Resume Action Words
When listing career accomplishments, we recommend that you start each bullet point with a dynamic, powerful verb (past-tense for previous positions, present-tense for current positions). To make this process easier for you, we’ve compiled this great big fat alphabetical list of action words to help give your resume a boost. Choose wisely.
| 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
- Accelerated
- Accomplished
- Achieved
- Acquired
- Acted
- Activated
- Adapted
- Addressed
- Adjusted
- Administered
- Advanced
- Advertised
- Advised
- Advocated
- Aided
- Allocated
- Analyzed
- Answered
- Anticipated
- Applied
- Appointed
- Appraised
- Approved
- Arbitrated
- Arranged
- Articulated
- Ascertained
- Assembled
- Assessed
- Assigned
- Assisted
- Attained
- Audited
- Augmented
- Authored
- Authorized
- Awarded
B
- Balanced
- Began
- Boosted
- Briefed
- Budgeted
- Built
C
- Calculated
- Captured
- Cataloged/Catalogued
- Centralized
- Chaired
- Championed
- Charted
- Checked
- Clarified
- Classified
- Coached
- Coded
- Collaborated
- Collected
- Combined
- Communicated
- Compared
- Compiled
- Completed
- Composed
- Computed
- Conceived
- Conceptualized
- Condensed
- Conducted
- Conferred
- Conserved
- Considered
- Consolidated
- Constructed
- Consulted
- Contacted
- Continued
- Contracted
- Contributed
- Controlled
- Converted
- Conveyed
- Convinced
- Cooperated
- Coordinated
- Corrected
- Corresponded
- Counseled
- Crafted
- Created
- Critiqued
- Cultivated
- Customized
D
- Debated
- Debugged
- Decided
- Defined
- Delegated
- Delivered
- Demonstrated
- Designated
- Designed
- Detected
- Determined
- Developed
- Devised
- Diagnosed
- Directed
- Discovered
- Discussed
- Dispensed
- Displayed
- Dissected
- Distributed
- Diversified
- Diverted
- Documented
- Doubled
- Drafted
- Drew
E
- Earned
- Edited
- Educated
- Effected
- Elected
- Elicited
- Eliminated
- Emphasized
- Employed
- Enabled
- Enacted
- Encouraged
- Enforced
- Engineered
- Enhanced
- Enlarged
- Enlisted
- Ensured
- Entertained
- Established
- Estimated
- Evaluated
- Examined
- Executed
- Exhibited
- Expanded
- Expedited
- Experimented
- Explained
- Explored
- Expressed
- Extended
- Extracted
F
- Fabricated
- Facilitated
- Familiarized
- Fashioned
- Filed
- Finalized
- Financed
- Fixed
- Flagged
- Focused
- Forecasted
- Forged
- Formalized
- Formed
- Formulated
- Fortified
- Fostered
- Founded
- Found
- Fulfilled
- Furnished
- Furthered
G
- Gained
- Gathered
- Generated
- Governed
- Grossed
- Guaranteed
- Guided
H
- Halted
- Handled
- Headed
- Heightened
- Helped
- Hired
- Honed
- Hosted
- Hypothesized
I
- Identified
- Illustrated
- Imagined
- Implemented
- Improved
- Improvised
- Incorporated
- Increased
- Indexed
- Individualized
- Influenced
- Informed
- Initiated
- Innovated
- Inspected
- Inspired
- Installed
- Instilled
- Instituted
- Instructed
- Insured
- Integrated
- Interacted
- Interpreted
- Intervened
- Interviewed
- Introduced
- Invented
- Inventoried
- Investigated
- Involved
- Issued
J
- Joined
- Judged
- Justified
K
- Kept
L
- Launched
- Learned
- Lectured
- Led
- Leveraged
- Lifted
- Listened
- Located
- Logged
M
- Maintained
- Managed
- Manipulated
- Manufactured
- Mapped
- Marketed
- Masterminded
- Maximized
- Measured
- Mediated
- Mentored
- Merged
- Minimized
- Mobilized
- Modeled
- Moderated
- Modified
- Monitored
- Motivated
N
- Navigated
- Negotiated
- Netted
- Normalized
O
- Observed
- Obtained
- Opened
- Operated
- Ordered
- Orchestrated
- Organized
- Originated
- Outlined
- Outsourced
- Overcame
- Overhauled
- Oversaw
P
- Participated
- Perceived
- Performed
- Persuaded
- Photographed
- Pinpointed
- Piloted
- Pioneered
- Placed
- Planned
- Played
- Predicted
- Prepared
- Prescribed
- Presented
- Presided
- Prevented
- Printed
- Prioritized
- Processed
- Procured
- Produced
- Programmed
- Projected
- Promoted
- Proofread
- Propelled
- Proposed
- Prospected
- Protected
- Proved
- Provided
- Publicized
- Purchased
Q
- Qualified
- Quantified
- Questioned
R
- Raised
- Ran
- Rated
- Reached
- Realigned
- Realized
- Reasoned
- Received
- Recognized
- Recommended
- Reconciled
- Recorded
- Recruited
- Rectified
- Recycled
- Reduced
- Referred
- Regained
- Registered
- Regulated
- Rehabilitated
- Related
- Reinforced
- Remodeled
- Removed
- Rendered
- Renegotiated
- Reorganized
- Repaired
- Replaced
- Reported
- Repositioned
- Represented
- Researched
- Reserved
- Reshaped
- Resolved
- Responded
- Restored
- Restructured
- Retrieved
- Reviewed
- Revised
- Revitalized
- Routed
S
- Satisfied
- Saved
- Scheduled
- Screened
- Searched
- Secured
- Selected
- Separated
- Served
- Set Up
- Shaped
- Shared
- Simplified
- Simulated
- Sketched
- Sold
- Solicited
- Solved
- Sorted
- Spearheaded
- Specialized
- Specified
- Spoke
- Sponsored
- Staffed
- Standardized
- Started
- Stimulated
- Streamlined
- Strengthened
- Structured
- Studied
- Suggested
- Summarized
- Supervised
- Supplied
- Supported
- Surpassed
- Surveyed
- Sustained
- Synthesized
- Systematized
T
- Tabulated
- Targeted
- Taught
- Terminated
- Tested
- Tightened
- Totaled
- Tracked
- Traded
- Trained
- Transcribed
- Transferred
- Transformed
- Transitioned
- Transmitted
- Translated
- Traveled
- Troubleshot
- Tutored
U
- Uncovered
- Undertook
- Unified
- United
- Updated
- Upgraded
- Utilized
- Used
V
- Validated
- Vetted
- Verbalized
- Verified
- Visualized
- Vitalized
- Volunteered
W
- Weighed
- Widened
- Won
- Wrote
X
Y
Z
Reference:
This list was compiled from a variety of sources including:
- Categorized List of Action Verbs – OWL at Purdue
- Action Verb Alphabetical Listing – Quintessential Careers
- Power Words – Career Owl
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