ACTION VERB LIST

Action Verbs and Levels of Proficiency

common resume techniques for articulating an individual’s work history and proficiency with a discipline action verbs coupled with specificity allows employers to envision the applicant and grabs his/her attention.

exp: “presided”

Related Experience:

Holiday Inn Nashville, TN April 2010-Present

Shift Supervisor

presided over 4 employees in a project to develop creative new ways of ensuring positive experiences for guests

Management &Leadership

• achieved
• administered
• allocated
• analyzed
• appointed
• approved
• arranged
• assembled
• assigned
• attained
• authorized
• awarded
• chaired
• completed
• conceived
• conducted
• considered
• consolidated
• contracted
• controlled
• converted
• coordinated
• correlated
• decided
• delegated
• designated
• determined
• developed
• directed
• disapproved
• discharged
• eliminated
• emphasized
• encouraged
• enforced
• engineered
• enhanced
• established
• evaluated
• executed
• expanded
• generated
• governed
• handled
• headed
• hired
• hosted
• implemented
• improved
• incorporated
• increased
• initiated
• inspected
• inspired
• instituted
• launched
• led
• maintained
• managed
• merged
• motivated
• navigated
• organized
• outlined
• overhauled
• oversaw
• planned
• prepared
• presided
• prioritized
• procured
• produced
• provided
• recommended
• reevaluated
• regulated
• rejected
• reorganized
• replaced
• reported
• required
• restored
• reviewed
• scheduled
• secured
• selected
• settled
• signed
• solved
• specified
• sponsored
• stipulated
• streamlined
• strengthened
• supervised
• terminated

Communication

• addressed
• advertised
• arbitrated
• arranged
• articulated
• authored
• called
• circulated
• clarified
• coached
• collaborated
• communicated
• composed
• condensed
• conferred
• consulted
• contacted
• conveyed
• convinced
• corresponded
• counseled
• debated
• defined
• demonstrated 
• described
• developed
• directed
• discussed
• drafted
• edited
• elicited
• emphasized
• enlisted
• explained
• expressed
• facilitated
• formulated
• furnished
• incorporated
• influenced
• informed
• interacted
• interpreted
• interviewed
• involved
• joined
• judged
• lectured
• listened
• marketed
• mediated
• moderated
• motivated
• negotiated
• notified
• observed
• oriented
• outlined
• participated
• persuaded
• presented
• promoted
• proofread
• proposed
• publicized
• published
• purposed
• recommended
• reconciled
• recruited
• redirected
• referred
• reinforced
• related
• renegotiated
• reported
• represented
• researched
• resolved
• responded
• reunited 
• showed
• solicited
• specified
• spoke
• suggested
• summarized
• synthesized
• translated
•  transmitted
• tutored
• wrote

Research

• analyzed
• clarified
• coded
• collected
• compared
• conceived
• conducted
• contrasted
• critiqued
• detected
• determined
• diagnosed
• disproved
• evaluated
• examined
• experimented
• explored
• extracted
• formulated
• gathered
• identified
• inquired
• inspected
• interpreted
• interviewed
• invented
• investigated
• located
• measured
• organized
• remodeled
• repaired
• reported
• researched
• reviewed
• searched
• solved
• studied
• summarized
• surveyed
• systematized
• tested
• wrote
• Technical
• adapted
• analyzed
• applied
• assembled
• budgeted
• built
• calculated
• computed
• conserved
• constructed
• converted
• correlated
• debugged
• designed
• determined
• developed
• devised
• engineered
• fabricated
• financed
• fortified
• handled
• inspected
• installed
• maintained
• manipulated
• operated
• overhauled
• printed
• programmed
• rectified
• regulated
• remodeled
• repaired
• replaced
• resolved
• restored
• solved
• specialized
• standardized
• studied
• trained
• upgraded
• utilized

Teaching

• adapted
• advised
• assessed
• clarified
• coached
• communicated
• conducted
• coordinated
• critiqued
• defined
• demonstrated
• developed
• educated
• enabled
• encouraged
• evaluated
• explained
• facilitated
• focused
• guided
• illustrated
• individualized
• informed
• initiated
• instilled
• instructed
• lectured
• mentored
• motivated
• persuaded
• planned
• presented
• set
• goals
• simulated
• stimulated
• taught
• tested
• trade
• transmitted
• tutored
• updated

Financial

• adjusted
• administered
• allocated
• analyzed
• appraised
• assessed
• audited
• balanced
• budgeted
• calculated
• compared
• computed
• conserved
• corrected
• determined
• developed
• estimated
• forecasted
• managed
• marketed
• measured
• netted
• planned
• prepared
• programmed
• projected
• qualified
• reconciled
• reduced
• reevaluated
• researched
• retrieved
• sold

Creative

• acted
• adapted
• applied
• authored
• began
• built
• combined
• composed
• conceived
• conceptualized
• condensed
• constructed
• created
• customized
• designed
• developed
• directed
• displayed
• drew
• entertained
• established
• estimated
• fashioned
• forecasted
• formed
• formulated
• founded
• generated
• illustrated
• initiated
• integrated
• introduced
• invented
• investigated
• launched
• loaded
• modeled
• modified
• molded
• originated
• perceived
• performed
• photographed
• piloted
• planned
• presented
• produced
• proposed
• refined
• researched
• revised
• revitalized
• rewrote
• set up
• shaped
• solved
• studied
• updated

Helping

• adapted
• advised
• advocated
• aided
• answered
• arranged
• assessed
• assisted

• brought
• cared for
• clarified
• coached
• collaborated
• coordinated
• contributed
• cooperated
• counseled
• dealt
• demonstrated
• diagnosed
• directed
• educated
• encouraged
• ensured
• expedited
• facilitated
• familiarized
• furthered
• guided
• helped
• influenced
• inspired
• insured
• intervened
• led
• maintained
• mentored
• modified
• motivated
• performed
• prevented
• provided
• referred
• rehabilitated
• represented
• resolved
• served
• simplified
• supplied
• supported
• upheld
• volunteered

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
• tabulated
• validated

Organizational

• approved
• arranged
• assembled
• catalogued
• categorized
• charted
• classified
• coded
• collected
• compiled
• completed
• conducted
• controlled
• corrected
• correlated
• corresponded
• determined
• dispatched
• distributed
• eliminated
• engineered
• executed
• expanded
• filed
• generated
• implemented
• incorporated
• inspected
• logged
• maintained
• monitored
• obtained
• operated
• ordered
• organized
• prepared
• processed
• procured
• provided
• purchased
• recorded
• registered
• reserved
• responded
• retrieved
• reviewed
• routed
• scheduled
• screened
• set up
• solved
• sorted
• standardized
• submitted
• supplied
• systematized
• tabulated
• updated
• validated
• verified