Use action verbs when describing your experiences/accomplishments on your
resume, in your job search letters, and during your interview. Skills you will
bring to an employer can be categorized into three groups: how you interact with
people, things, and ideas.
Examples of Action
Verbs
People: Accomplished, activated, administered, advised,
affected, arranged, assembled, assisted, catalogued, collaborated, conducted,
coordinated, directed, explained, managed, motivated, organized, programmed,
promoted, stimulated, supervised, taught.
Things: Built, calculated, changed, compiled, completed, constructed,
created, evaluated, examined, expanded, facilitated, familiarized, formulated,
improved, invented, prepared, programmed, revised, specified, used.
Ideas: Adapted, analyzed, coordinated, defined, devised, established,
explained, illustrated, investigated, modified, proposed, wrote.
Additional action
verbs (PDF format) - A list of 435 action verbs.
