Action

Here are some verbs that job seekers should use in resumes. They express action.

• abstracted
• accumulated
• acted
• adapted
• addressed
• adjusted
• advertised
• advised
• advocated
• aided
• analysed
• answered
• applied
• appraised
• arbitrated
• arranged
• assembled
• assessed
• assisted
• attended
• authored
• balanced
• bargained
• bolstered
• briefed
• built
• cared
• catalogued
• catered
• charged
• clarified
• classified
• coached
• collaborated
• collated
• collected
• comforted
• communicated
• compared
• compiled
• composed
• computed
• conceived
• conducted
• consulted
• contributed
• co-operated
• co-ordinated
• copied
• corrected
• correlated
• corresponded
• counselled
• created
• critiqued
• debated
• debated
• defined
• delivered
• demonstrated
• designed
• detailed
• detected
• determined
• developed
• devised
• diagnosed
• discovered
• discriminated
• dissected
• drafted
• educated
• eliminated
• enabled
• encouraged
• enlightened
• enlisted
• established
• evaluated
• examined
• executed
• exercised
• expanded
• expedited
• explained
• expressed
• facilitated
• fixed
• formulated
• fostered
• furnished
• gathered
• generated
• guided
• helped
• identified
• implemented
• improved
• influenced
• informed
• initiated
• innovated
• inspected
• inspired
• installed
• instituted
• instructed
• integrated
• interpreted
• interviewed
• introduced
• invented
• investigated
• judged
• learned
• lectured
• led
• listened
• located
• located
• maintained
• mapped
• mediated
• merged
• methodized
• modified
• monitored
• motivated
• motivated
• narrated
• negotiated
• observed
• obtained
• operated
• ordered
• originated
• participated
• perceived
• performed
• persuaded
• planned
• prepared
• presented
• prioritized
• processed
• programmed
• promoted
• publicized
• ran
• ranked
• read
• reasoned
• reconciled
• recorded
• referred
• reinforced
• researched
• repaired
• responded
• restored
• revamped
• reviewed
• revised
• saved
• scanned
• scheduled
• screened
• served
• serviced
• shaped
• shared
• spoke
• streamlined
• structured
• studied
• substituted
• summarized
• supported
• surveyed
• sustained
• symbolized
• synthesized
• tabulated
• taught
• transported
• updated
• upheld
• utilized
• validated
• verified
• visualized