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CV / Resume Keywords & Action Verbs

If you want your CV / Resume and Cover Letter to have more impact using action verbs and power phrases to describe accomplishments, skills, and responsibilities. For each item listed within your CV / Resume, incorporate one action word. As you incorporate action verbs into your CV /Resume, choose only the ones that work best with your individual skills and accomplishments, and refrain from using the same action verb two or more times.

A
accelerated, acclimated, accomplished, achieved, acquired, acted, activated, actuated, adapted, added, addressed, adhered, adjusted, administered, adopted, advanced, advertised, advised, 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

B
balanced, bargained, borrowed, boosted, bought, briefed, broadened, budgeted, built

C
calculated, capitalized, carried, cast, cataloged, centralized, challenged, chaired, changed, channeled, charted, checked, circulated, clarified, classified, cleared, closed, 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, cut

D
decentralized, decreased, deferred, defined, delegated, delivered, demonstrated, depreciated, described, designed, determined, developed, devised, devoted, directed, disclosed, discounted, discovered, dispatched, displayed, dissembled, distinguished, distributed, diversified, divested, documented, doubled, downsized, drafted

E
earned, eased, edited, effected, eliminated, employed, enabled, encouraged, enforced, engaged, engineered, enhanced, enlarged, enriched, entered, entertained, established, estimated, evaluated, examined, exceeded, exchanged, executed, exempted, exercised, expanded, expedited, explained, exposed, extended, extracted

F
facilitated, familiarized, fashioned, fielded, figured, financed, focused, forecasted, formalized, formed, formulated, fortified, found, founded, framed, fulfilled, functioned, furnished

G
gained, gathered, gauged, gave, generated, governed, granted, greeted, grouped, guided

H
handled, headed, hired, hosted

I
identified, illustrated, implemented, improved, improvised, inaugurated, indoctrinated, increased, incurred, induced, influenced, informed, initiated, innovated, 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, liquidated, litigated, lobbied, localized, located

M
maintained, managed, marketed, maximized, measured, mediated, merchandised, merged, met, minimized, modeled, moderated, modernized, modified, monitored, motivated, moved,

N
narrated, navigated, negotiated, networked,noticed

O
observed, obtained, offered, opened, operated,optimized, ordered, organized, oriented, originated, overhauled, oversaw

P
paid, participated, passed, patterned, penalized, perceived, performed, permitted, persuaded, pinpointed, pioneered, placed, planned, polled, prepared, presented, presided, prevented, priced, printed, prioritized, probed, processed, procured, produced, profiled, programmed, projected, promoted, prompted, proposed, proved, provided, publicized, published, purchased

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

S
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, supported, surpassed, surveyed, synchronized, synthesized, systematized

T
tabulated, targeted, taught, terminated, tested, testified, tightened, traced, traded, trained, transacted, transferred, transformed, translated, transported, traveled

U
uncovered, unified, united, updated, upgraded, used, utilized

V
validated, valued, verified, viewed, visited

W
weighed, welcomed, witnessed, won, worked, wrote