Develop a Powerful Resume
Using ACTION VERBS
Using ACTION VERBS to begin your sentences in your resume is critical. Just imagine how many resumes the employer gets – literally hundreds, if not thousands. How will yours stand out from the pack and keep the ‘reviewer’ from falling asleep? Action verbs, that’s how. Here is a comprehsive list of ACTION VERBS to help you write a dynamic and powerful resume. Want to learn more about creating a great resume? Sign up for our FREE Resume development eBooks. One version for New College graduates, and another for Mid-career Professionals.
Did you observe or pay special attention to something?
Addressed
Examined
Experimented
Explored
Investigated |
Inspected
Located
Measured
Observed
Perceived |
Questioned
Read
Researched
Studied
Surveyed |
Tested
Tracked
Weighed
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Did you discover something?
Ascertained
Determined
Detected
Diagnosed |
Discovered
Found
Identified
Learned |
Perceived
Pinpointed
Proved
Recognized |
Solved
Uncovered
Verified
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Did you evaluate something?
Analyzed
Appraised
Assessed |
Compared
Evaluated
Judged |
Perceived
Qualified
Quantified |
Rated
Reasoned
Reviewed |
Did you understand something?
Attributed
Discerned |
Grasped
Interpreted |
Perceived
Transcribed |
Translated
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Did you start something?
Activated
Adopted
Began
Established
Formed |
Founded
Generated
Implemented
Initiated
Instituted |
Introduced
Launched
Opened
Originated
Pioneered |
Set up
Started
Undertook
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Did you finish something?
Achieved
Accomplished
Attained
Completed |
Concluded
Ended
Established
Executed
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Finalized
Finished
Fulfilled |
Reached
Realized
terminated |
Did you document something?
Certified
Charted
Compiled |
Documented
Logged
Mapped |
Proved
Recorded
Researched |
Substantiated
Supported
Tabulated |
Did you supervise?
Appointed
Awarded
Enlisted
Elected |
Enforced
Evaluated
Fired
Hired |
Nominated
Monitored
Recruited
Referred |
Interviewed Employed
Selected
Staffed |
Did you manage or lead?
Acted
Administered
Advised
Chaired
Conducted
Controlled
Delegated
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Directed
Facilitated
Fostered
Governed
Handled
Headed
Implemented
Influenced |
Integrated
Led
Maintained
Managed
Motivated
Navigated
Ordered
Oversaw |
Performed
Piloted
Processed
Scheduled
Showed
Spearheaded
Supervised
Used |
Were you future oriented?
Estimated
Forecast
Deterred |
Hypothesized
Planned
Predicted
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Prevented
Projected
Strategized |
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Did you save the day?
Averted
Diverted
Prevailed |
Prevented
Salvaged
Saved |
Solved
Succeeded
Withstood |
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Were you part of a team?
Advised
Aided
Assisted
Collaborated |
Conferred
Consulted
Cooperated
Facilitated |
Fostered
Helped
Joined
Met with |
Participated
Served
Teamed with |
Did you obtain something new?
Acquired
Bought
Collected
Cultivated |
Expanded
Obtained
Procured
Produced |
Purchased
Raised
Realized
Received |
Retrieved
Secured
Solicited
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Did you make something?
Assembled
Built
Composed
Constructed
Created
Customized |
Developed
Drafted
Designed
Drew
Engineered
Fabricated |
Fashioned
Formed
Made
Painted
Photographed
Prepared |
Produced
Programmed
Published
Sketched
Used
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Did you provide something?
Allocated
Dispensed
Dispatched
Distributed |
Fed
Fitted
Furnished
Installed |
Offered
Performed
Presented
Provided |
Rendered
Responded
Submitted
Supplied |
Did you operate something?
Conducted
Controlled
Fixed
Functioned |
Handled
Implemented
Maintained
Operated |
Performed
Troubleshoot
Ran
Rebuilt |
Repaired
Tended
Used
Worked |
Did you organize something?
Arranged
Assembled
Categorized
Classified
Compiled |
Collected
Connected
Combined
Consolidated
Coordinated |
Correlated
Engineered
Implemented
Integrated
Organized |
Prepared
Sorted
Structured
Summarized
Systematized |
Did you make decisions?
Activated
Adopted |
Approved
Concluded |
Decided
Determined |
Resolved
Settled |
Were you responsible?
Assured
Confirmed
Delivered |
Ensured
Guaranteed
Guarded |
Protected
Satisfied
Safeguarded |
Secured
Inspected
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Did you make changes?
Adapted
Adjusted
Adopted
Centralized
Combined
Condensed
Converted |
Edited
Expended
Extended
Extracted
Implemented
Improvised
Modified |
Reconstructed
Redesigned
Refined
Reorganized
Restored
Restructured
Revised |
Separated
Simplified
Standardized
Supplemented
Systematized
Synergized
Tailored |
Did you make connections?
Connected
Integrated |
Matched
Merged |
Networked
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Did you improve things?
Advanced
Augmented
Corrected
Cultivated
Developed
Enhanced |
Enlarged
Enriched
Expedited
Extended
Implemented
Improved |
Increased
Minimized
Modernized
Reduced
Resolved
Revitalized |
Solved
Surpassed
Streamlined
Treated
Updated
Upgraded |
Did you think up something new?
Conceived
Conceptualized
Created
Designed
Developed |
Devised
Discovered
Formulated
Generated
Improvised |
Innovated
Invented
Originated
Perceived
Pioneered |
Shaped
Solved
Synergized
Synthesized
Visualized |
Did you explain something?
Clarified
Defined
Demystified |
Detailed
Elucidated
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Explained
Informed |
Interpreted
Specified
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