The Power Verb Directory For Resumes

I am expanding on the first part of The Best Way To Pimp Your Resume.  In that post, I talk about one of the best ways to stengthen your resume is by using Power Verbs.  Power Verbs can help you transform your resume from a simple list of job duties to a dynamic picture of your achievements and abilities.  The list of suggested Power Verbs below will help you identify your skills and accomplishments.

Since all job tasks involve some combination of people, ideas, information, things, and procedures, I have arranged the words into those categories:

Power Verbs For Your Resume

People

• Accomplished
• Achieved
• Activated
• Adapted
• Addressed
• Administered
• Advised
• Affected
• Analyzed
• Arranged
• Assisted
• Chaired
• Coached
• Collaborated
• Conducted
• Consulted
• Coordinated
• Counseled
• Delegated
• Diagnosed
• Directed
• Enabled
• Encouraged
• Educated
• Explained
• Governed
• Guided
• Hired
• Identified
• Influenced
• Inspired
• Interviewed
• Introduced
• Led
• Managed
• Mediated
• Motivated
• Negotiated
• Organized
• Persuaded
• Presided
• Promoted
• Recommended
• Recruited
• Referred
• Rehabilitated
• Screened
• Stimulated
• Supervised
• Surveyed
• Taught
• Trained

Ideas and Information

• Adapted
• Advertised
• Analyzed
• Applied
• Assessed
• Authored
• Balanced
• Budgeted
• Clarified
• Communicated
• Conceived
• Coordinated
• Created
• Defined
• Demonstrated
• Devised
• Edited
• Established
• Evaluated
• Exchanged
• Executed
• Explained
• Forecasted
• Illustrated
• Implemented
• Initiated
• Innovated
• Instituted
• Integrated
• Interpreted
• Launched
• Maintained
• Manipulated
• Marketed
• Modified
• Monitored
• Negotiated
• Obtained
• Presented
• Processed
• Proposed
• Publicized
• Recommended
• Recorded
• Rectified
• Related
• Researched

Clerical

• Approved
• Arranged
• Cataloged
• Classified
• Collected
• Compiled
• Dispatched
• Executed
• Generated
• Implemented
• Inspected
• Monitored
• Operated
• Organized
• Prepared
• Processed
• Purchased
• Recorded
• Retrieved
• Screened
• Specified
• Systematized
• Tabulated
• Validated

Time And Procedures

• Built
• Calculated
• Compiled
• Completed
• Constructed
• Created
• Decreased
• Designed
• Diversified
• Drafted
• Eliminated
• Engineered
• Established
• Examined
• Expanded
• Expedited
• Evaluated
• Fabricated
• Facilitated
• Formulated
• Generated
• Handled
• Improved
• Increased
• Identified
• Indexed
• Innovated
• Installed
• Invented
• Operated
• Programmed
• Purchased
• Reduced
• Repaired
• Revised
• Scheduled
• Specified
• Streamlined
• Systematized
• Upgraded

Management

• Administered
• Analyzed
• Assigned
• Attained
• Chaired
• Consolidated
• Contracted
• Coordinated
• Delegated
• Developed
• Directed
• Evaluated
• Executed
• Improved
• Increased
• Organized
• Planned
• Prioritized
• Oversaw
• Produced
• Recommended
• Reviewed
• Scheduled
• Strengthened
• Supervised

Accomplishments

• Achieved
• Expanded
• Improved
• Pioneered
• Reduced
• Resolved
• Restored
• Spearheaded
• Transformed

Communication

• Addressed
• Arbitrated
• Arranged
• Authored
• Collaborated
• Convinced
• Corresponded
• Developed
• Directed
• Drafted
• Edited
• Enlisted
• Formulated
• Influenced
• Interpreted
• Lectured
• Mediated
• Moderated
• Negotiated
• Persuaded
• Promoted
• Publicized
• Reconciled
• Recruited
• Spoke
• Translated
• Wrote

Research

• Clarified
• Collected
• Critiqued
• Diagnosed
• Evaluated
• Examined
• Extracted
• Identified
• Inspected
• Interpreted
• Interviewed
• Investigated
• Organized
• Reviewed
• Summarized
• Surveyed
• Systematized

Technical

• Assembled
• Built
• Calculated
• Computed
• Designed
• Devised
• Engineered
• Fabricated
• Maintained
• Operated
• Overhauled
• Programmed
• Remodeled
• Repaired
• Solved
• Upgraded

Financial

• Administrated
• Allocated
• Analyzed
• Appraised
• Audited
• Balanced
• Budgeted
• Calculated
• Computed
• Developed
• Forecasted
• Managed
• Marketed
• Planned
• Projected

Creative

• Acted
• Conceptualized
• Created
• Customized
• Designed
• Developed
• Directed
• Established
• Fashioned
• Founded
• Illustrated
• Initiated
• Instituted
• Integrated
• Introduced
• Invented
• Originated
• Performed
• Planned
• Revitalized
• Shaped

Helping

• Assessed
• Assisted
• Clarified
• Coached
• Counseled
• Demonstrated
• Diagnosed
• Educated
• Expedited
• Facilitated
• Familiarized
• Guided
• Motivated
• Referred
• Rehabilitated
• Represented

Career Development: “Add some bling to your resume to get the job you want with Power Verbs!”

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One Response to “The Power Verb Directory For Resumes”

1. Resume Tips That Work | Resume Templates says:

   September 12, 2010 at 9:27 pm

   [...] specifically required for the position should be listed first. Also, be sure to include the use of power verbs which will increase the strength of your [...]