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Resume
Action Verbs & Keywords
If your resume is
scanned electronically by a potential employer, the
computer scanner will pick up on these keywords.
Electronic resume scanners are programmed to look for
key terms in your resume. Without them, your
resume could be discarded. Use the below as a
starting point, however we recommend to read the job
posting closely. The verbs they are looking for
will usually be included in the posting. For more
info, please visit our section on
resume scanning.
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accelerated, acclimated, accompanied, accomplished, achieved,
acquired, acted, activated, actuated, adapted, added,
addressed, adhered, adjusted, administered, admitted, adopted,
advanced, advertised, advised, advocated, aided, aired,
affected, allocated, altered, amended, amplified, analyzed,
answered, anticipated, appointed, appraised, approached,
approved, arbitrated, arranged, ascertained, asked, assembled,
assigned, assumed, assessed, assisted, attained, attracted,
audited, augmented, authored, authorized, automated, awarded,
avail
B
balanced, bargained, borrowed, bought, broadened, budgeted,
built
C
calculated, canvassed, capitalized, captured, carried, out,
cast, cataloged, centralized, challenged, chaired, changed,
channeled, charted, checked, chose, circulated, clarified,
classified, cleared, closed, co-authored, cold, called,
collaborated, collected, combined, commissioned, committed,
communicated, compared, compiled, complied, completed,
composed, computed, conceived, conceptualized, concluded,
condensed, conducted, conferred, consolidated, constructed,
consulted, contracted, contrasted, contributed, contrived,
controlled, converted, convinced, coordinated, corrected,
corresponded, counseled, counted, created, critiqued,
cultivated
D
debugged, decided, decentralized, decreased, deferred,
defined, delegated, delivered, demonstrated, depreciated,
described, designated, designed, determined, developed,
devised, devoted, diagrammed, directed, disclosed, discounted,
discovered, dispatched, displayed, dissembled, distinguished,
distributed, diversified, divested, documented, doubled,
drafted
E
earned, eased, edited, effected, elected, eliminated,
employed, enabled, encouraged, endorsed, enforced, engaged,
engineered, enhanced, enlarged, enriched, entered,
entertained, established, estimated, evaluated, examined,
exceeded, exchanged, executed, exempted, exercised, expanded,
expedited, explained, exposed, extended, extracted,
extrapolated
F
facilitated, familiarized, fashioned, fielded, figured,
financed, fit, focused, forecasted, formalized, formed,
formulated, fortified, found, founded, framed, fulfilled,
functioned, furnished,
G
gained, gathered, gauged, gave, generated, governed, graded,
granted, greeted, grouped, guided
H
handled, headed, hired, hosted
I
identified, illustrated, illuminated, implemented, improved,
improvised, inaugurated, indoctrinated, increased, incurred,
induced, influenced, informed, initiated, innovated, inquired,
inspected, inspired, installed, instigated, instilled,
instituted, instructed, insured, interfaced, interpreted,
interviewed, introduced, invented, inventoried, invested,
investigated, invited, involved, isolated, issued
J
joined, judged,
L
launched, lectured, led, lightened, liquidated, litigated,
lobbied, localized, located
M
maintained, managed, mapped, marketed, maximized, measured,
mediated, merchandised, merged, met, minimized, modeled,
moderated, modernized, modified, monitored, motivated, moved,
multiplied
N
named, narrated, negotiated, noticed, nurtured
O
observed, obtained, offered, offset, opened, operated,
orchestrated, ordered, organized, oriented, originated,
overhauled, oversaw
P
paid, participated, passed, patterned, penalized, perceived,
performed, permitted, persuaded, phased, out, pinpointed,
pioneered, placed, planned, polled, prepared, presented,
preserved, presided, prevented, priced, printed, prioritized,
probed, processed, procured, produced, profiled, programmed,
projected, promoted, prompted, proposed, proved, provided,
publicized, published, purchased, pursued
Q
quantified, quoted
R
raised, ranked, rated, reacted, read, received, recommended,
reconciled, recorded, recovered, recruited, rectified,
redesigned, reduced, referred, refined, regained, regulated,
rehabilitated, reinforced, reinstated, rejected, related,
remedied, remodeled, renegotiated, reorganized, replaced,
repaired, reported, represented, requested, researched,
resolved, responded, restored, restructured, resulted,
retained, retrieved, revamped, revealed, reversed, reviewed,
revised, revitalized, rewarded, routed
S
safeguarded, salvaged, saved, scheduled, screened, secured,
segmented, selected, sent, separated, served, serviced,
settled, shaped, shortened, showed, shrank, signed,
simplified, sold, solved, spearheaded, specified, speculated,
spoke, spread, stabilized, staffed, staged, standardized,
steered, stimulated, strategized, streamlined, strengthened,
stressed, structured, studied, submitted, substantiated,
substituted, suggested, summarized, superseded, supervised,
supplied, supported, surpassed, surveyed, synchronized,
synthesized, systematized
T
tabulated, tailored, targeted, taught, terminated, tested,
testified, tightened, took, traced, traded, trained,
transacted, transferred, transformed, translated, transported,
traveled, treated, tripled
U
uncovered, undertook, unified, united, updated, upgraded,
used, utilized
V
validated, valued, verified, viewed, visited
W
weighed, welcomed, widened, witnessed, won, worked, wrote
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