Action Words
Your resume should convey the skills you can offer an employer. The words you use to describe your experience, activities, etc. can convey the skills you have developed. These words are crucial to your purpose of obtaining a job interview. Use concise phrasing rather than complete sentences. Remember, use past tense for past jobs and present tense for current jobs.
Below are some action verbs that stress skills:
| Action Verbs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| accelerated | accomplished | achieved | adapted |
| administered | advertised | advised | analyzed |
| answered | approved | arranged | assisted |
| broadened | built | calculated | compiled |
| completed | conceived | conducted | controlled |
| coordinated | counseled | created | delegated |
| delivered | demonstrated | designated | designed |
| developed | directed | displayed | edited |
| effected | established | eliminated | evaluated |
| examined | expanded | expedited | facilitated |
| filed | fisted | found | generated |
| guided | handled | helped | hired |
| identified | implemented | improved | increased |
| influenced | interviewed | judged | launched |
| lectured | led | managed | maintained |
| mastered | monitored | motivated | negotiated |
| obtained | ordered | originated | organized |
| observed | operated | participated | performed |
| pinpointed | placed | planned | prepared |
| presented | processed | produced | programmed |
| proposed | proved | provided | publicized |
| purchased | recommended | recorded | recruited |
| reduced | reinforced | reorganized | reported |
| researched | reviewed | revised | revamped |
| rewrote | scheduled | screened | selected |
| served | set up | simplified | sold |
| solved | structured | streamlined | strengthened |
| supervised | supported | surveyed | systematized |
| taught | tested | tracked | trained |
| translated | tutored | typed | updated |
| utilized | verified | won | wrote |
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