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
