

never use in your interview in your cv

or your cover letter these are weak

words and you should avoid them

firstly you should never use stuff and

you should never use

things stuff and things are lazy words

you should only use them very sparingly

when you’re intentionally trying to be

informal

use a more descriptive noun instead the

next word you should never use

is the verb to get this verb is way too

ambiguous

it means so many things i have an entire

video about the many meanings of get

and it’s one of the most confusing words

in the english language

it’s a weak word avoid using it another

word that i’ve discussed

extensively before on my channel is very

very is an intensifier and you should

use a powerful adjective instead

fairly really and quite should also be

avoided in the same way as very

another word that many career advisors

will tell you to avoid

is just it means only or

simply for example i just wanted to

check if you’ve received my application

it implies that it shouldn’t be

prioritized

instead ask something along the lines of

did you receive my application

it’s more powerful another you should

avoid is probably

it shows doubt or uncertainty another

group of words you should avoid

are i think in my opinion personally

i’m not sure i feel like

this gives people the chance to dismiss

what you’ve said another one

is whatever it’s far too dismissive

and the last one you should avoid is try

it makes you sound

unconfident in your ability to execute

something right

that’s it for today’s lesson i hope you

enjoyed it i hope you learned something

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and i shall see you soon for another

lesson

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