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Action Verbs

To be used for describing transferable skills in the text of the resume.

  • abstracted
  • accounted
  • accumulated
  • achieved
  • acquired
  • acted
  • adapted
  • addressed
  • adjusted
  • administered
  • advertised
  • advised
  • advocated
  • aided
  • allocated
  • analyzed
  • answered
  • anticipated
  • applied
  • appraised
  • approved
  • arbitrated
  • arranged
  • ascertained
  • assembled
  • assessed
  • assisted
  • attained
  • audited
  • augmented
  • authored
  • balanced
  • bolstered
  • briefed
  • brought
  • budgeted
  • built
  • calculated
  • calibrated
  • cared
  • catalogued
  • chaired
  • changed
  • charged
  • charted
  • chartered
  • checked
  • clarified
  • classified
  • coached
  • collaborated
  • collected
  • comforted
  • communicated
  • compared
  • completed
  • complied
  • composed
  • computed
  • conceived
  • conceptualized
  • conciliated
  • conducted
  • confronted
  • conserved
  • consolidated
  • constructed
  • consulted
  • contracted
  • contributed
  • controlled
  • converted
  • cooperated
  • coordinated
  • copied
  • correlated
  • corresponded
  • counseled
  • created
  • critiqued
  • cultivated
  • dealt
  • debated
  • decided
  • deferred
  • defined
  • delegated
  • delivered
  • demonstrated
  • derived
  • designed
  • detailed
  • detected
  • determined
  • developed
  • devised
  • diagnosed
  • directed
  • discovered
  • discriminated
  • dispatched
  • dispensed
  • displayed
  • disproved
  • dissected
  • distributed
  • diverted
  • documented
  • drafted
  • dramatized
  • drew
  • drove
  • edited
  • educated
  • effected
  • eliminated
  • empathized
  • enabled
  • encouraged
  • enforced
  • enlightened
  • enlisted
  • ensured
  • entertained
  • established
  • estimated
  • evaluated
  • examined
  • exceeded
  • exhibited
  • expanded
  • expedited
  • experimented
  • explained
  • explored
  • expressed
  • extracted
  • facilitated
  • familiarized
  • fashioned
  • figured
  • filed
  • financed
  • fixed
  • followed
  • formulated
  • fostered
  • founded
  • gained
  • gathered
  • gave
  • generated
  • governed
  • guided
  • handled
  • headed
  • heightened
  • helped
  • hired
  • hypothosized
  • identified
  • illustrated
  • imagined
  • implemented
  • improved
  • improvised
  • inaugurated
  • increased
  • indexed
  • indicated
  • influenced
  • informed
  • initiated
  • innovated
  • inspected
  • inspired
  • installed
  • instituted
  • instructed
  • integrated
  • interpreted
  • interviewed
  • introduced
  • intuited
  • invented
  • inventoried
  • inverted
  • investigated
  • judged
  • kept
  • launched
  • learned
  • lectured
  • led
  • lifted
  • listened
  • located
  • logged
  • made
  • maintained
  • managed
  • manipulated
  • mapped
  • marked
  • mastered
  • maximized
  • measured
  • mediated
  • memorized
  • mentored
  • met
  • minimized
  • modeled
  • modified
  • molded
  • monitored
  • motivated
  • narrated
  • navigated
  • negotiated
  • observed
  • obtained
  • offered
  • operated
  • ordered
  • organized
  • originated
  • overcame
  • overhauled
  • oversaw
  • painted
  • participated
  • perceived
  • performed
  • persuaded
  • photographed
  • piloted
  • pinpointed
  • pioneered
  • planned
  • practiced
  • predicted
  • prepared
  • prescribed
  • presented
  • preserved
  • presided
  • printed
  • prioritized
  • processed
  • produced
  • programmed
  • projected
  • promoted
  • proposed
  • protected
  • proved
  • provided
  • publicized
  • published
  • purchased
  • queried
  • questioned
  • quoted
  • raised
  • ran
  • ranked
  • rationalized
  • read
  • realized
  • reasoned
  • received
  • recommended
  • reconciled
  • recorded
  • recruited
  • reduced
  • referred
  • rehabilitated
  • related
  • relied
  • rendered
  • reorganized
  • repaired
  • replaced
  • represented
  • researched
  • resolved
  • responded
  • restored
  • restructured
  • retrieved
  • reviewed
  • revised
  • rewrote
  • scanned
  • scheduled
  • screened
  • selected
  • served
  • shaped
  • simplified
  • sketched
  • sold
  • solicited
  • solved
  • sorted
  • specialized
  • specified
  • spoke
  • stimulated
  • straightened
  • strategized
  • streamlined
  • strengthened
  • stressed
  • studied
  • substantiated
  • succeeded
  • suggested
  • summarized
  • supervised
  • supplied
  • supported
  • surveyed
  • sustained
  • symbolized
  • synthesized
  • tabulated
  • taught
  • tested
  • theorized
  • trained
  • transferred
  • translated
  • transmitted
  • treated
  • tutored
  • undertook
  • unified
  • united
  • updated
  • upgraded
  • utilized
  • validated
  • verified
  • vitalized
  • wrote
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