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Creating a High-Impact Resume (continued)
Using action verbs demonstrates to an employer that you took initiative, produced results, and demonstrated leadership. Always begin the descriptions of your experience with words from the list below or other action verbs. Avoid writing in the passive voice with phrases such as “skills included” or “responsible for...”
ACTION VERBS
RESUMES
Accelerate Accomplish Achieve Acquire Adapt Address Advance Advise Advocate Analyze Apply Appoint Arbitrate Architect Arrange Ascertain Assemble Assess
Assist
Author Authorize Brief
Budget
Build Calculate Capture Catalog Champion Chart
Clarify Classify
Close
Coach Collect Command Communicate Compare Compel Compile Complete Compute Conceive Conclude
Conduct Conserve Consolidate Construct Consult Continue Contract Convert Coordinate Correct Counsel Craft
Create Critique Decrease Define Delegate Deliver Demonstrate Deploy Design Detail Detect Determine Develop Devise Direct Discover Dispense Display Distribute Diversify Divert Document Double Draft
Drive Earn Edit Educate Effect Elect Eliminate
Emphasize Enact Encourage Endure Energize Enforce Engineer Enhance Enlist Ensure Establish Estimate Evaluate Examine Exceed Execute Exhibit Expand Expedite Experiment Export Facilitate Finalize Finance Forge
Form Formalize Formulate Found Generate Govern Graduate Guide
Halt
Head
Hire
Honor Hypothesize Identify Illustrate Imagine Implement Import
Improve Improvise Increase Influence Inform Initiate Innovate Inspect Inspire Install Institute Instruct Integrate Intensify Interpret Interview Introduce Invent Inventory Investigate Judge
Justify Launch Lead Lecture License Listen Locate Maintain Manage Manipulate Manufacture Map
Market Mastermind Measure Mediate Mentor Model Modify Monitor Motivate Navigate
Negotiate Rate Nominate Realign Normalize Rebuild Observe Recapture Obtain Receive Offer Recognize Officiate Recommend Operate Reconcile Orchestrate Record Organize Recruit Orient Redesign Originate Reduce Outsource Reengineer Overcome Regain Oversee Regulate Participate Rehabilitate Perceive Reinforce Perfect Rejuvenate Perform Render Persuade Renegotiate Pilot Reorganize Pinpoint Report Pioneer Reposition Plan Represent Position Research Predict Resolve Prepare Respond Prescribe Restore Present Restructure Preside Retrieve Process Review Procure Revise Program Revitalize Progress Satisfy Project Schedule Promote Secure Propose Select Prospect Separate Provide Serve Publicize Simplify Purchase Sold
Qualify Solidify Question Solve
Specify Speak Standardize Stimulate Streamline Structure Succeed Suggest Summarize Supervise Supply Support Surpass Synthesize Systematize Tabulate Target
Teach Terminate Test
Thwart
Train Transcribe Transfer Transform Transition Translate Troubleshoot Unify
Unite Update Upgrade Use Utilize Verbalize Verify Win Write
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