Action Verbs -- Alphabetical Listing
Remember to use these verbs to describe your skills and accomplishments when
writing your resume and cover letters -- to increase the strength of your
writing and make potential employers take notice!
A
Accelerated
Accomplished
Achieved
Acquired
Acted
Activated
Adapted
Addressed
Adjusted
Administered
Advanced
Advertised
Advised
Advocated
Aided
Allocated
Analyzed
Answered
Applied
Appointed
Appraised
Approved
Arbitrated
Arranged
Ascertained
Assembled
Assessed
Assigned
Assisted
Attained
Augmented
Authorized
Awarded
B
Balanced
Began
Boosted
Briefed
Budgeted
Built
C
Calculated
Captured
Cataloged/Catalogued
Centralized
Chaired
Championed
Charted
Checked
Clarified
Classified
Coached
Coded
Collaborated
Collected
Combined
Communicated
Compared
Compiled
Completed
Composed
Computed
Conceived
Conceptualized
Condensed
Conducted
Conferred
Conserved
Considered
Consolidated
Constructed
Consulted
Contacted
Continued
Contracted
Contributed
Controlled
Converted
Conveyed
Convinced
Cooperated
Coordinated
Corrected
Corresponded
Counseled
Crafted
Created
Critiqued
Cultivated
Customized
D
Debated
Debugged
Decided
Defined
Delegated
Delivered
Demonstrated
Designated
Designed
Detected
Determined
Developed
Devised
Diagnosed
Directed
Discovered
Discussed
Dispensed
Displayed
Dissected
Distributed
Diversified
Diverted
Documented
Drafted
Drew
E
Earned
Edited
Educated
Effected
Elected
Elicited
Eliminated
Emphasized
Employed
Enabled
Enacted
Encouraged
Enforced
Engineered
Enhanced
Enlarged
Enlisted
Ensured
Entertained
Established
Estimated
Evaluated
Examined
Executed
Exhibited
Expanded
Expedited
Experimented
Explained
Explored
Expressed
Extended
Extracted
F
Fabricated
Facilitated
Familiarized
Fashioned
Filed
Finalized
Financed
Fixed
Focused
Forecasted
Forged
Formalized
Formed
Formulated
Fortified
Fostered
Found
Fulfilled
Furnished
Furthered
G
Gained
Gathered
Generated
Governed
Grossed
Guided
H
Halted
Handled
Headed
Heightened
Helped
Hired
Honed
Hosted
Hypothesized
I
Identified
Illustrated
Imagined
Implemented
Improved
Improvised
Incorporated
Increased
Indexed
Individualized
Influenced
Informed
Initiated
Innovated
Inspected
Inspired
Installed
Instilled
Instituted
Instructed
Insured
Integrated
Interacted
Interpreted
Intervened
Interviewed
Introduced
Invented
Inventoried
Investigated
Involved
Issued
J
Joined
Judged
Justified
K
Kept
L
Launched
Learned
Lectured
Led
Leveraged
Lifted
Listened
Located
Logged
M
Maintained
Managed
Manipulated
Manufactured
Mapped
Marketed
Masterminded
Maximized
Measured
Mediated
Mentored
Merged
Mobilized
Modeled
Moderated
Modified
Monitored
Motivated
N
Navigated
Negotiated
Netted
Normalized
O
Observed
Obtained
Opened
Operated
Ordered
Orchestrated
Organized
Originated
Outlined
Outsourced
Overcame
Overhauled
Oversaw
P
Participated
Perceived
Performed
Persuaded
Photographed
Pinpointed
Piloted
Pioneered
Placed
Planned
Played
Predicted
Prepared
Prescribed
Presented
Presided
Prevented
Printed
Prioritized
Processed
Procured
Produced
Programmed
Projected
Promoted
Proofread
Propeled
Proposed
Prospected
Protected
Proved
Provided
Publicized
Purchased
Q
Qualified
Questioned
R
Raised
Ran
Rated
Reached
Realigned
Realized
Reasoned
Received
Recognized
Recommended
Reconciled
Recorded
Recruited
Rectified
Recycled
Reduced
Referred
Regained
Registered
Regulated
Rehabilitated
Related
Reinforced
Remodeled
Rendered
Renegotiated
Reorganized
Repaired
Replaced
Reported
Repositioned
Represented
Researched
Reserved
Reshaped
Resolved
Responded
Restored
Restructured
Retrieved
Reviewed
Revised
Revitalized
Routed
S
Satisfied
Saved
Scheduled
Screened
Searched
Secured
Selected
Separated
Served
Shaped
Shared
Simplified
Simulated
Sketched
Sold
Solicited
Solved
Sorted
Spearheaded
Specialized
Specified
Spoke
Sponsored
Staffed
Standardized
Started
Stimulated
Streamlined
Strengthened
Structured
Studied
Suggested
Summarized
Supervised
Supplied
Supported
Surpassed
Surveyed
Sustained
Synthesized
Systematized
T
Tabulated
Targeted
Taught
Terminated
Tested
Tightened
Totaled
Tracked
Traded
Trained
Transcribed
Transfered
Transformed
Transitioned
Transmitted
Translated
Traveled
Troubleshot
Tutored
U
Uncovered
Undertook
Unified
United
Updated
Upgraded
Used
Utilized
V
Validated
Verbalized
Verified
Vitalized
Volunteered
W
Weighed
Widened
Won
Worked
Wrote
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Y
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Z
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