Action Verbs

Action verbs should be used abundantly throughout your resume and cover letters to promote your achievements. They help make a strong impression.

Use action verbs extensively in sales copy. Begin benefit statements with action verbs but in the active voice.

Clerical or Detail
activated	altered	assembled	approved	arranged
catalogued	classified	collected	compiled	described
dispatched	edited	estimated	executed	gathered
generated	implemented	inspected	listed	maintained
monitored	observed	operated	organized	overhauled
prepared	processed	proofread	published	purchased
recorded	reduced	retrieved	screened	specified
streamlined	systematized
Creative
acted	applied	composed	conceived	conceptualized
created	designed	developed	directed	established
evaluated	fashioned	formed	formulated	founded
illustrated	instituted	integrated	introduced	invented
loaded	molded	originated	perceived	performed
planned	presented	produced	refined	rewrote
updated
Communication
addressed	arbitrated	arranged	authored	communicated
corresponded	counseled	developed	defined	directed
drafted	edited	enlisted	formulated	influenced
interpreted	lectured	mediated	moderated	motivated
negotiated	persuaded	promoted	publicized	reconciled
reunited	renegotiated	reported	researched	summarized
spoke	translated	wrote
Financial
audited	balanced	budgeted	calculated	compared
adjusted	administered	allocated	analyzed	appraised
computed	developed	estimated	forecast	forecasted
managed	marketed	planned	projected	reevaluated
reconciled	researched	sold
Helping
advised	aided	assessed	assisted	brought
clarified	coached	coordinated	counseled	dealt
demonstrated	diagnosed	educated	encouraged	enlisted
expedited	facilitated	familiarized	guided	helped
inspired	maintained	modified	performed	referred
rehabilitated	represented	supported	upheld
Management
achieved	administered	analyzed	assigned	attained
chaired	conceived	contracted	consolidated	coordinated
decided	delegated	developed	directed	encouraged
evaluated	executed	handled	implemented	improved
incorporated	increased	inspired	launched	led
managed	motivated	organized	outlined	oversaw
planned	prioritized	produced	recommended	reevaluated
rejected	reported	reviewed	scheduled	strengthened
supervised	united
Research
clarified	collected	conceived	critiqued	detected
diagnosed	disproved	evaluated	examined	extracted
identified	inspected	interpreted	interviewed	investigated
organized	researched	reported	reviewed	searched
studied	summarized	surveyed	systematized	wrote
Technical
analyzed	assembled	built	calculated	computed
designed	devised	engineered	fabricated	inspected
maintained	operated	overhauled	programmed	remodeled
repaired	solved	trained	upgraded
Teaching
adapted	advised	clarified	coached	communicated
coordinated	defined	developed	enabled	encouraged
evaluated	explained	facilitated	guided	informed
initiated	instructed	lectured	persuaded	presented
set goals	stimulated	taught	trained	updated

More Action Verbs
anticipated	arbitrated	ascertained	charted	checked
classified	collected	completed	conducted	conserved
consolidated	constructed	controlled	coordinated	counseled
created	decided	defined	delivered	detailed
detected	determined	devised	diagnosed	directed
discovered	dispensed	displayed	disproved	dissected
distributed	diverted	dramatized	drew	drove
eliminated	empathized	enforced	established	estimated
evaluated	examined	expanded	experimented	explained
expressed	extracted	filed	financed	fixed
followed	formulated	founded	gathered	gave
generated	guided	handled	headed	helped
hypothesized	identified	illustrated	imagined	implemented
improved	improvised	increased	influenced	informed
initiated	innovated	inspected	installed	instituted
instructed	integrated	interpreted	interviewed	invented
inventoried	investigated	judged	kept	led
learned	lectured	lifted	listened	logged
maintained	made	managed	manipulated	mediated
memorized	modeled	monitored	motivated	navigated
negotiated	observed	obtained	offered	operated
ordered	organized	originated	painted	perceived
performed	persuaded	photographed	piloted	planned
played	predicted	prepared	prescribed	presented
printed	processed	produced	programmed	questioned
raised	read	realized	reasoned	received
recommended	reconciled	painted	perceived	performed
persuaded	photographed	piloted	planned	played
predicted	prepared	prescribed	presented	printed
processed	produced	programmed	projected	promoted
proof-read	protected	provided	publicized	purchased
recorded	recruited	reduced	referred	rehabilitated
related	rendered	repaired	reported	represented
researched	resolved	responded	restored	retrieved
reviewed	risked	scheduled	selected	sensed
separated	served	sewed	shaped	shared
showed	sketched	solved	sorted	summarized
supervised	supplied	symbolized	synergized	synthesized
systematized	talked	taught	tended	tested
trained	transcribed	translated	traveled	treated
troubleshot	tutored	typed	unified	united
upgraded	used	utilized	verbalized	warned
washed	weighed	wired	worked

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