Action
ACTION VERBS FOR RESUME
This list of action verbs will guide you in
listing your achievements and skills on your
resume.
They are divided into five sections for easy
reference. Use them accurately to describe your
duties.
fter this section
there is a collection of Resume
Action Wordswhich are arranged
alphabetically.
PLANNED
devised
developed
examined
discovered
evaluated
designed
organized
investigated
appraised
estimated
planned
analyzed
studied
measured
solved<
created
produced
originated
interpreted
determined
revamped
prepared
researched
reviewed
identified
DIRECTED
operated
managed
guided
supervised
governed
commanded
controlled
regulated
directed
oversaw
designated
coordinated
adapted
eliminated
transferred
maintained
awarded
authorized
vetoed
removed
conducted
founded
headed
instituted
navigated
EXECUTED
motivated
generated
utilized
employed
administered
rectified
restored
repaired
reorganized
approved
observed
demonstrated
disclosed
published
notified
produced
improved
built
formulated
increased
expanded
extended
augmented
supplemented
condensed
curtailed
reduced
minimized
converted
exchanged
replaced
conceived
authored
strengthened
activated
unified
combined
merged
consolidated
updated<
modernized
altered
modified
transformed
balanced
established
stabilized
discontinued
assembled
computed
estimated
inventoried
surpassed
simplified
grouped
distributed
classified
terminated
initiated
introduced
economized
obtained
procured
collected
assumed
attached
exchanged
invested
sponsored
expedited
attained
executed
achieved
dispatched
selected
compounded
completed
wrote
implemented
arranged
presented
invented
performed
accelerated
SERVICED
disclosed
informed
communicated
taught
instructed
educated
serviced
processed
trained
lectured
endorsed
guaranteed
accommodated
aided
assisted
prepared
provided
constructed
tested
translated
installed
received
delivered
sold
purchased
audited
dispensed
represented
ordered
interviewed
logged
supplied
conserved
routed
corresponded
ADVISED
conferred
consulted
publicized
notified
advised
reported
advertised
informed
demonstrated
displayed
exhibited
illustrated
advocated
counseled
instructed
acquainted
recommended
suggested
familiarized
disproved
detected
criticized
referred
diagnosed
edited
protected
arbitrated
prescribed
encouraged
Resume Action Words
For the convenience of candidates these action
words are alphabetically arranged.
A
accelerated, acclimated, accompanied,
accomplished, achieved, acquired, acted,
activated, actuated, adapted, added, addressed,
adhered, adjusted, administered, admitted,
adopted, advanced, advertised, advised,
advocated, aided, aired, affected, allocated,
altered, amended, amplified, analyzed, answered,
anticipated, appointed, appraised, approached,
approved, arbitrated, arranged, ascertained,
asked, assembled, assigned, assumed, assessed,
assisted, attained, attracted, audited,
augmented, authored, authorized, automated,
awarded, avail
B
balanced, bargained, borrowed, bought,
broadened, budgeted, built
C
calculated, canvassed, capitalized, captured,
carried, out, cast, cataloged, centralized,
challenged, chaired, changed, channeled,
charted, checked, chose, circulated, clarified,
classified, cleared, closed, co-authored, cold,
called, collaborated, collected, combined,
commissioned, committed, communicated, compared,
compiled, complied, completed, composed,
computed, conceived, conceptualized, concluded,
condensed, conducted, conferred, consolidated,
constructed, consulted, contracted, contrasted,
contributed, contrived, controlled, converted,
convinced, coordinated, corrected, corresponded,
counseled, counted, created, critiqued,
cultivated
D
debugged, decided, decentralized, decreased,
deferred, defined, delegated, delivered,
demonstrated, depreciated, described,
designated, designed, determined, developed,
devised, devoted, diagrammed, directed,
disclosed, discounted, discovered, dispatched,
displayed, dissembled, distinguished,
distributed, diversified, divested, documented,
doubled, drafted
E
earned, eased, edited, effected, elected,
eliminated, employed, enabled, encouraged,
endorsed, enforced, engaged, engineered,
enhanced, enlarged, enriched, entered,
entertained, established, estimated, evaluated,
examined, exceeded, exchanged, executed,
exempted, exercised, expanded, expedited,
explained, exposed, extended, extracted,
extrapolated
F
facilitated, familiarized, fashioned, fielded,
figured, financed, fit, focused, forecasted,
formalized, formed, formulated, fortified,
found, founded, framed, fulfilled, functioned,
furnished,
G
gained, gathered, gauged, gave, generated,
governed, graded, granted, greeted, grouped,
guided
H
handled, headed, hired, hosted
I
identified, illustrated, illuminated,
implemented, improved, improvised, inaugurated,
indoctrinated, increased, incurred, induced,
influenced, informed, initiated, innovated,
inquired, inspected, inspired, installed,
instigated, instilled, instituted, instructed,
insured, interfaced, interpreted, interviewed,
introduced, invented, inventoried, invested,
investigated, invited, involved, isolated,
issued
J
joined, judged,
L
launched, lectured, led, lightened, liquidated,
litigated, lobbied, localized, located
M
maintained, managed, mapped, marketed,
maximized, measured, mediated, merchandised,
merged, met, minimized, modeled, moderated,
modernized, modified, monitored, motivated,
moved, multiplied
N
named, narrated, negotiated, noticed, nurtured
O
observed, obtained, offered, offset, opened,
operated, orchestrated, ordered, organized,
oriented, originated, overhauled, oversaw
P
paid, participated, passed, patterned,
penalized, perceived, performed, permitted,
persuaded, phased, out, pinpointed, pioneered,
placed, planned, polled, prepared, presented,
preserved, presided, prevented, priced, printed,
prioritized, probed, processed, procured,
produced, profiled, programmed, projected,
promoted, prompted, proposed, proved, provided,
publicized, published, purchased, pursued
Q
quantified, quoted
R
raised, ranked, rated, reacted, read, received,
recommended, reconciled, recorded, recovered,
recruited, rectified, redesigned, reduced,
referred, refined, regained, regulated,
rehabilitated, reinforced, reinstated, rejected,
related, remedied, remodeled, renegotiated,
reorganized, replaced, repaired, reported,
represented, requested, researched, resolved,
responded, restored, restructured, resulted,
retained, retrieved, revamped, revealed,
reversed, reviewed, revised, revitalized,
rewarded, routed
S
safeguarded, salvaged, saved, scheduled,
screened, secured, segmented, selected, sent,
separated, served, serviced, settled, shaped,
shortened, showed, shrank, signed, simplified,
sold, solved, spearheaded, specified,
speculated, spoke, spread, stabilized, staffed,
staged, standardized, steered, stimulated,
strategized, streamlined, strengthened,
stressed, structured, studied, submitted,
substantiated, substituted, suggested,
summarized, superseded, supervised, supplied,
supported, surpassed, surveyed, synchronized,
synthesized, systematized
T
tabulated, tailored, targeted, taught,
terminated, tested, testified, tightened, took,
traced, traded, trained, transacted,
transferred, transformed, translated,
transported, traveled, treated, tripled
U
uncovered, undertook, unified, united, updated,
upgraded, used, utilized
V
validated, valued, verified, viewed, visited
W
weighed, welcomed, widened, witnessed, won,
worked, wrote