Career Article 110:Action Words

Career Article 110:
Action Words
By Tamara Dowling, CPRW
Nearly every book on article on the topic of résumé writing will advise you to use high-impact action words, and avoid the passive tense.
When you sit down and actually write, it is tough to come up with some original words.
Here is a list of powerful action words.
-A-
Accelerated
Accomplished
Achieved
Adapted
Administered
Advised
Analyzed
Arranged
Assembled
Assumed responsibility
-B-
Balanced
Blazed
Billed
Built
-C-
Carried out
Channeled
Collected
Communicated
Compiled
Completed
Conceived
Conducted
Controlled
Contracted
Coordinated
Counseled
Created
Cut
-D-
Delegated
Demonstrated
Designed
Determined
Developed
Directed
Dispatched
Distributed
Documented
-E-
Earned
Edited
Effected
Eliminated
Enabled
Energized
Established
Evaluated
Expanded
Expedited
-F-
Facilitated
Found
Functioned as
-G-
Gained
Gathered
Generated
Graded
Graduated
-H- Handled
Hired
-I-
Increased
Influenced
Implemented
Improved
Initiated
Innovated
Inspected
Installed
Instituted
Instructed
Interpreted
Interviewed
Introduced
Invented
Issued
-L-
Launched
Lectured
Led
-M-
Maintained
Managed
Mastered
Met with
Modernized
Motivated
-N-
Negotiated
-O-
Operated
Optimized
Originated
Orchestrated
Ordered
Organized
Oversaw
-P-
Participated
Performed
Pinpointed
Planned
Prepared
Presented
Produced
Programmed
Proved
Provided
Published
Purchased
-R-
Recommended
Recorded
Recruited
Reduced
Referred
Reinforced
Represented
Researched
Revamped
Reviewed
Revised
Revitalized
-S-
Saved
Scheduled
Screened
Served
Set up
Simplified
Sold
Solved
Spearheaded
Standardized
Steered
Structured
Suggested
Supervised
Supported
Surpassed
-T-
Taught
Tested
Trained
Translated
Tripled
Typed
-U-
Underwrote
Updated
Used
-W-
Won
Wrote