Action Verbs
Energize Your Resume

Chapter 9 of Your Career: How to Make It Happen emphasizes how resumes convey a greater sense of accomplishment when you use specific (not general) action verbs. Notice how the specific action verbs in Example B below convey a greater scope of responsibility and improve the clarity of the description:

Action Verbs = Stronger Image

Example A - General, No Action Verbs

My duties included starting up the inventory tracking system.

Example B - With Specific Action Verbs

Designed and implemented the inventory tracking system.

Power up your resume. Review the following list for action verbs to strengthen descriptions of your work or work-related experiences.

achieved
acquired
adapted
addressed
administered
analyzed
anticipated
assembled
assisted
audited
budgeted
calculated
calibrated
centralized
chaired
changed
collaborated
composed
condensed
conducted
constructed
contracted
converted
coordinated
created
cultivated
demonstrated
designed
developed
devised
directed
discovered
doubled
drafted
earned
edited

eliminated
enforced
engineered
established
evaluated
expanded
explained
forecasted
formed
founded
generated
guided
headed
hired
implemented
improved
increased
initiated
informed
installed
insured
interpreted
interviewed
invented
launched
maintained
managed
marketed
mediated
minimized
motivated
negotiated
obtained
operated
organized
originated
oversaw

perfected
performed
planned
prevented
produced
programmed
promoted
proved
provided
publicized
published
recruited
reduced
reorganized
repaired
reported
researched
resolved
reviewed
scheduled
selected
separated
set up
simplified
sold
solved
succeeded
surveyed
staffed
supervise
taught
tested
trained
used
won
wrote

Action Verbs Energize Your Resume

Action Verbs = Stronger Image

Action Verbs
Energize Your Resume