A distrubing trend in finance

Whereas the media is getting so very interested in minor credit issues, at P&D we are trying to solve a major problem.
Because of the global nature of quantitative finance, I've got used to reading CVs at a "higher level of abstraction", where I simply don't notice minor glitches in candidates use of English.
That means that for a few months, a new and disturbing trend went unnoticed.

Empathy.

Before Christmas last year, not one candidate had caught this virus. Now we have more than 20 people looking for their first job who "have empathy".
No. I don't know what it means, and frankly I am slightly afraid to ask.
Actually I do know exactly what it means....

Some CV writing service has listened a bit too closely to what some bank has told them they are looking for, and yes it is true that to work in a team, you ought to have some basic social skills, but "empathy" is tragically weak word to have on your CV. Lose the word.
Do it now.