These powerful positive action verbs make your resume achievements sound even more impressive.
Good resumes highlight achievements that are relevant to the job you're applying for.
But there's a trap.
On the one hand, these are your achievements, so it could make sense to write “I grew…”, “I built…”, “I led…” and so on.
On the other hand, there's a good reason why first-person resumes are frowned upon: as the saying goes, there's no “I” in “team”, and all those “I's” make you sound self-centered with a big ego.
The solution?
Write your resume in the 3rd person, and begin each achievement mention or bullet point with a different positive action verb. Using action words this way implies the achievements are yours without you appearing conceited.
Here's a long this list of powerful action verb examples to get you started.
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All the resume action verbs you’ll ever need
In alphabetical order:
- Accelerated
- Accomplished
- Accounted for
- Accumulated
- Achieved
- Acquired
- Acted
- Activated
- Active in
- Adapted
- Addressed
- Adjusted
- Administered
- Advanced
- Advertised
- Advised
- Advocated
- Affected
- Aided
- Alerted
- Allocated
- Amplified
- Analyzed
- Answered
- Anticipated
- Applied
- Appointed
- Appraised
- Approved
- Arbitrated
- Arranged
- Arraigned
- Arrested
- Articulated
- Ascertained
- Aspired
- Assembled
- Assessed
- Assigned
- Assisted
- Assumed responsibility
- Assured
- Attained
- Attracted
- Audited
- Authored
- Automated
- Awarded
- Balanced
- Billed
- Blazed
- Boosted
- Bought
- Briefed
- Broadened
- Budgeted
- Built
- Calculated
- Campaigned
- Captured
- Carried out
- Cataloged
- Caused
- Centralized
- Chaired
- Championed
- Changed
- Channeled
- Charted
- Checked
- Clarified
- Classified
- Closed
- Coached
- Co-directed
- Collaborated
- Collected
- Co-managed
- Combined
- Commanded
- Commended
- Commented
- Communicated
- Compared
- Compiled
- Completed
- Composed
- Computed
- Conceived
- Conceptualized
- Condensed
- Conducted
- Conferred
- Conserved
- Considered
- Consolidated
- Constructed
- Consulted
- Contacted
- Contained
- Contracted
- Contributed
- Controlled
- Converted
- Convicted
- Coordinated
- Corrected
- Correlated
- Corresponded
- Corroborated
- Costed
- Counseled
- Counted
- Created
- Critiqued
- Crowned
- Cultivated
- Cured
- Customized
- Cut
- Dealt with
- Decided
- Decreased
- Defined
- Delegated
- Delivered
- Demonstrated
- Described
- Designated
- Designed
- Detected
- Determined
- Developed
- Devised
- Diagnosed
- Directed
- Discovered
- Dispatched
- Dispensed
- Displayed
- Dissected
- Distinguished
- Distributed
- Documented
- Doubled
- Drafted
- Drove
- Earned
- Economized
- Edited
- Educated
- Effected
- Eliminated
- Emphasized
- Employed
- Empowered
- Enabled
- Enacted
- Encouraged
- Ended
- Endorsed
- Energized
- Enforced
- Engaged
- Engineered
- Enhanced
- Enlarged
- Enlisted
- Ensured
- Entertained
- Established
- Estimated
- Evaluated
- Examined
- Exceeded
- Executed
- Expanded
- Expedited
- Experienced
- Experimented
- Explained
- Explored
- Expressed
- Extended
- Extracted
- Fabricated
- Facilitated
- Familiarized
- Fashioned
- Filed
- Filled
- Finalized
- Financed
- Fine-tuned
- Fixed
- Focused
- Forecast
- Forecasted
- Formed
- Formulated
- Fostered
- Found
- Founded
- Fulfilled
- Functioned as
- Furnished
- Gained
- Gathered
- Generated
- Graded
- Graduated
- Granted
- Grew
- Guided
- Halved
- Handled
- Harmonized
- Harnessed
- Headed
- Helped
- Hired
- Hypothesized
- Identified
- Illustrated
- Imagined
- Implemented
- Impressed
- Improved
- Improvised
- Incorporated
- Increased
- Indexed
- Indoctrinated
- Influenced
- Informed
- Initiated
- Innovated
- Inspected
- Inspired
- Installed
- Instigated
- Instituted
- Instructed
- Insured
- Integrated
- Interpreted
- Interviewed
- Introduced
- Invented
- Inventoried
- Invested
- Investigated
- Involved
- Issued
- Joined
- Judged
- Justified
- Kept
- Launched
- Lead
- Learned
- Leased
- Lectured
- Led
- Liaised
- Licensed
- Listed
- Located
- Logged
- Machined
- Made
- Magnified
- Maintained
- Managed
- Marketed
- Mastered
- Matched
- Maximized
- Measured
- Mediated
- Mentored
- Merged
- Met
- Met with
- Minimized
- Mobilized
- Moderated
- Modernized
- Modified
- Monitored
- Motivated
- Moved
- Named
- Navigated
- Negated
- Negotiated
- Netted
- Observed
- Obtained
- Opened
- Operated
- Optimized
- Orchestrated
- Ordered
- Organized
- Originated
- Outlined
- Overhauled
- Oversaw
- Participated
- Perceived
- Performed
- Persuaded
- Photographed
- Piloted
- Pinpointed
- Pioneered
- Placed
- Played
- Planned
- Predicted
- Prepared
- Presented
- Presided
- Prevented
- Printed
- Prioritized
- Processed
- Procured
- Produced
- Programmed
- Prohibited
- Projected
- Promoted
- Proofread
- Proposed
- Protected
- Proved
- Provided
- Publicized
- Published
- Purchased
- Pursued
- Qualified
- Queried
- Questioned
- Raised
- Ran
- Ranked
- Rated
- Reached
- Realigned
- Realized
- Reasoned
- Received
- Recognized
- Recommended
- Reconciled
- Recorded
- Recruited
- Redesigned
- Reduced
- Referred
- Registered
- Regulated
- Rehabilitated
- Reinforced
- Related
- Remodeled
- Rendered
- Reorganized
- Repaired
- Replaced
- Replied
- Reported
- Represented
- Reputed
- Researched
- Resolved
- Responded
- Restored
- Restructured
- Retrieved
- Revamped
- Reversed
- Reviewed
- Revised
- Revitalized
- Routed
- Saved
- Scheduled
- Screened
- Searched
- Secured
- Selected
- Separated
- Served
- Serviced
- Set or set up
- Shaped
- Shared
- Showed
- Simplified
- Simulated
- Sketched
- Slashed
- Sold
- Solidified
- Solved
- Sorted
- Sought
- Sparked
- Spearheaded
- Specialized
- Specified
- Spoke
- Sponsored
- Staffed
- Standardized
- Started
- Steered
- Stimulated
- Stored
- Streamlined
- Strengthened
- Stressed
- Stretched
- Structured
- Studied
- Submitted
- Substituted
- Succeeded
- Suggested
- Summarized
- Superseded
- Supervised
- Supplemented
- Supplied
- Supported
- Surpassed
- Surveyed
- Synchronized
- Synergized
- Systematized
- Tabulated
- Tackled
- Targeted
- Taught
- Terminated
- Tested
- Tightened
- Took or took over
- Totaled
- Toured
- Traced
- Tracked
- Traded
- Trained
- Transcribed
- Transferred
- Transformed
- Translated
- Transmitted
- Transported
- Traveled
- Treated
- Triggered
- Trimmed
- Tripled
- Triumphed
- Troubleshot
- Turned
- Tutored
- Typed
- Umpired
- Uncovered
- Understood
- Understudied
- Undertook
- Underwent
- Underwrote
- Unearthed
- Unified
- United
- Unraveled
- Updated
- Upgraded
- Urged
- Used
- Utilized
- Validated
- Valued
- Verbalized
- Verified
- Visited
- Vitalized
- Volunteered
- Waged
- Weighed
- Widened
- Won
- Worked
- Wrote
Most overused action verb in resumes: "spearheaded." Sounds like everyone wants to go kill some fish.
— Mee-Sun (@meesasun) October 13, 2010
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