Resume Action Verbs

Management Skills

computed

assisted

rehabilitated

administered

designed

clarified

analyzed

devised

coached

assigned

engineered

counseled

attained

fabricated

demonstrated

chaired

maintained

diagnosed

consolidated

operated

educated

contracted

overhauled

expedited

coordinated

programmed

facilitated

delegated

remodeled

familiarized

developed

repaired

guided

directed

solved

motivated

evaluated

upgraded

referred

executed

improved

Teaching Skills

increased

adapted

represented

organized

advised

Clerical or Detail Skills

oversaw

clarified

approved

planned

coached

arranged

prioritized

communicated

catalogued

produced

coordinated

classified

recommended

demystified

collected

reviewed

developed

compiled

scheduled

enabled

dispatched

strengthened

encouraged

executed

supervised

evaluated

generated

explained

implemented

Communication Skills

facilitated

inspected

addressed

guided

monitored

arbitrated

informed

operated

arranged

instructed

organized

authored

persuaded

prepared

collaborated

set goals

processed

convinced

stimulated

purchased

corresponded

trained

recorded

developed

retrieved

directed

Financial Skills

drafted

administered

specified

edited

allocated

systematized

enlisted

analyzed

tabulated

formulated

appraised

validated

influenced

audited

screened

interpreted

balanced

More Verbs for Accomplishments

lectured

budgeted

achieved

mediated

calculated

expanded

moderated

computed

improved

negotiated

developed

pioneered

persuaded

forecasted

reduced (losses)

promoted

managed

resolved (problems)

publicized

marketed

restored

reconciled

planned

spearheaded

recruited

projected

transformed

spoke

researched

translated

Creative Skills

wrote

adjusted

acted

articulated

Research Skills

teamed

conceptualized

compiled

clarified

created

consulted

collected

customized

contrasted

critiqued

designed

cultivated

diagnosed

developed

drafted

evaluated

directed

empowered

examined

established

endorsed

extracted

fashioned

hosted

identified

founded

inspected

inspected

illustrated

integrated

interpreted

initiated

mentored

interviewed

instituted

reengineered

investigated

integrated

refined

organized

introduced

replaced

reviewed

invented

represented

summarized

originated

restructured

surveyed

performed

supported

systematized

planned

synthesized

revitalized

Technical Skills

shaped

tested

verified

assembled

built

Helping Skills

calculated

assessed