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Common Resumé Verbs

When describing responsibilities and accomplishments, you should start descriptive phrases with verbs. This list will assist you in selecting words that accurately describe your experiences, and will reduce repetition in your descriptions.

Accelerated
Accomplished
Adapted
Adjusted
Administered
Advertised
Advised
Analyzed
Announced
Arranged
Assembled
Assisted
Attained
Balanced
Built
Calculated
Catalogued
Chaired
Changed
Collaborated
Communicated
Compared
Compiled
Completed
Computed
Conceptualized
Conducted
Consolidated
Constructed
Consulted
Contracted
Converted
Created
Defined
Delegated
Demonstrated
Deposited
Designed
Developed
Devised
Directed
Distributed
Drafted
Edited
Educated
Eliminated
Encouraged
Entertained
Established
Estimated
Evaluated
Examined
Executed
Expanded
Explained
Fabricated
Facilitated
Familiarized
Figured
Filed
Formulated
Founded
Generated
Grouped
Guided
Handfed
Hired
Identified
Illustrated
Implemented
Improved
Improvised
Indexed
Influenced
Informed
Initiated
Innovated
Inspected
Installed
Instituted
Instructed
Integrated
Interviewed
Introduced
Invented
Investigated
Kept records
Launched
Led
Made
Maintained
Managed
Marketed
Moderated
Modified
Monitored
Motivated
Negotiated
Obtained
Operated
Ordered
Packed
Persuaded
Pioneered
Planned
Prepared
Presented
Presided
Processed
Produced
Programmed
Promoted
Proposed
Publicized
Recommended
Recorded
Recruited
Redesigned
Reduced
Referred
Related
Repaired
Reported
Researched
Restocked
Revised
Revitalized
Selected
Served
Set up
Shaped
Simplified
Sold
Solved
Specified
Staffed
Stimulated
Streamlined
Strengthened
Stretched
Structured
Succeeded
Summarized
Surveyed
Synthesized
Systematized
Taught
Tested
Tracked
Traded
Trained
Transformed
Translated
Transmitted
Typed
Unified
Updated
Upgraded
Used
Utilized
Verified
Wrote


 

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