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RESUME VERBS

When promoting yourself in a resume, you must express your skills, assets, experience and accomplishments in an active voice which is easy and straightforward. The best way to do this is by beginning each descriptive statement with an active verb.  The following is a list of resume-friendly action verbs.

Management Skills Communication Skills Research Skills

Administered

Analyzed

Assigned

Attained

Chaired

Contracted

Consolidated

Coordinated

Delegated

Developed

Directed

Evaluated

Executed

Improved

Increased

Organized

Oversaw

Planned

Prioritized

Produced

Recommended

Reviewed

Scheduled

Strengthened

Supervised

 

Addressed

Arbitrated

Arranged

Authored

Corresponded

Developed

Directed

Drafted

Edited

Enlisted

Formulated

Influenced

Interpreted

Lectured

Mediated

Moderated

Motivated

Negotiated

Persuaded

Promoted

Publicized

Reconciled

Recruited

Spoke

Translated

Wrote

Clarified

Collected

Critiqued

Diagnosed

Evaluated

Examined

Extracted

Identified

Inspected

 

 

 

Interpreted

Interviewed

Investigated

Organized

Reviewed

Summarized

Surveyed

Systematized

 

 

 

 

 

Technical Skills Teaching Skills Financial Skills

Assembled

Built

Calculated

Computed

Designed

Devised

Engineered

Fabricated

Maintained

 

Operated

Overhauled

Programmed

Remodeled

Repaired

Solved

Trained

Upgraded

 

 

Adapted

Advised

Clarified

Coached

Communicated

Coordinated

Developed

Enabled

Encouraged

Evaluated

Explained

Facilitated

Guided

Informed

Initiated

Instructed

Persuaded

Set Goals

Stimulated

 

Administered

Allocated

Analyzed

Appraised

Audited

Balanced

Budgeted

Calculated

 

 

Computed

Developed

Forecast

Managed

Marketed

Planned

Projected

Researched

 

 

 

Creative Skills Helping Skills Clerical or Detailed Skills

Acted

Conceptualized

Created

Designed

Developed

Directed

Established

Fashioned

Founded

Illustrated

 

Instituted

Integrated

Introduced

Invented

Originated

Performed

Planned

Revitalized

Shaped

 

 

Assessed

Assisted

Clarified

Coached

Counseled

Demonstrated

Diagnosed

Educated

 

 

 

Expedited

Facilitated

Familiarized

Guided

Referred

Rehabilitated

Represented

 

 

 

 

Approved

Arranged

Catalogued

Classified

Collected

Compiled

Dispatched

Executed

Generated

Implemented

Inspected

Monitored

Operated

Organized

Prepared

Processed

Purchased

Recorded

Retrieved

Screened

Specified

Systematized

Tabulated

Validated

Adapted, enlarged list inspired by the Employment Development Department of Palo Alto, CA.