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ACTION VERBS TO UTILIZE IN YOUR RESUME

Spice up your resume by adding some of these high-impact action verbs.  Help a potential employer visualize the work you did to get to the positive outcome.  

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Achieved

acted

activated

actuated

added

addressed

administered

advanced

aired

allocated

amended

analyzed

anticipated

appointed

approached

approved

arbitrated

arranged

assembled

assigned

assessed

assisted

attained

attracted

audited

authored

authorized

automated

bargained

broadened

budgeted

build

calculated

capitalized

captured

cataloged

centralized

challenged

chaired

changed

chose

clarified

collaborated

collected

combined

commissioned

committed

communicated

compiled

completed

condensed

conducted

consolidated

constructed

consulted

contracted

contributed

converted

coordinated

corrected

corresponded

counseled

created

critiqued

cultivated

debugged

decided

decentralized

decreased

defined

delegated

demonstrated

described

designated

designed

devoted

directed

discovered

distinguished

diversified

documented

edited

effected

eliminated

employed

enabled

encouraged

enforced

engineered

enhanced

enriched

established

estimated

evaluated

examined

exceeded

executed

exempted

expanded

extrapolated

facilitated

familiarized

figured

financed

focused

forecasted

formalized

formulated

fulfilled

functioned

gained

gathered

generated

governed

graded

granted

guided

handled

headed

hired

identified

illustrated

illuminated

implemented

improved

improvised

indoctrinated

increased

incurred

influenced

informed

initiated

innovated

inquired

inspired

installed

instigated

instituted

instructed

interfaced

interpreted

interviewed

introduced

invented

inventoried

involved

launched

lectured

led

liquidated

lobbied

localized

located

maintained

managed

mapped

marketed

maximized

measured

mediated

minimized

motivated

multiplied

narrated

negotiated

noticed

nurtured

obtained

offered

opened

operated

operationalized

orchestrated

ordered

organized

oriented

originated

oversaw

paid

participated

patterned

performed

permitted

persuaded

phased out

pioneered

planned

polled

prepared

presented

presided

prevented

prioritized

processed

produced

programmed

projected

promoted

publicized

published

quantified

quoted

raised

recommended

reconciled

recovered

recruited

rectified

redesigned

reduced

referred

reinstated

remedied

renegotiated

reorganized

repaired

represented

requested

researched

resolved

responded

restored

restructured

retained

revamped

revitalized

saved

secured

settled

shortened

showed

signed

simplified

sold

solved

spearheaded

specified

spoke

spread

stabilized

staffed

standardized

steered

stimulated

strategized

strengthened

structured

submitted

substantiated

suggested

summarized

superseded

supervised

supported

surpassed

surveyed

synthesized

systematized

tabulated

tailored

targeted

taught

terminated

tightened

traded

trained

transacted

transferred

transformed

tripled

uncovered

undertook

unified

united

updated

upgraded

utilized

validated

verified

worked

wrote.