Action Verbs for Resumes and Cover Letters

accelerated
accommodated
accumulated
achieved
acquired
acted (as)
adapted
addressed
adjusted
administered
advised
allocated
amended
analyzed
appointed
approved
arranged
assembled
assessed
assisted
assumed
attained
attracted
audited
augmented
authored
automated
averted
broadened
budgeted
calculated
centralized
clarified
collaborated
collected
combined
communicated
compiled
completed
composed
computed
conceived

conceptualized
conducted consolidated
constructed
consulted
contracted
contributed
converted
coordinated
corresponded
counseled
created
customized
delegated
delivered
demonstrated
designed
developed
devised
devoted
diagrammed
directed
distinguished
documented
doubled, tripled
drafted
earned
edited
eliminated
employed
encouraged
enforced
engineered
enhanced
enriched
ensured
established
evaluated
executed
exhibited
expanded
expedited

explored
extended
extracted
facilitated finalized
fine-tuned forecasted formulated
founded
framed
gathered
generated
governed
guided
highlighted
hired
identified
illustrated
implemented
improved
improvised
incorporated
increased
influenced
informed
initiated
inspected
installed
instituted
instructed
integrated
interacted
interfaced
interpreted
interviewed
introduced
invented
investigated
launched
maintained
managed
marketed
minimized

modernized
modified
motivated
negotiated
observed
 obtained
operated
orchestrated organized
oriented originated
participated
performed
persisted
persuaded
planned
practiced
predicted
prepared
presented
presided
prevented
processed
produced
programmed
projected
promoted
proposed
provided
publicized
published
quantified
recognized
reconciled
recorded
recruited
rectified
redesigned
reduced
referred
refined
registered
regulated

reinforced
reorganized
reported
represented
researched
resolved restructured
revised
revitalized
scheduled
screened
searched
secured selected
served
serviced
simplified
sold
solicited
solved
stimulated
strategized
streamlined
strengthened
submitted
suggested
summarized
supervised
supported
surpassed
surveyed
systematized
team-taught
traced
traded
trained
transferred
translated
transmitted
updated
upgrade
validated
verified

 

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