Saturday, June 23, 2012


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.
   -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


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