WOW! - week 5

Our Word of the Week is:

COLLABORATE: To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort.
-from the latin collaborare "work with," from com- "with" + labore "to work."

On your resume, to say "I collaborated with other employees on the project" is an improvement over saying "I worked with other employees on this project" because it implies that you worked in an atmosphere of co-operation. It is a more positive word.

Interestingly, the word acquired a negative connotation in 1940 when it was used to mean "co-operate traitorously with the enemy" but don't worry about that. An employer would never assume that you intended this meaning.