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Action Verb List

Action statements help employers quickly understand what you actually did and how you contributed. They make your resume more engaging and show confidence in your abilities. This is your chance to highlight the skills you’ve developed through work, internships, or campus involvement. You don’t need to list every responsibility—focus on the tasks and accomplishments that best demonstrate your strengths and relate to the role you’re applying for. Using a bulleted listed improves readability and helps your resume stand out during quick scans. And remember - quality and relevance are more important than quantity.

Management and leadership skills

  • administered
  • analyzed
  • appointed
  • approved
  • attained
  • authorized
  • considered
  • consolidated
  • contracted
  • controlled
  • converted
  • coordinated
  • decided
  • delegated
  • developed
  • directed
  • eliminated
  • emphasized
  • enforced
  • enhanced
  • established
  • generated
  • handled
  • headed
  • hired
  • hosted
  • improved
  • incorporated
  • increased
  • initiated
  • inspected
  • instituted
  • led
  • managed
  • merged
  • motivated
  • organized
  • reorganized
  • replaced
  • reviewed
  • scheduled
  • secured
  • selected
  • streamlined
  • supervised
  • terminated

Communication skills

  • accounted
  • addressed
  • advertised
  • advised
  • arbitrated
  • articulated
  • assisted
  • authored
  • clarified
  • coached
  • communicated
  • composed
  • condensed
  • conferred
  • consulted
  • contacted
  • conveyed
  • convinced
  • corresponded
  • coordinated
  • counseled
  • debated
  • defined
  • demonstrated
  • described
  • developed
  • directed
  • discussed
  • disciplined
  • drafted
  • edited
  • elected
  • elicited
  • enlisted
  • entertained
  • explained
  • expressed
  • interviewed
  • inventoried
  • involved
  • joined
  • judged
  • lectured
  • listened
  • marketed
  • mediated
  • moderated
  • negotiated
  • observed
  • outlined
  • participated
  • persuaded
  • presented
  • promoted
  • proposed
  • publicized
  • reconciled
  • recruited
  • referred
  • reinforced
  • reported
  • resolved
  • responded
  • solicited
  • poke
  • suggested
  • summarized
  • surveyed
  • synthesized
  • translated
  • transported
  • tutored
  • wrote

Computer and technical skills

  • adapted
  • applied
  • assembled
  • built
  • calculated
  • computed
  • conserved
  • constructed
  • converted
  • debugged
  • designed
  • determined
  • developed
  • engineered
  • fabricated
  • installed
  • maintained
  • operated
  • overhauled
  • printed
  • programmed
  • rectified
  • regulated
  • remodeled
  • repaired
  • replaced
  • restored
  • solved
  • specialized
  • standardized
  • studied
  • upgraded
  • utilized

Financial and mathematical skills

  • accounted
  • adjusted
  • administered
  • allocated
  • analyzed
  • appraised
  • articulated
  • assessed
  • audited
  • authored
  • balanced
  • budgeted
  • calculated
  • charted
  • classified
  • compared
  • computed
  • conserved
  • consolidated
  • corrected
  • determined
  • developed
  • entered
  • estimated
  • evaluated
  • filed
  • financed
  • forecasted
  • logged
  • managed
  • marketed
  • measured
  • planned
  • prepared
  • programmed
  • projected
  • published
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