Action Verbs

Capture your employer’s eyes by referring to these lists of action verbs and other powerful words.

It is important that you use actions verbs to give you more impact on your resumes. Use these words in your resume to highlight your experiences, responsibilities and how you can be of value to your employer.

A

accomplished
achieved
acted as liaison for/between
acquired
acted/ functioned as
activated
adapted
added
addressed
adept at
administered
advised
advocated
allocated
amounting to a total savings of
analysed/
assessed
applied
appraised
approved
arbitrated
arranged
assembled
assessed
assigned territory consisting of
assigned to
assisted with
attained
audited
authored

B

balanced
bought
budgeted
built

C

calculated
catalogued
chaired
classified
clarified
coached
collaborated
collected
communicated
compiled
composed
computed
conceptualised
conceived
conducted
consolidated

constructed
consulted
contracted/subcontracted
controlled
convinced
coordinated
corrected
corresponded
counseled
created
customised

D

defined
delegated
delivered
demonstrated
designed
developed
devised
diagnosed
directed /indirect control
directed
dispatched
documented
doubled drafted

E

earned
edited
educated
enabled
encouraged
engineered
enlisted
established
evaluated
examined
executed
expanded
experience
involved

F

fabricated
facilitated
familiarised
familiar with
fashioned
financed
forecasted
formed
formulated
founded
fulfilled

G

gathered
generated
guided

H

halved
handled
headed
helped
hired
honored as

I

identified
illustrated
implemented
improved
increased in charge of
influenced
informed
initially employed
initiated
innovation resulted in
inspected
installed
instituted
instructed
instrumental in
integrated
interaction with
interpreted
introduced
invented
interviewed
investigated

K

knowledge of

L

lectured
led

M

maintained
managed
marketed
mediated

N

negotiated

O

operated
organised
originated
overcame
overhauled
oversaw

P

performed
persuaded
pioneered
planned
presented
prioritised
processed
produced
proficient
programmed
projected
promoted to/from
proven track record
provided
publicised
purchased

R

recipient of
recommended
reconciled
recruited
reduced
reinforced remained as
remodeled
repaired
reported directly to
represented
researched
resolved
restored
reviewed
revitalised
resulted in

S

sales quota accountability
scheduled
screened
selected
served/ operated as
set goals

set up
settled
shaped
solved
spearheaded
specified
specialise in
spoke
started
stimulated
strengthened
successful in/at
summarised
supervised
surpassed
surveyed
systematised

T

tabulated
taught
temporarily
assigned to ensure maximum/optimum
trained
transformed
translated
tripled

U

upgraded

V

validated
won
worked

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