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Describing Your Experience: Resume Action Words

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Describe your experience in simple language using strong verbs. The following list may be helpful. Verbs in BOLDFACE often appear in official descriptions of required experience. These and certain Ainside words@ are sometimes called Abuzz words@ because they trigger a favorable response from knowledgeable examiners.

accelerated
accomplished
accounted for
achieved
acquired
added
addressed
adjusted
ADMINISTERED
ADVISED
aided
allocated
alphabetized
ANALYZED
answered
anticipated
appeared
applied
appointed
appraised
approved
arbitrated
argued
arranged
assessed
assigned
assisted
assumed
assured
attended
audited
authored
authorized
awarded
began
bolstered
boosted
bought
briefed
brought
budgeted
built
canceled
calculated
cataloged
caught
caused
chaired
changed
checked
chopped
chose
classified
cleared up
closed
collected
combined
commented
communicated
compared
compiled
completed
composed
computed
conceived
conceptualized
concluded
conditioned
conducted
considered
constructed
consulted
continued
contracted
controlled
converted
convinced
COORDINATED
copied
corrected
counseled
counted
crafted
created
credited
critiqued
cut

debated
dealt
DECIDED
defined
delegated
delivered
demonstrated
described
designed
determined
DEVELOPED
devised
diagnosed
did
digested
diminished
DIRECTED
discovered
discussed
distributed
documented
drafted
dramatized
drew up
dropped
earned
EDITED
educated
elected
eliminated
employed
encouraged
endorsed
enjoyed
enlarged
enlisted
ensured
entered
ESTABLISHED
estimated
EVALUATED
examined
excelled
executed
exercised
expanded
expedited
experienced
experimented
explained
explored
expressed
extended
familiarized
filed
filled
financed
focused
forecast
foresaw
FORMULATED
forwarded
fostered
found
gathered
gave
grabbed
graded
granted
greeted
grossed
guided
handled
hastened
heightened
helped
highlighted
hiked
housed
hunted
identified
IMPLEMENTED
improved
included
incorporated
increased
indexed
indicated

INITIATED
influenced
innovated
inspected
installed
instructed
insured
interpreted
interviewed
INTRODUCED
investigated
involved
issued
joined
kept
labored
launched
learned
leased
lectured
led
licensed
listed
located
logged
made
maintained
MANAGED
mapped
matched
maximized
measured
mediated
met
modified
monitored
motivated
moved
named
NEGOTIATED
netted
observed
opened
operated
ordered
ORGANIZED
overcame
oversaw
paid
painted
participated
perceived
performed
PERSUADED
pioneered
placed
PLANNED
played
policed
prepared
presented
prevailed
processed
procured
produced
profited
programmed
prohibited
projected
promoted
proofed
proposed
proved
provided
published
purchased
pursued
put
qualified
quickened
ran
ranked
rated
realized
received
recognized
RECOMMENDED

reconciled
recruited
reduced
regulated
renovated
replaced
replied
reported
represented
researched
rescued
responded
resulted in
returned
revamped
revealed
reviewed
revised
saved
saw
scheduled
scouted
screened
scrutinized
selected
sent
served
serviced
set
shipped
shored up
showed
sifted
simplified
smoothed
SOLVED
sorted
sought
spearheaded
specified
spoke
started
stated
stopped
straightened
streamlined
strengthened
stripped
studied
SUBMITTED
substituted
suggested
summarized
SUPERVISED
supported
surmounted
surveyed
tackled
targeted
taught
tested
tightened
took
took over
totaled
toured
tracked
trained
transferred
transformed
translated
transported
traveled
treated
turned
tutored
typed
uncovered
unearthed
unfurled
updated
upped
used
visited
welcomed
won
worked
WROTE