KEYWORDS FOR RESUME PREPARATION – ACTION VERBS
Use action verbs at the beginning of each statement that describes your experiences.
Administrative
accomplished
administered
approved
arranged
classified
developed
documented
maintained
managed
operated
organized
prepared
prioritized
provided
purchased
recorded
resolved
retrieved
screened
systematized
Communication
addressed
advised
aided
arranged
articulated
authored
clarified
communicated
completed
composed
conceived
conducted
consulted
contributed
cooperated
coordinated
corresponded
counseled
debated
defined
directed
drafted
edited
enlisted
explained
formulated
helped
influenced
informed
inspired
interpreted
interviewed
lectured
marketed
mediated
moderated
motivated
persuaded
presented
promoted
recruited
represented
spoke
suggested
summarized
supervised
trained
updated
allocated
analyzed
appraised
audited
balanced
budgeted
calculated
compiled
developed
financed
forecasted
formulated
invested
maintained
managed
marketed
prepared
projected
targeted
tracked
Creative
acted
adapted
composed
conceived
conceptualized
crafted
created
customized
designed
developed
directed
fashioned
founded
generated
illustrated
improvised
initiated
innovated
integrated
invented
marketed
originated
performed
problem solved
revitalized
shaped
synthesized
traveled
Financial
administered
Helping
advised
aided
assessed
assisted
attended
cared for
clarified
coached
coordinated
counseled
delivered
demonstrated
developed
diagnosed
educated
engaged
facilitated
furnished
mentored
overcame
provided
referred
served
Management
accomplished
achieved
administered
analyzed
appointed
assessed
assigned
chaired
coached
consulted
contracted
controlled
coordinated
developed
directed
established
evaluated
examined
exceeded
executed
implemented
improved
increased
initiated
led
managed
marketed
negotiated
organized
planned
prepared
prioritized
produced
promoted
recommended
reconciled
recruited
reviewed
supervised
targeted
trained
transformed
Research
calculated
cataloged
clarified
collected
computed
correlated
critiqued
diagnosed
discovered
evaluated
examined
experimented
extrapolated
gathered
identified
inspected
investigated
monitored
observed
organized
proved
surveyed
tested
Teaching
Adapted
advised
clarified
coached
coordinated
explained
guided
informed
instructed
served
taught
trained
Technical
administered
analyzed
assembled
built
calculated
computed
configured
constructed
created
designed
determined
developed
installed
led
maintained
managed
operated
overhauled
oversaw
programmed
simulated
tested
troubleshot
used
Apr 2015