What is a verb? A verb is a word that describes an action taken by an individual or group of individuals. What does that have to do with your resume? Choosing to put exceptional and dynamic action words on your resume will increase your chances of being hired. Below is a list of buzz words that will make your resume stand out in the crowd.
A-
Accelerated
Achieved
Acquired
Acted
Adapted
Adapted
Addressed
Administered
Advanced
Advised
Advised
Advocated
Aligned
Allocated
Amplified
Analyzed
Appraised
Approved
Arbitrated
Arranged
Assembled
Assessed
Assigned
Assisted
Attained
Attributed
Audited
Authored
Authorized
B-
Balanced
Bargained
Blocked
Boosted
Briefed
Budgeted
Built
C-
Calculated
Campaigned
Capitalized
Cataloged
Centralized
Chaired
Clarified
Classified
Co-authored
Coached
Collaborated
Collected
Communicated
Compiled
Completed
Composed
Computed
Conceptualized
Configured
Confirmed
Connected
Conserved
Consolidated
Consulted
Contracted
Controlled
Converted
Conveyed
Convinced
Coordinated
Corresponded
Counselled
Created
Critiqued
Cultivated
Curated
Customized
D-
Decreased
Deducted
Defined
Delegated
Delivered
Demonstrated
Demystified
Designated
Designed
Determined
Developed
Devised
Diagnosed
Directed
Discovered
Dispatched
Documented
Drafted
E-
Earned
Edited
Educated
Elevated
Enabled
Encouraged
Enforced
Engineered
Enhanced
Enlightened
Enlisted
Ensured
Envisioned
Established
Evaluated
Examined
Exceeded
Executed
Expanded
Expedited
Experienced
Explained
Explored
Extracted
F-
Fabricated
Facilitated
Fashioned
Fielded
Forecasted
Forged
Formalized
Formed
Formulated
Formulated
Fostered
Founded
Functionalized
Furthered
G-
Gained
Generated
Guided
H-
Headed
Hired
Honed
Hosted
I-
Identified
Illustrated
Implemented
Improved
Improvised
Incorporated
Increased
Influenced
Informed
Initiated
Inspected
Inspired
Installed
Instituted
Instructed
Integrated
Interpreted
Introduced
Invented
Investigated
Itemized
J-
Joined
Jump-started
K-
Kick-started
L-
Landed
Launched
Lectured
Led
Lessened
Lifted
Lobbied
Localized
M-
Maintained
Managed
Manufactured
Mapped
Marketed
Maximized
Measured
Mediated
Mentored
Merged
Modeled
Modified
Monitored
Motivated
N-
Navigated
Negotiated
Notified
Nurtured
O-
Operated
Orchestrated
Organized
Originated
Outpaced
Outperformed
Overhauled
Oversaw
P-
Partnered
Performed
Persuaded
Pioneered
Planned
Prepared
Prioritized
Processes
Produced
Programmed
Projected
Promoted
Publicized
Purchased
Q-
Qualified
Quantified
R-
Reached
Recommended
Reconciled
Reconstructed
Recorded
Recruited
Redesigned
Redirected
Reduced
Referred
Refinanced
Refined
Refocused
Regulated
Rehabilitated
Reimagined
Reintegrated
Reinvented
Reiterated
Reorganized
Repaired
Replaced
Represented
Resolved
Restored
Restructured
Retrieved
Revamped
Reviewed
Revitalized
Remodeled
S-
Saved
Scheduled
Screened
Scrutinized
Sectioned
Secured
Sentenced
Separated
Shaped
Showcased
Simplified
Sold
Solved
Sorted
Spearheaded
Specialized
Specified
Spoke
Standardized
Stimulated
Streamlined
Strengthened
Succeeded
Summarized
Supervised
Supplied
Supported
Surpassed
Surveyed
Suspended
Sustained
Systematized
T-
Tabulated
Targeted
Taught
Tested
Tracked
Trained
Transformed
Translated
U-
Unified
United
Updated
Upgraded
V-
Validated
Verified
Visualized
W-
Wrote
Y-
Yielded
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