Action Verbs
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Achievement verbs
Describe your accomplishments/results using action verbs. Review these sample verbs and select those that apply to you.
- accelerated
- accentuated
- accomplished
- achieved
- adapted
- added
- addressed
- adjusted
- advanced
- advocated
- aligned
- altered
- appointed
- approved
- augmented
- balanced
- broadened
- brought
- built
- capitalized
- captured
- chaired
- championed
- changed
- clarified
- closed
- commended
- completed
- conceived
- conceptualized
- conserved
- consolidated
- continued
- converted
- corrected
- created
- curtailed
- cut
- deciphered
- declined
- decreased
- defined
- delivered
- designated
- designed
- developed
- devised
- diagnosed
- differentiated
- directed
- discovered
- dispatched
- disposed
- distinguished
- diversified
- diverted
- doubled
- drove
- earned
- effected
- elected
- eliminated
- empowered
- energized
- enforced
- enhanced
- enlarged
- ensured
- established
- exceeded
- executed
- expanded
- expedited
- exposed
- facilitated
- finalized
- fixed
- forged
- formalized
- formed
- formulated
- fostered
- founded
- gained
- generated
- governed
- graduated
- halted
- hand-picked
- headed
- impacted
- implemented
- improved
- increased
- influenced
- initiated
- innovated
- instituted
- integrated
- intensified
- introduced
- invented
- invited
- justified
- launched
- led
- leveraged
- liquidated
- lowered
- maintained
- managed
- mastered
- masterminded
- maximized
- merged
- minimized
- modernized
- modified
- nominated
- normalized
- obtained
- offered
- opened
- optimized
- orchestrated
- originated
- overcame
- overhauled
- oversaw
- perfected
- performed
- persuaded
- piloted
- pinpointed
- pioneered
- positioned
- prevented
- prioritized
- produced
- profited
- progressed
- projected
- promoted
- propelled
- proposed
- proved
- raised
- ranked
- ratified
- realigned
- rebuilt
- recaptured
- received
- recognized
- recommended
- reconciled
- recorded
- redesigned
- reduced
- reengineered
- refined
- regained
- regulated
- rehabilitated
- reinforced
- rejuvenated
- released
- remedied
- remodelled
- renegotiated
- renewed
- renovated
- reorganized
- repaired
- repositioned
- represented
- resolved
- restored
- restructured
- retained
- retrieved
- revamped
- reversed
- revised
- revitalized
- satisfied
- saved
- secured
- separated
- shaped
- shepherded
- simplified
- slashed
- solidified
- solved
- sparked
- spearheaded
- standardized
- started
- steered
- stimulated
- streamlined
- strengthened
- succeeded
- surpassed
- terminated
- transferred
- transformed
- transitioned
- trimmed
- tripled
- troubleshot
- turned
- uncovered
- unified
- united
- updated
- upgraded
- validated
- verified
- widened
- won
- yielded
Skill verbs
Describe your skills using action verbs. Review these sample verbs and select those that apply to you.
- acquired
- acted
- adjudicated
- adjusted
- administered
- advertised
- advised
- advocated
- allocated
- analyzed
- anchored
- answered
- applied
- appointed
- appraised
- approved
- arbitrated
- arranged
- articulated
- ascertained
- assembled
- assessed
- assigned
- associated
- audited
- authenticated
- authored
- authorized
- balanced
- began
- bestowed
- brainstormed
- briefed
- budgeted
- built
- calculated
- calibrated
- capitalized
- captured
- catalogued
- compared
- compelled
- compiled
- completed
- composed
- computed
- conceived
- conceptualized
- concluded
- condensed
- conducted
- configured
- conserved
- consolidated
- constructed
- consulted
- contracted
- contrasted
- contributed
- controlled
- converted
- conveyed
- cooperated
- coordinated
- corrected
- corresponded
- counselled
- crafted
- created
- critiqued
- customized
- debugged
- decided
- deciphered
- defined
- delegated
- demonstrated
- deployed
- derived
- described
- designed
- detailed
- detected
- determined
- developed
- devised
- diagnosed
- differentiated
- directed
- discerned
- discovered
- dispensed
- displayed
- dissected
- distinguished
- distributed
- diversified
- diverted
- documented
- drafted
- drew
- drove
- edited
- educated
- elected
- emphasized
- empowered
- enabled
- enacted
- encouraged
- endorsed
- energized
- enforced
- engineered
- enlisted
- enlivened
- entertained
- equalized
- estimated
- evaluated
- examined
- executed
- exhibited
- exhorted
- experimented
- explained
- explored
- exported
- expressed
- extracted
- extricated
- fabricated
- facilitated
- familiarized
- filed
- finalized
- financed
- fixed
- forecasted
- forged
- formalized
- formed
- formulated
- fortified
- fostered
- generated
- governed
- graduated
- guided
- halted
- handled
- headed
- hired
- honoured
- hosted
- hypothesized
- identified
- illustrated
- imagined
- imported
- improvised
- incorporated
- influenced
- informed
- initiated
- inspected
- inspired
- installed
- instilled
- instructed
- integrated
- interpreted
- intervened
- interviewed
- invented
- inventoried
- investigated
- itemized
- joined
- judged
- justified
- launched
- learned
- lectured
- led
- leveraged
- liaised
- licensed
- listed
- listened
- located
- logged
- lowered
- maintained
- managed
- manipulated
- manufactured
- mapped
- marked
- marketed
- measured
- mediated
- mentored
- merged
- modelled
- moderated
- modified
- monetized
- monitored
- motivated
- narrated
- navigated
- negotiated
- networked
- nominated
- normalized
- observed
- offered
- officiated
- operated
- orchestrated
- ordered
- organized
- oriented
- outlined
- outsourced
- oversaw
- participated
- partnered
- perceived
- performed
- persuaded
- photographed
- piloted
- pinpointed
- pioneered
- planned
- positioned
- predicted
- prepared
- prescribed
- presented
- presided
- prioritized
- processed
- procured
- produced
- programmed
- progressed
- projected
- promoted
- proofread
- propelled
- proposed
- prospected
- protected
- proved
- provided
- publicized
- published
- purchased
- qualified
- quantified
- questioned
- raised
- rated
- ratified
- realigned
- rebuilt
- recaptured
- received
- recognized
- recommended
- reconciled
- recorded
- recruited
- rectified
- redesigned
- reengineered
- referred
- refined
- registered
- regulated
- rehabilitated
- reinforced
- remodelled
- rendered
- renegotiated
- renewed
- renovated
- reorganized
- repaired
- replaced
- reported
- repositioned
- represented
- researched
- reserved
- resolved
- responded
- restored
- restructured
- retained
- retrieved
- reviewed
- revised
- routed
- scheduled
- screened
- searched
- secured
- selected
- separated
- served
- serviced
- shared
- shepherded
- sketched
- solicited
- solidified
- solved
- spearheaded
- specialized
- specified
- spoke
- standardized
- steered
- stimulated
- structured
- studied
- submitted
- substantiated
- suggested
- summarized
- supervised
- supplemented
- supplied
- supported
- synthesized
- systematized
- tabulated
- targeted
- taught
- tended
- terminated
- tested
- traced
- transcribed
- transferred
- translated
- transmitted
- travelled
- treated
- trimmed
- troubleshot
- tutored
- uncovered
- updated
- upgraded
- used
- utilized
- validated
- verbalized
- viewed
- visualized
- weighed
- welded
- widened
- worked
- wrote
- wrote
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