Action Verbs - Concordia University Wisconsin
Action Verbs - Concordia University Wisconsin
Action Verbs - Concordia University Wisconsin
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ACTION VERBS<br />
Select appropriate actions for the beginning of each phrase or sentence in which you describe job<br />
responsibilities and duties. They will drive your resume and make it dynamic. The examples below are past<br />
tense; be sure to change tenses as appropriate. Note that many verbs can be used as adjectives or adverbs;<br />
more than one “power verb” may be used per responsibility (see <strong>Concordia</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>Wisconsin</strong> Resume<br />
Format). “*” Denotes not the best phraseology; use only if necessary.<br />
abided<br />
abstracted<br />
accelerated<br />
accented<br />
accentuated<br />
accepted<br />
acclimatized<br />
accompanied<br />
accomplished<br />
accommodated<br />
accounted (for)<br />
accrued<br />
accumulated<br />
achieved<br />
acknowledged<br />
acquired<br />
acted<br />
activated<br />
actualized<br />
adapted<br />
added<br />
addressed<br />
adhered<br />
adjourned<br />
adjusted<br />
administered<br />
advanced<br />
advertised<br />
advised<br />
advocated<br />
agreed<br />
aided<br />
aimed<br />
affected<br />
affirmed<br />
afforded<br />
aggregated<br />
allocated<br />
allotted<br />
allowed<br />
altered<br />
amplified<br />
analyzed<br />
animated<br />
announced<br />
answered<br />
anticipated<br />
appeared<br />
applied<br />
appointed<br />
apportioned<br />
appraised<br />
approached<br />
approved<br />
approximated<br />
arbitrated<br />
argued<br />
arranged<br />
articulated<br />
attained<br />
ascertained<br />
ascribed<br />
assembled<br />
assessed<br />
assigned<br />
assimilated<br />
assisted<br />
associated<br />
assumed<br />
assured<br />
attained<br />
attended<br />
attracted<br />
attributed<br />
attuned<br />
audited<br />
augmented<br />
authored<br />
authorized<br />
automated<br />
averted<br />
awarded<br />
balanced<br />
bargained<br />
began<br />
blended<br />
bolstered<br />
boosted<br />
bordered<br />
bought<br />
briefed<br />
broadened<br />
broke down<br />
brought<br />
budgeted<br />
built<br />
calculated<br />
called<br />
captured<br />
cared for<br />
carried out<br />
catalogued<br />
catered<br />
caught<br />
caused<br />
centralized<br />
chaired<br />
changed<br />
channeled<br />
charged<br />
charmed<br />
charted<br />
chartered<br />
checked<br />
chose<br />
circulated<br />
clarified<br />
classified<br />
cleared (up)<br />
closed<br />
coached<br />
co-authored<br />
coded<br />
collaborated<br />
collated<br />
collected<br />
combined<br />
comforted<br />
commanded<br />
commenced<br />
commented<br />
communicated<br />
compared<br />
compensated<br />
competed<br />
compiled<br />
completed<br />
complied<br />
composed<br />
compounded<br />
compressed<br />
comprised<br />
computed<br />
conceived<br />
concentrated<br />
conceptualized<br />
concerned<br />
conciliated<br />
concluded<br />
condensed<br />
conditioned<br />
conducted<br />
conferred<br />
configured<br />
connected<br />
conserved<br />
considered<br />
consolidated<br />
contracted<br />
constructed<br />
construed<br />
consulted<br />
contacted<br />
contained<br />
contemplated<br />
continued<br />
contracted<br />
contributed<br />
contrived<br />
controlled<br />
converted<br />
conveyed<br />
convinced<br />
cooperated<br />
coordinated<br />
coped<br />
copied<br />
cared
corrected<br />
correlated<br />
corresponded<br />
corroborated<br />
counseled<br />
counted<br />
covered<br />
crafted<br />
created<br />
credited<br />
criticized<br />
critiqued<br />
cultivated<br />
curtailed<br />
customized<br />
cut<br />
dealt (with)*<br />
debated<br />
debriefed<br />
debugged<br />
decided<br />
deciphered<br />
declared<br />
decoded<br />
decreased<br />
deduced<br />
deepened<br />
defined<br />
delegated<br />
delivered<br />
demonstrated<br />
depicted<br />
derived<br />
described<br />
deserved<br />
designated<br />
designed<br />
destined<br />
detailed<br />
detected<br />
determined<br />
developed<br />
devised<br />
devoted<br />
diagnosed<br />
diagramed<br />
digested<br />
diminished<br />
directed<br />
disciplined<br />
discovered<br />
dismissed<br />
dispatched<br />
dispensed<br />
dispersed<br />
discriminated<br />
discussed<br />
dismissed<br />
dispatched<br />
dispensed<br />
displayed<br />
disposed<br />
disproved<br />
dissected<br />
distinguished<br />
distributed<br />
diversified<br />
diverted<br />
divided<br />
documented<br />
doubled<br />
drafted<br />
dramatized<br />
drew<br />
dropped<br />
drove<br />
earned<br />
edited<br />
educated<br />
effected<br />
elaborated<br />
elected<br />
elevated<br />
elicited<br />
eliminated<br />
emanated<br />
embodied<br />
empathized<br />
emphasized<br />
employed<br />
enabled<br />
enacted<br />
enchanted<br />
encountered<br />
encouraged<br />
endorsed<br />
endowed<br />
endured<br />
energized<br />
enforced<br />
engaged<br />
engineered<br />
enjoyed<br />
enhanced<br />
enlarged<br />
enlisted<br />
enrolled<br />
ensured<br />
entered<br />
entertained<br />
enticed<br />
entitled<br />
envisioned<br />
equipped<br />
established<br />
estimated<br />
evaluated<br />
examined<br />
exceeded<br />
excelled<br />
exchanged<br />
excited<br />
excluded<br />
executed<br />
exemplified<br />
exercised<br />
exhibited<br />
expanded<br />
expedited<br />
experienced<br />
expressed<br />
exercised<br />
exhibited<br />
expanded<br />
expedited<br />
experimented<br />
explained<br />
explored<br />
extracted<br />
exported<br />
exposed<br />
expressed<br />
extended<br />
extracted<br />
extrapolated<br />
fabricated<br />
facilitated<br />
familiarized<br />
fascinated<br />
fashioned<br />
favored<br />
featured<br />
figured<br />
filed<br />
filled<br />
finalized<br />
financed<br />
finished<br />
fixed<br />
focused<br />
followed<br />
forecast<br />
foresaw<br />
formed<br />
formulated<br />
found/founded<br />
fortified<br />
forwarded<br />
fostered<br />
found<br />
founded<br />
framed<br />
freed<br />
fulfilled<br />
functioned<br />
furnished<br />
furthered<br />
gained<br />
gathered<br />
gave<br />
generated<br />
governed<br />
graded<br />
graduated<br />
granted<br />
graphed<br />
greeted<br />
grew<br />
grossed<br />
guaranteed<br />
grouped<br />
guided<br />
had*<br />
halted<br />
halved<br />
handled<br />
harmonized<br />
hastened<br />
headed
headed up*<br />
healed<br />
heightened<br />
helped<br />
highlighted<br />
hired<br />
honed<br />
hosted<br />
hypothesized<br />
identified<br />
ignited<br />
illustrated<br />
imagined<br />
implemented<br />
improved<br />
improvised<br />
inaugurated<br />
included<br />
incorporated<br />
increased<br />
indexed<br />
indicated<br />
individualized<br />
indoctrinated<br />
induced<br />
inferred<br />
influenced<br />
informed<br />
initialized<br />
initiated<br />
inquired<br />
inscribed<br />
inspected<br />
inspired<br />
installed<br />
instilled<br />
instituted<br />
instructed<br />
insured<br />
integrated<br />
intensified<br />
interacted<br />
interceded<br />
interested<br />
interfaced<br />
intermediated<br />
internalized<br />
interpreted<br />
intervened<br />
interviewed<br />
introduced<br />
invented<br />
inventoried<br />
invested<br />
investigated<br />
involved<br />
issued<br />
joined<br />
judged<br />
juried<br />
justified<br />
kept<br />
kept records<br />
key noted<br />
keyboarded<br />
labored<br />
launched<br />
lead<br />
learned<br />
leased<br />
lectured<br />
led<br />
left<br />
lessened<br />
licensed<br />
lifted<br />
linked<br />
liquidated<br />
listed<br />
listened<br />
loaded<br />
located<br />
logged<br />
looked<br />
lowered<br />
made<br />
magnified<br />
mailed<br />
maintained<br />
managed<br />
maneuvered<br />
manipulated<br />
manufactured<br />
mapped<br />
mapped out<br />
marked<br />
marketed<br />
mastered<br />
matched<br />
maximized<br />
measured<br />
medicated<br />
mediated<br />
memorized<br />
mended<br />
mentioned<br />
mentored<br />
merchandised<br />
merged<br />
met<br />
methodized<br />
ministered<br />
mobilized<br />
modeled<br />
moderated<br />
modified<br />
molded<br />
monitored<br />
motivated<br />
moved<br />
multiplied<br />
named<br />
narrated<br />
navigated<br />
negotiated<br />
netted<br />
networked<br />
neutralized<br />
nominated<br />
normalized<br />
noted<br />
notified<br />
noticed<br />
nourished<br />
nursed<br />
nurtured<br />
observed<br />
obtained<br />
offered<br />
officiated<br />
opened<br />
operated<br />
orchestrated<br />
ordered<br />
organized<br />
originated<br />
outlined<br />
outweighed<br />
overcame<br />
overhauled<br />
oversaw*<br />
packaged<br />
packed<br />
painted<br />
participated<br />
partook<br />
perceived<br />
perfected<br />
performed<br />
persevered<br />
persisted<br />
persuaded<br />
pertained<br />
photographed<br />
piloted<br />
pioneered<br />
pinpointed<br />
placed<br />
planned<br />
played<br />
portrayed<br />
posted<br />
practiced<br />
predicted<br />
pre-empted<br />
preferred<br />
prepared<br />
prescribed<br />
presented<br />
presided<br />
pressed<br />
prevailed<br />
prevented<br />
printed<br />
problem-solved<br />
prioritized<br />
probed<br />
processed<br />
proclaimed<br />
procured<br />
produced<br />
proficient in<br />
profited<br />
programmed<br />
prohibited<br />
projected
promoted<br />
prompted<br />
proofed<br />
proof-read<br />
proposed<br />
protected<br />
proved<br />
provided<br />
provoked<br />
publicized<br />
published<br />
purchased<br />
pursued<br />
put<br />
qualified<br />
quantified<br />
quickened<br />
questioned<br />
raised<br />
ran<br />
ranked<br />
rated<br />
reached<br />
read<br />
realized<br />
reasoned<br />
received<br />
reclaimed<br />
recognized<br />
recommended<br />
reconciled<br />
reconstructed<br />
recorded<br />
recounted<br />
recouped<br />
recovered<br />
recreated<br />
recruited<br />
rectified<br />
recycled<br />
redesigned<br />
redecorated<br />
reduced<br />
re-entered<br />
refashioned<br />
referred<br />
refined<br />
registered<br />
regulated<br />
rehabilitated<br />
rehired<br />
reimbursed<br />
reinforced<br />
reinstated<br />
rejoined<br />
rejuvenated<br />
related<br />
released<br />
relocated<br />
remembered<br />
remodeled<br />
removed<br />
rendered<br />
renegotiated<br />
renewed<br />
renovated<br />
rented<br />
reorganized<br />
repaired<br />
replaced<br />
replenished<br />
replied<br />
reported<br />
represented<br />
reproduced<br />
required<br />
requisitioned<br />
rescued<br />
researched<br />
reserved<br />
reshaped<br />
resolved<br />
responded (to)<br />
responsible for<br />
restated<br />
restocked<br />
restored<br />
restrained<br />
restructured<br />
resulted in<br />
retained<br />
retired<br />
retooled<br />
retrained<br />
retrieved<br />
returned<br />
revamped<br />
revealed<br />
reversed<br />
reviewed<br />
revised<br />
revitalized<br />
revived<br />
rewired<br />
rewrote<br />
risked<br />
roused<br />
routed<br />
sang<br />
satisfied<br />
saved<br />
saw<br />
scanned<br />
scheduled<br />
schooled<br />
scored<br />
scouted<br />
screened<br />
sculptured<br />
scrutinized<br />
searched<br />
secured<br />
selected<br />
sensed<br />
sent<br />
separated<br />
sequenced<br />
served<br />
serviced<br />
set<br />
set up<br />
set goals<br />
set objectives<br />
settled<br />
set up<br />
sewed<br />
shaped<br />
shared<br />
shielded<br />
shifted<br />
shipped<br />
showed<br />
shrunk<br />
signaled<br />
simplified<br />
simulated<br />
sketched<br />
smoothed<br />
sold<br />
solicited<br />
solidified<br />
solved<br />
sorted<br />
sought<br />
sparked<br />
spearheaded<br />
specialized<br />
specified<br />
spoke<br />
sponsored<br />
staffed<br />
stabilized<br />
stamped<br />
standardized<br />
starred<br />
started<br />
stated<br />
stimulated<br />
straightened<br />
stocked<br />
streamlined<br />
strengthened<br />
stressed<br />
stretched<br />
structured<br />
studied<br />
styled<br />
subcontracted<br />
submitted<br />
substantiated<br />
substituted<br />
subtracted<br />
succeeded<br />
suggested<br />
summarized<br />
summoned<br />
superseded<br />
supervised<br />
supplied<br />
supported<br />
surpassed<br />
sustained<br />
supplied<br />
surveyed<br />
sustained<br />
syndicated<br />
symbolized<br />
synergized<br />
synthesized<br />
systematized<br />
systemized
tabulated<br />
tackled<br />
talked<br />
taped<br />
targeted<br />
taught<br />
team-built<br />
televised<br />
terminated<br />
tested<br />
tightened<br />
told<br />
took<br />
took over<br />
totaled<br />
toured<br />
traced<br />
tracked<br />
traded<br />
trained<br />
transported<br />
transacted<br />
transcribed<br />
transferred<br />
transformed<br />
translated<br />
transmitted<br />
transported<br />
traveled<br />
treated<br />
tried<br />
trimmed<br />
tripled<br />
trouble-shot<br />
tuned<br />
tutored<br />
turned/turned<br />
around<br />
typed<br />
typeset<br />
uncovered<br />
understood<br />
understudied<br />
undertook<br />
updated<br />
undiscovered<br />
unearthed<br />
unfurled<br />
upgraded<br />
umpired<br />
unified<br />
unimpaired<br />
united<br />
unmasked<br />
unraveled<br />
unveiled<br />
updated<br />
upgraded<br />
upheld<br />
urged<br />
used<br />
utilized<br />
validated<br />
valued<br />
verbalized<br />
verified<br />
videographed*<br />
videotaped<br />
visited<br />
visualized<br />
vitalized<br />
vocalized<br />
voiced<br />
volunteered<br />
waged<br />
warranted<br />
washed<br />
waited<br />
waived<br />
watched<br />
weighed<br />
weighted<br />
welcomed<br />
widened<br />
won<br />
worked<br />
wrote<br />
x-rayed<br />
yielded
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