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Step 4.2.6: Action Verbs That Describe Skills

Describe your skills using action verbs. Review the list below and use the verbs that apply to you:

achieved

acted

adapted

addressed

adjusted

administered

advised

altered

analyzed

appraised

arbitrated

arranged

assembled

assessed

audited

balanced

broadened

budgeted

built

calculated

calibrated

catalogued

categorized

chaired

classified

co-ordinated

coached

collected

combined

communicated

compared

compiled

completed

composed

computed

conducted

configured

consolidated

constructed

contracted

contrasted

controlled

converted

corrected

corresponded

counselled

created

critiqued

decided

decreased

defined

delegated

delivered

demonstrated

described

designed

determined

developed

devised

diagnosed

directed

discovered

dispensed

displayed

dissected

distributed

documented

doubled

drafted

drew

edited

eliminated

encouraged

enforced

enhanced

enlarged

ensured

established

estimated

evaluated

examined

expanded

expedited

explained

expressed

fabricated

facilitated

financed

finalized

fixed

forecasted

formulated

founded

generated

guided

hired

hosted

identified

illustrated

implemented

improved

improvised

incorporated

increased

informed

initiated

inspected

installed

instituted

instructed

integrated

interpreted

interviewed

introduced

invented

investigated

itemized

launched

led

learned

lectured

liaised

listed

located

maintained

managed

marked

marketed

measured

mediated

minimized

modelled

moderated

modernized

modified

monitored

motivated

narrated

navigated

negotiated

observed

obtained

ordered

organized

oriented

performed

persuaded

piloted

planned

predicted

prepared

prescribed

presented

produced

programmed

projected

promoted

proofread

proposed

protected

provided

publicized

published

purchased

raised

received

recommended

reconciled

recorded

recruited

redesigned

reduced

referred

refined

rehabilitated

rendered

reorganized

repaired

reported

represented

researched

resolved

restored

restructured

retrieved

reviewed

revised

revitalized

saved

scheduled

searched

secured

serviced

selected

separated

served

shaped

shared

simplified

sketched

sold

solved

specified

spoke

started

streamlined

strengthened

summarized

supervised

supplied

talked

taught

tended

tested

traced

trained

transcribed

transformed

translated

travelled

treated

trimmed

troubleshot

tutored

uncovered

unified

updated

upgraded

utilized

verified

weighed

welded

widened

wrote

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