Nearly every book on article on the topic of résumé
writing will advise you to use high-impact action words, and avoid the
passive tense.
When you sit down and actually write, it is tough to
come up with some original words.
Here is a list of powerful action words.
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-A-
Accelerated
Accomplished Achieved Adapted Administered Advised Analyzed Arranged Assembled Assumed responsibility
-B-
Balanced
Blazed Billed Built
-C-
Carried out
Channeled Collected Communicated Compiled Completed Conceived Conducted Controlled Contracted Coordinated Counseled Created Cut
-D-
Delegated
Demonstrated Designed Determined Developed Directed Dispatched Distributed Documented
-E-
Earned
Edited Effected Eliminated Enabled Energized Established Evaluated Expanded Expedited
-F-
Facilitated
Found Functioned as
-G-
Gained
Gathered Generated Graded Graduated
-H-
Handled
Hired
-I-
Increased
Influenced Implemented Improved Initiated
Innovated
Inspected Installed Instituted Instructed Interpreted Interviewed Introduced Invented Issued |
-L-
Launched
Lectured Led
-M-
Maintained
Managed Mastered Met with Modernized Motivated
-N-
Negotiated
-O-
Operated
Optimized Originated Orchestrated Ordered Organized Oversaw
-P-
Participated
Performed Pinpointed Planned Prepared Presented Produced Programmed Proved Provided Published Purchased
-R-
Recommended
Recorded Recruited Reduced Referred Reinforced Represented Researched Revamped Reviewed Revised Revitalized
-S-
Saved
Scheduled Screened Served Set up Simplified Sold Solved Spearheaded Standardized Steered Structured Suggested Supervised Supported Surpassed
-T-
Taught
Tested Trained Translated Tripled Typed
-U-
Underwrote
Updated Used
-W-
Won
Wrote |
Saturday, June 23, 2012
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