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
- attentive
attentive this means that you are
helpful and make sure that people have
what they need
- conscientious
conscientious this means that you take
care to do things carefully and
correctly
- industrious
industrious this means you are hard
working and get a lot done
- dedicated
dedicated this means that you work hard
at something because it’s important to
you
- dynamic
dynamic this means that you produce
change action or effects
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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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