Action Words for Resumes

alphabetical listing
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] [X] [Y] [Z]

A

accomplished 
achieved 
acquired
acted (as)
activated
active in
addressed 
adapted
adept 
adjusted		 administered
advanced
advertised 
advised 
aided 
alerted 
allocated 
analyzed 
annotated 
answered 		 anticipated 
applied 
appraised 
appreciated 
arbitrated
arranged
articulated 
ascertained
assembled 
assessed		 assigned 
assimilated
assisted 
assured 
attained 
attended
audited 
augmented
authored 

B

balanced
bargained		 began 
bought 		 briefed
brought 		 budgeted 
built 

C

calculated 
cared (for) 
carried out 
catalogued
categorized
chaired 
challenged 
changed 
channeled
clarified
classified
closed 
coached 
coded
collaborated		 collated 
collected
comforted 
commanded
commended
committed 
communicated 
compared 
competed 
compiled 
completed 
composed 
computed 
conceived 
conceptualized		 concluded 
condensed
conducted 
confronted 
conserved
consolidated
constructed 
contacted 
continued 
contracted
contributed
controlled 
conveyed 
convened
cooperated		 coordinated
copied 
corrected
corresponded
corroborated
counseled
corrected 
created 
critiqued 
culminated in
cultivated
cured 

D

dealt (with) 
decided
decision making 
defined 
delegated (responsibility) 
delivered 
demonstrated 
derived		 design(ed)
described 
detected 
determined (policy) 
developed 
devised
diagnosed 		 directed 
discovered 
discussed 
dispatched 
dispensed 
displayed 
dissected 		 distributed
diverted 
documented
drafted 
dramatized
drew 
drove

E

earned
edited
educated 
elicited 
eliminated
empathized 
employed 
empowered 
enacted		 enabled
encouraged
endured 
engineered
enhanced
enlightened 
enlisted 
ensured
entertained 		 equipped
established 
estimated 
evaluated 
examined
exchanged 
executed 
executived 
exercised 		 exhibited
expanded 
expected 
expedited 
experimented 
explained
expressed ideas 
extracted

F

fabricated
facilitated 
fashioned
figured out		 filed
financed 
fixed
focused 		 followed through or up
forecasted 
forged
formed 		 formulated
founded
functioned

G

gained
gathered (information)
generated
governed
graded
graduated
grouped
guided

H

handled
headed
helped
hired

I

identified
illustrated
imagined
implemented
imposed
impressed 
improved
improvised
increased		 influenced 
informed
initiated 
innovated 
inquired 
inspected
inspired
installed 		 instigated
instilled 
instituted
instructed 
insured
integrated
interacted
interfaced		 interpreted
intervened
interviewed 
introduced 
invented 
inventoried 
investigated 
involved 

J

joined
judged
justified

K

kept
kindled

L

launched
learned 
lectured		 led
licensed 		 lifted 
listened attentively 		 located 
logged

M

made 
maintained
managed 
manipulated		 marketed 
mastered 
measured
mediated		 met 
memorized
mentored 
minimized		 modeled
modified 
molded 
monitored 
motivated 

N

named
negotiated
nominated

O

observed
obtained
offered		 operated
optimized
orchestrated		 ordered
organized
originated 		 outlined
overcame
oversaw

P

paired 
participated 
perceived 
perfected
performed 
persevered 
persuaded
piloted
pioneered		 placed
planned
played 
possessed 
predicted
prepared 
prescribed
presented
prevented 		 printed
processed 
produced 
programmed 
prohibited 
projected 
promoted 
proof-read 
proposed		 protected 
proved
provided 
publicized 
published
purchased 

Q

qualified
quantified
questioned

R

ramrodded
raised 
rated 
realized
received
recognized
recommended
reconciled 
recorded		 recruited 
rectified
reevaluated
referred
refined
regulated 
rehabilitated
related 
remembered 		 rendered 
reorganized 
repaired 
reported 
represented 
reproduced 
researched
resolved
responded		 restored 
retrieved 
revamped
reviewed
revised
revived
risked 

S

saved
scheduled 
screened
searched
secured
selected 
sensitized 
separated
served 
serviced
set (up)		 shaped
shared 
shifted
shipped
showed 
simplified 
skilled 
socialized 
sold 
solicited 
solidified		 solved (problems)
sought
spearheaded
specified 
spoke 
staffed
staged 
stimulated 
streamlined
structured 
studied 		 succeeded
suggested
summarized
supervised
supplied
supported 
surveyed 
synthesized
systematized

T

talked
targeted
taught
tended 		 tested 
took initiative
traced
trained		 transferred
transformed
translated 
treated 		 trouble shooting 
tutored 
typed 

U

unified
updated
united
upgraded
used
utilized

V

validated
verified
visualized
volunteered

W

won
wrote