Even *I* recognize this as overuse of the passive voice

I’ve been yelled at by English teachers, co-op work term report markers, and Microsoft Word for overuse of passive voice. Mostly I look at the sentence or paragraph they’re yelling about and say “what? I don’t see what’s wrong with it”. But even I recognize this as too much.

From a job ad on Monster.com:

System design, based on the requirements and the development of diagrams along with implementation of the computer language will be part of this Software Development position. Determining testing requirements followed by unit and regression testing will be performed in this role.

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  1. Is your workplace at paychex a temporary one (for example, via adecco)
    or are you just looking?
    Even around here (with so-called strict “worker-friendly” laws) getting caught looking for other jobs will kill your chance for a raise, even when done in your free time at home. And, if done from work, is a valid termination reason resulting in a 12 week no-unemployment-money-from-the-state period (including no health insurance).

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