Action verbs
What Are Action Verbs?
Action verbs express an actions – for example – “ordered’, “scheduled’ etc.
As part of your resume they help to communicate your accomplishments in a very strong and positive way.
What Are The Most Effective Ways Of Using Action Verbs?
Make a list of the action verbs which show your individual accomplishments as a leader – eg. led, delivered etc.
Make a list of the action verbs which show your contribution as a team player – eg. collaborated, contributed etc.
Make a list of the action verbs most RELEVANT to your job. For example the action verbs relevant for:
- Lawyers: investigated, judged etc
- Admin assistant: scheduled, organized, prepared etc
- Clerical or detailed skills: purchased, processed, recorded, systematized, tabulated, validated, approved, arranged, catalogued etc etc.
- Management: chaired, suprevised, strengthened, planned etc
- Media, communication presenters: moderated, publicized, spoke, translated, wrote etc
- Trainers, teachers: coached, enabled, facilitated, instructed, set goals, stimulated etc
- Creative, arts, problem solvers: conceptualized, illustrated, performed, revitalized etc.
- Team players, care givers: assisted, diagnosed, rehabilitated, guidedd, educated, collaborated etc
- Financial analysts, bankers etc: budgeted, audited, calculated, projected, planned etc
- Customer service: responded, satisfied, serviced, handled, listened, processed
- Research Assistants: investigated, systematized, collected, tabulated
Big List Of Action Verbs:
attained
advanced
administered
advised
accelerated
accomplished
assigned
achieved
acquired
activated
adapted
adjusted
allocated
analyzed
annotated
anticipated
applied
appraised
arranged
articulated
assembled
assessed
authored
broadened
balanced
briefed
budgeted
built
collaborated
customized
contributed
canvassed
catalogued
categorized
critiqued
chaired
clarified
cleared
coded
collaborated
compared
compiled
completed
composed
computed
conducted
consolidated
constructed
contacted
continued
contracted
convened
conveyed
coordinated
corresponded
counseled
created
diagnosed
developed
decided
defined
delegated
delivered
demonstrated
derived
designed
detected
determined
devised
directed
distributed
drafted
established
expedited
edited
educated
effected
elicited
encouraged
evaluated
examined
executed
exhibited
expanded
experienced
experimented
explained
explored
fabricated
fashioned
fine-tuned
figured
financed
focused
forecasted
formed
formulated
fostered
founded
functioned
graded
greeted
generated
governed
grouped
guided
hired
helped
headed
hosted
innovated
invented
introduced
identified
interviewed
illustrated
immunized
implemented
improved
increased
informed
initiated
instituted
instructed
interpreted
introduced
invented
investigated
judged
justifed
lobbied
led
listened
licensed
mechanized
moderated
maintained
managed
marketed
mastered
measured
mediated
modeled
modified
molded
monitored
motivated
nurtured
named
negotiated
streamlined
surpassed
served
symbolized
surpassed
scheduled
searched
selected
served
shaped
shared
showed
simplified
solicited
solved
specified
spoke
stimulated
structured
studied
supervised
supported
synthesized
oriented
overhauled
orchestrated
observed
obtained
operated
ordered
organized
originated
outlined
oversaw
predicted
printed
publicized
probed
presented
packaged
perceived
performed
persuaded
planned
planted
presented
presided
printed
produced
protected
provided
quantified
questioned
quoted
qualifed
rehabilitated
Registered
revealed
revitalized
routed
rendered
raised
recommended
recorded
recruited
reduced
rendered
repaired
reported
represented
reproduced
researched
resolved
responded
restored
retained
retrieved
reviewed
revised
rewrote
targeted
taught
tested
trained
translated
tutored
tailed
transcribed
unified
uncovered
updated
utilized
volunteered
vitalized
verified
valued
witnessed
won
wrote
withdrawed
