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ACTION VERB LIST

These verbs are only a few of the many you can use in describing your experience, skills, and accomplishments. Make sure you use an action verb for each entry rather than stating "duties included" or "responsible for."

accelerated
accomplished
achieved
acted
adapted
adjusted
administered
advised
advocated
aided
allocated
analyzed
answered
applied
appointed
approved
arranged
assessed
assisted
assumed
attained
audited
augmented
authored
balanced
began
broadened
brought
budgeted
built
calculated
catalogued
chaired
communicated
compared
complied
completed
conceived
conducted
constructed
consulted
contracted
contributed
contrived
controlled
cooperated
coordinated
corresponded
counseled
created
decided
defined
delegated
delivered
demonstrated
designed
determined
devised
devoted
diagnosed
directed
displayed
distributed
documented
drafted
earned
edited
educated
effected
eliminated
employed
encouraged
enlisted
established
estimated
evaluated
examined
expanded
expedited
expressed
extended
facilitated
forecasted
formulated
founded
fulfilled
generated
governed
guaranteed
guided
handled
headed
identified
illustrated
implemented
improved
increased
influenced
initiated
inspected
inspired
instituted
instructed
integrated
interpreted
introduced
investigated
judged
launched
led
lectured
listed
located
maintained
managed
measured
mediated
mentored
modeled
modified
molded
monitored
motivated
navigated
negotiated
observed
operated
orchestrated
organized
oriented
originated
oversaw
participated
performed
persuaded
planned
predicted
prepared
presented
prioritized
processed
produced
programmed
projected
promoted
proofread
proposed
proved
provided
published
raised
ran
received
recommended
reconciled
recorded
recruited
reduced
re-established
regulated
reinforced
renegotiated
reorganized
reported
represented
researched
reshaped
resolved
responded
restored
revamped
reviewed
revised
scheduled
selected
secured
served
setup
simplified
solved
specialized
stimulated
streamlined
strengthened
structured
suggested
supervised
supported
systematized
taught
tested
trained
transformed
translated
tutored
unified
updated
used
utilized
verified
volunteered
widened
worked
wrote


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