Action Verbs
Start your résumé statements with action verbs to better describe your skills to recruiters.
Refer to the following categories to find appropriate verbs to enhance your résumé.
Communication and People Skills
Accounted Addressed Advertised Advised Apprised Arbitrated Articulated Assisted Authored Clarified Coached Collaborated Communicated Composed Condensed Conferred Consulted Contacted Conveyed Convinced | Corresponded Counseled Debated Defined Demonstrated Described Developed Directed Disciplined Incorporated Influenced Interacted Interpreted Interviewed Involved Joined Judged Lectured Listened Marketed | Mediated Moderated Negotiated Observed Outlined Participated Persuaded Presented Promoted Proposed Publicized Reconciled Recruited Referred Reinforced Reported Resolved Responded |
Creative Skills
Acted Adapted Began Brainstormed Combined Composed Conceptualized Condensed Constructed Created Customized Designed Developed Directed | Displayed Drew Enhanced Established Fashioned Formulated Founded Illustrated Implemented Improved Initiated Instituted Integrated Introduced | Invented Modeled Originated Performed Photographed Planned Presented Produced Revised Revitalized Shaped Solved Wrote |
Data and Financial Skills
Accounted Administered Adjusted Allocated Analyzed Appraised Articulated Assessed Audited Authored Balanced Budgeted Calculated Chartered Classified Compared | Computed Conserved Consolidated Corrected Determined Developed Entered Estimated Evaluated Filed Financed Forecasted Logged Managed Marketed Measured | Netted Planned Prepared Programmed Projected Published Qualified Reconciled Reduced Researched Retrieved Summarized Tabulated Transmitted Typed |
Helping Skills
Adapted Advocated Aided Answered Arranged Assessed Assisted Cared for Clarified Coached Collaborated Contributed Cooperated | Counseled Demonstrated Diagnosed Educated Encouraged Ensured Expedited Facilitated Familiarized Furthered Guided Helped Insured | Intervened Motivated Prevented Provided Referred Rehabilitated Represented Resolved Simplified Supplied Supported Volunteered |
Management and Leadership Skills
Administered Analyzed Appointed Approved Assigned Attained Authorized Chaired Considered Consolidated Contracted Controlled Converted Coordinated Decided Eliminated Emphasized Enforced Enhanced | Established Executed Generated Handled Headed Hired Hosted Improved Incorporated Increased Initiated Inspected Instituted Led Managed Merged Motivated Navigated Organized | Originated Overhauled Oversaw Planned Presided Prioritized Produced Recommended Reorganized Replaced Restored Reviewed Scheduled Secured Selected Streamlined Strengthened Supervised Terminated |
Organizational Skills
Approved Arranged Catalogued Categorized Charted Classified Coded Collected Corrected Corresponded Distributed Executed Filed Generated Implemented | Incorporated Inspected Logged Maintained Monitored Obtained Operated Ordered Organized Prepared Processed Provided Purchased Recorded Registered | Reserved Responded Reviewed Routed Scheduled Screened Set up Submitted Supplied Standardized Systematized Updated Validated Verified |
Research Skills
Analyzed Clarified Collected Compared Conducted Critiqued Detected Determined Diagnosed Evaluated Examined | Experimented Explored Extracted Formulated Gathered Identified Inspected Interviewed Invented Investigated Located | Measured Organized Researched Reviewed Searched Solved Summarized Surveyed Systematized Tested |
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Make sure you truly understand the meaning and proper use of the action verbs you include in your résumé.
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