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Action Words by Achievements
These action words can be for use in curriculum vitae, applications, cover letters and interviews. It is very important to use words in your job search which demonstrate to the reader/listener that you have the skills and qualities they are seeking. The following list of action verbs can be used selectively for a variety of purposes. Analysis of your own skills and qualities will enable you to add other appropriate words to this list and suggest which words can most accurately describe your suitability for a particular job.
You may prefer to use the present tense and end the action words with .... ing.
The following have been arranged so as to suggest appropriate action worlds to use with specific achievements. This does not mean that they are only to be used in that way, or that there are not others that may be used equally as well. This is only meant to be a helpful guide
Public Relations and Human Resources
advised, appraised,, arbitrated, assisted, averted, balanced, coached, collaborated, consulted, counselled, defused, discussed, employed, encouraged, facilitated, grouped, guided, handled, hired, influenced, inspired, integrated, interviewed, involved, monitored, motivated, networked, postulated, recruited, sponsored, staffed, strengthened, supported, taught, trained, unified
Communication
addressed, amplified, conveyed, corresponded, demonstrated, edited, explained, facilitated, instructed, interviewed, lectured, moderated, participated, presented, represented, secured, set, up, sold, succeeded, surveyed, transformed, stimulated
Creativity
arranged, composed, conceived, conceptualized, created, designed, developed, devised, displayed, enabled, enhanced, formulated, improved, inspired, invented, packaged, refined, reshaped, resolved, solved, structured
Technique and Authority
analyzed, arranged, augmented, authorised, activated, assembled, budgeted, calculated, catalogued, centralised, compared, compiled, completed, computed, decreased, delegated, enlarged, examined, expanded, generated, improvised, indexed, leveraged, oversaw, redesigned, reorganised, restructured, reviewed, revised, scheduled, single, handedly, synthesised, systematised, verified
Negotiations
adjusted, amended, arbitrated, assured, closed, defused, determined, evaluated, investigated, mediated, negotiated, observed, prioritised, proposed, renegotiated, sorted
Advertising and Promotions
accounted for, accelerated, accomplished, anticipated, convinced, generated, inspired, influenced, launched, motivated, persuaded, planned, predicted, promoted, prompted, recommended
Research and Analysis
applied, assessed, automated, calculated, charted, checked, classified, collated, collected, concluded, correlated, criticised, deduced, determined, developed, diagnosed, differentiated, discovered, disproved, documented, equated, experimental, explored, hypotheses, identified, investigated, logged, proved, related, researched, searched, solved, sorted, surveyed, synthesised, theorised
Resourcefulness
achieved, accomplished, acquired, adapted, adopted, adjusted, appropriated, avoided, awarded, anticipated, cajoled, consolidated, coopted, corrected, cultivated, delivered, detected, diagnosed, discovered, diverted, diversified, doubled, identified, effected, eliminated, founded, improved, identified, installed, inaugurated, instigated, introduced, lightened, launched, minimised, net, worked, pioneered, planned, produced, rectified, revolutionised, solved, saved, strengthened, surpassed, uncovered
Management
activated, administered, authorised, commanded, conducted, contracted, controlled, co-ordinated, delegated, directed, enacted, established, exceeded, expanded, headed, implemented, incorporated, initiated, instructed, led, maintained, managed, obtained, organised, performed, produced, reduced, repositioned, responsibility for, retained, revised, revitalised, strengthened, supervised, trimmed, turned, around, undertook