Resume guide: action verbs
Management Skills
Communication Skills
Research Skills
Technical Skills
Teaching Skills
Financial Skills
Creative Skills
Helping Skills
Clerical or Detail Skills
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The underlined words are especially good for emphasizing accomplishments.
Management Skills
administered
analyzed
assigned
attained
chaired
consolidated
contracted
coordinated
delegated
developed
directed
enhanced
established
evaluated
executed
improved
increased
initiated
instituted
managed
motivated
organized
oversaw
planned
prioritized
produced
recommended
reorganized
reviewed
scheduled
strengthened
supervised
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Communication Skills
addressed
authored
collaborated
composed
contacted
convinced
corresponded
directed
drafted
edited
elicited
explained
formulated
influenced
interpreted
lectured
mediated
moderated
negotiated
persuaded
promoted
publicized
reconciled
recruited
resolved
spoke
translated
wrote
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Research Skills
analyzed
clarified
collected
compared
conducted
critiqued
diagnosed
evaluated
examined
extracted
gathered
identified
interpreted
interviewed
investigated
located
organized
researched
reviewed
solved
summarized
surveyed
systematized
tested
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Technical Skills
adapted
applied
assembled
built
calculated
computed
designed
developed
devised
engineered
fabricated
installed
maintained
operated
overhauled
programmed
remodeled
repaired
replaced
solved
standardized
studied
upgraded
utilized
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Teaching Skills
adapted
advised
coached
communicated
coordinated
developed
enabled
encouraged
evaluated
explained
facilitated
focused
guided
individualized
informed
instructed
persuaded
stimulated
trained
tutored
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Financial Skills
administered
allocated
analyzed
appraised
audited
balanced
budgeted
calculated
computed
developed
estimated
forecasted
managed
marketed
planned
projected
reconciled
reduced
researched
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Creative Skills
acted
adapted
composed
conceptualized
created
customized
designed
developed
directed
established
fashioned
founded
illustrated
initiated
instituted
integrated
introduced
invented
modified
originated
performed
planned
revised
revitalized
shaped
solved
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Helping Skills
advocated
aided
assessed
assisted
clarified
coached
counseled
demonstrated
diagnosed
educated
encouraged
expedited
facilitated
familiarized
guided
intervened
motivated
referred
rehabilitated
represented
resolved
supported
volunteered
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Clerical or Detail Skills
approved
arranged
catalogued
charted
classified
coded
collected
compiled
dispatched
distributed
executed
generated
implemented
inspected
maintained
monitored
operated
organized
prepared
processed
purchased
recorded
retrieved
reviewed
routed
scheduled
screened
setup
specified/systemetized
standardized
tabulated
updated
validated
verified
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achieved
completed
expanded
improved
pioneered
reduced (losses)
resolved (problems)
restored
spearheaded
succeeded
surpassed
transformed
won
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