Resume Action Words to Describe your Skills

by: NowHiring.com

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Action words are the key to making your accomplishments sound impressive. If you’re like many students, you’re worried that you haven’t done anything that will get you the job. But you’ve probably done more than you think you have. Using words like these to describe what you’ve done at work or in other activities can help bring that out.

If you’ve started something:
Created	Designed	Developed	Devised	Established
Founded	Generated	Implemented	Initiated	Installed
Instituted	Introduced	Launched	Originated	Organized
Proposed
If you’ve led something:
Administered	Allotted	Approved	Assessed	Assigned
Chaired	Coached	Conducted	Controlled	Coordinated
Delegated	Directed	Enabled	Enlisted	Ensured
Evaluated	Facilitated	Guided	Headed	Inspected
Instructed	Managed	Monitored	Motivated	Orchestrated
Planned	Prepared	Prioritized	Recruited	Researched
Resolved	Reviewed	Scheduled	Screened	Selected
Solved	Structured	Supervised	Surveyed	Taught
Trained
If you’ve done something:
Achieved	Acted	Advised	Allocated	Analyzed
Attained	Balanced	Calculated	Clarified	Classified
Compiled	Completed	Composed	Consolidated	Converted
Counseled	Decreased	Demonstrated	Diagnosed	Documented
Drafted	Edited	Engineered	Enhanced	Expanded
Expedited	Finalized	Forecasted	Identified	Improved
Increased	Integrated	Interpreted	Investigated	Maintained
Maximized	Negotiated	Obtained	Performed	Presented
Produced	Promoted	Provided	Quantified	Reconciled
Reduced	Reorganized	Revamped	Revised	Revitalized
Simplified	Specified	Stimulated	Streamlined	Strengthened
Surveyed
Miscellaneous Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives, and Adverbs:
Actively	Collaborated	Contributed	Independently	Marketed
Participated	Proficient	Project	Significantly	Strategy
Structure	Successfully