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| - | The purpose of a resume is to get you an interview call, not a direct job offer. Many companies prefer a one-page resume, but it is ok to go up to two pages unless you are an undergraduate.
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| - | ====Advice from Gayle Laakmann's website ([http://www.glaak.com/interviews/resumetips.aspx weblink])====
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| - | '''General Tips'''
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| - | * A resume should sell your skills, not just list what you've done. Remember that with everything you list.
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| - | * NO spelling or grammar mistakes, whatsoever. Most employers with throw out your resume if you have a single mistake. You should have many, many people look over your resume
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| - | * If you are not a native English speaker, you should ask a number of people who native English speakers to read over your resume and make any and all comments
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| - | * If you have at least a 3.0 gpa, list your gpa. If only your in-major gpa is over a 3.0, you can specify that the gpa is in-major. Penn's official gpa/resume rules state that you can round your gpa (from 3.65 to 3.7)
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| - | * Make sure your resume is well formatted... And in order to design a well formatted resume, you need to learn to use Word's tables. You will often be emailing your resume to employers, so the trick to making a table border invisible is to show all the borders, but set the color to white.
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| - | * If you're emailing your resume: make sure the file name has your last name in it
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| - | * You need to list your graduation date... Otherwise employers won't know whether you're going for an internship or fulltime
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| - | '''Computer Science Tips'''
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| - | * List the languages you know... and put them in order of importance. This is a good order: C, C++, Java, C#, SQL, XML, HTML. This is a bad order: HTML, SQL, XML, C#, C++, Java, C
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| - | * Have a projects section on your resume. Employers like Microsoft and other big companies care far more about projects that you've done than they do about leadership experience and extra-curriculars. See my resume for an example
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| - | *Unless you have completed your undergraduate degree and have significant work experience behind you, your resume must be one page... (I have done three Microsoft internships, plus an Apple internship, plus TAing for three years, and even I was told by the Microsoft recruiter that my resume must be one page.)
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| - | ==Action Verbs==
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| - | The following list is taken from Resume for Dummies by Joyce Lain Kennedy. Going through such a list can often give you ideas on the use of appropriate terminology when writing your resume.
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| - | ===Good Words for Administration and Management===
| + | |
| - | <!-- Table Start --> | + | |
| - | {| cellspacing="3" | cellpadding="7" |-valign="top"
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| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * advised
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| - | * approved
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| - | * authorized
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| - | * chaired
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| - | * consolidated
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| - | * counseled
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| - | * delegated
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| - | * determined
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| - | * developed
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| - | * diagnosed
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| - | * directed
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| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * disseminated
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| - | * enforced
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| - | * ensured
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| - | * examined
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| - | * explained
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| - | * governed
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| - | * guided
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| - | * headed
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| - | * initiated
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| - | * influenced
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| - | * inspired
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| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * installed
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| - | * instituted
| + | |
| - | * instructed
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| - | * integrated
| + | |
| - | * launched
| + | |
| - | * lectured
| + | |
| - | * listened
| + | |
| - | * managed
| + | |
| - | * mediated
| + | |
| - | * mentored
| + | |
| - | * moderated
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| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * monitored
| + | |
| - | * motivated
| + | |
| - | * negotiated
| + | |
| - | * originated
| + | |
| - | * oversaw
| + | |
| - | * pioneered
| + | |
| - | * presided
| + | |
| - | * prioritized
| + | |
| - | * processed
| + | |
| - | * promoted
| + | |
| - | * recommended
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| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * redirected
| + | |
| - | * referred
| + | |
| - | * reorganized
| + | |
| - | * represented
| + | |
| - | * responded
| + | |
| - | * reviewed
| + | |
| - | * routed
| + | |
| - | * sponsored
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| - | * streamlined
| + | |
| - | * strengthened
| + | |
| - | * supervised
| + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * taught
| + | |
| - | * trained
| + | |
| - | * validated
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- end of table --> | + | |
| - | |}
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | ===Good Words for Communication and Creativity===
| + | |
| - | <!-- Table Start --> | + | |
| - | {| cellspacing="3" | cellpadding="7" |-valign="top"
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| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * acted
| + | |
| - | * addressed
| + | |
| - | * arranged
| + | |
| - | * assessed
| + | |
| - | * authored
| + | |
| - | * briefed
| + | |
| - | * built
| + | |
| - | * clarified
| + | |
| - | * composed
| + | |
| - | * conducted
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| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * constructed
| + | |
| - | * corresponded
| + | |
| - | * costumed
| + | |
| - | * created
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| - | * critiqued
| + | |
| - | * demonstrated
| + | |
| - | * designed
| + | |
| - | * developed
| + | |
| - | * directed
| + | |
| - | * edited
| + | |
| - | * enabled
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| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * facilitated
| + | |
| - | * fashioned
| + | |
| - | * formulated
| + | |
| - | * influenced
| + | |
| - | * initiated
| + | |
| - | * interpreted
| + | |
| - | * interviewed
| + | |
| - | * introduced
| + | |
| - | * invented
| + | |
| - | * launched
| + | |
| - | * lectured
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * modernized
| + | |
| - | * performed
| + | |
| - | * planned
| + | |
| - | * presented
| + | |
| - | * produced
| + | |
| - | * projected
| + | |
| - | * proofread
| + | |
| - | * publicized
| + | |
| - | * published
| + | |
| - | * realized
| + | |
| - | * reconciled
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * recruited
| + | |
| - | * rectified
| + | |
| - | * remodeled
| + | |
| - | * reported
| + | |
| - | * revitalized
| + | |
| - | * scheduled
| + | |
| - | * screened
| + | |
| - | * shaped
| + | |
| - | * stimulated
| + | |
| - | * summarized
| + | |
| - | * taught
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * trained
| + | |
| - | * translated
| + | |
| - | * wrote
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- end of table --> | + | |
| - | |}
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | ===Good Words for Sales and Persuasion===
| + | |
| - | <!-- Table Start --> | + | |
| - | {| cellspacing="3" | cellpadding="7" |-valign="top"
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| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * arbitrated
| + | |
| - | * catalogued
| + | |
| - | * centralized
| + | |
| - | * consulted
| + | |
| - | * dissuaded
| + | |
| - | * documented
| + | |
| - | * launched
| + | |
| - | * lectured
| + | |
| - | * led
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| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * liaised
| + | |
| - | * maintained
| + | |
| - | * manipulated
| + | |
| - | * marketed
| + | |
| - | * mediated
| + | |
| - | * moderated
| + | |
| - | * negotiated
| + | |
| - | * ordered
| + | |
| - | * performed
| + | |
| - | * established
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * expedited
| + | |
| - | * familiarized
| + | |
| - | * identified
| + | |
| - | * implemented
| + | |
| - | * improved
| + | |
| - | * increased
| + | |
| - | * planned
| + | |
| - | * processed
| + | |
| - | * produced
| + | |
| - | * proposed
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * publicized
| + | |
| - | * purchased
| + | |
| - | * realized
| + | |
| - | * recruited
| + | |
| - | * reduced
| + | |
| - | * reported
| + | |
| - | * researched
| + | |
| - | * resolved
| + | |
| - | * influenced
| + | |
| - | * inspired
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | + | |
| - | * installed
| + | |
| - | * integrated
| + | |
| - | * interpreted
| + | |
| - | * investigated
| + | |
| - | * judged
| + | |
| - | * restored
| + | |
| - | * reviewed
| + | |
| - | * routed
| + | |
| - | * saved
| + | |
| - | * served
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | * set goals
| + | |
| - | * sold
| + | |
| - | * solved
| + | |
| - | * stimulated
| + | |
| - | * summarized
| + | |
| - | * surveyed
| + | |
| - | * translated
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- end of table -->
| + | |
| - | |}
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | ===Good Words for Technical Ability===
| + | |
| - | <!-- Table Start -->
| + | |
| - | {| cellspacing="3" | cellpadding="7" |-valign="top"
| + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | * analyzed
| + | |
| - | * broadened
| + | |
| - | * charted
| + | |
| - | * classified
| + | |
| - | * communicated
| + | |
| - | * compiled
| + | |
| - | * computed
| + | |
| - | * conceived
| + | |
| - | * conducted
| + | |
| - | * coordinated
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | * designed
| + | |
| - | * detected
| + | |
| - | * developed
| + | |
| - | * devised
| + | |
| - | * drafted
| + | |
| - | * programmed
| + | |
| - | * published
| + | |
| - | * reconstructed
| + | |
| - | * reduced
| + | |
| - | * researched
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | * edited
| + | |
| - | * educated
| + | |
| - | * eliminated
| + | |
| - | * excelled
| + | |
| - | * expanded
| + | |
| - | * expedited
| + | |
| - | * fabricated
| + | |
| - | * facilitated
| + | |
| - | * forecast
| + | |
| - | * formed
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | * generated
| + | |
| - | * improved
| + | |
| - | * increased
| + | |
| - | * inspected
| + | |
| - | * installed
| + | |
| - | * restore
| + | |
| - | * revamped
| + | |
| - | * streamlined
| + | |
| - | * supplemented
| + | |
| - | * surveyed
| + | |
| - | * instituted
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | * integrated
| + | |
| - | * interfaced
| + | |
| - | * launched
| + | |
| - | * lectured
| + | |
| - | * maintained
| + | |
| - | * marketed
| + | |
| - | * mastered
| + | |
| - | * modified
| + | |
| - | * molded
| + | |
| - | * operated
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | * packaged
| + | |
| - | * pioneered
| + | |
| - | * prepared
| + | |
| - | * processed
| + | |
| - | * systematized
| + | |
| - | * trained
| + | |
| - | * upgraded
| + | |
| - | * wrote
| + | |
| - | <!-- end of table -->
| + | |
| - | |}
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | ===Good Words for Office Support===
| + | |
| - | <!-- Table Start -->
| + | |
| - | {| cellspacing="3" | cellpadding="7" |-valign="top"
| + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | * adhered
| + | |
| - | * administered
| + | |
| - | * allocated
| + | |
| - | * applied
| + | |
| - | * appropriated
| + | |
| - | * assisted
| + | |
| - | * assured
| + | |
| - | * attained
| + | |
| - | * awarded
| + | |
| - | * balanced
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *budgeted
| + | |
| - | *built
| + | |
| - | *charted
| + | |
| - | *completed
| + | |
| - | *contributed
| + | |
| - | *coordinated
| + | |
| - | *cut
| + | |
| - | *defined
| + | |
| - | *determined
| + | |
| - | *dispensed
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *distributed
| + | |
| - | *documented
| + | |
| - | *drafted
| + | |
| - | *enacted
| + | |
| - | *enlarged
| + | |
| - | *evaluated
| + | |
| - | *examined
| + | |
| - | *executed
| + | |
| - | *followed up
| + | |
| - | *formalized
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *formulated
| + | |
| - | *hired
| + | |
| - | *identified
| + | |
| - | *implemented
| + | |
| - | *improved
| + | |
| - | *installed
| + | |
| - | *instituted
| + | |
| - | *justified
| + | |
| - | *liaised
| + | |
| - | *maintained
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *managed
| + | |
| - | *operated
| + | |
| - | *ordered
| + | |
| - | *organized
| + | |
| - | *packaged
| + | |
| - | *planned
| + | |
| - | *prepared
| + | |
| - | *prescribed
| + | |
| - | *processed
| + | |
| - | *provided
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
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| - | *recorded
| + | |
| - | *repaired
| + | |
| - | *reshaped
| + | |
| - | *resolved
| + | |
| - | *scheduled
| + | |
| - | *screened
| + | |
| - | *secured
| + | |
| - | *solved
| + | |
| - | *started
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- end of table -->
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| - | | + | |
| - | ===Good Words for Teaching===
| + | |
| - | <!-- Table Start -->
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| - | {| cellspacing="3" | cellpadding="7" |-valign="top"
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| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
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| - | *acquainted
| + | |
| - | *adapted
| + | |
| - | *advised
| + | |
| - | *answered
| + | |
| - | *apprised
| + | |
| - | *augmented
| + | |
| - | *briefed
| + | |
| - | *built
| + | |
| - | *certified
| + | |
| - | *chaired
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *charted
| + | |
| - | *clarified
| + | |
| - | *coached
| + | |
| - | *collaborated
| + | |
| - | *communicated
| + | |
| - | *conducted
| + | |
| - | *coordinated
| + | |
| - | *delegated
| + | |
| - | *delivered
| + | |
| - | *demonstrated
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *designed
| + | |
| - | *developed
| + | |
| - | *directed
| + | |
| - | *dispensed
| + | |
| - | *distributed
| + | |
| - | *educated
| + | |
| - | *effected
| + | |
| - | *empowered
| + | |
| - | *enabled
| + | |
| - | *enacted
| + | |
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| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *enlarged
| + | |
| - | *expanded
| + | |
| - | *facilitated
| + | |
| - | *fomented
| + | |
| - | *formulated
| + | |
| - | *generated
| + | |
| - | *grouped
| + | |
| - | *guided
| + | |
| - | *harmonized
| + | |
| - | *implemented
| + | |
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| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
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| - | *influenced
| + | |
| - | *informed
| + | |
| - | *initiated
| + | |
| - | *innovated
| + | |
| - | *installed
| + | |
| - | *instituted
| + | |
| - | *instructed
| + | |
| - | *integrate
| + | |
| - | *lectured
| + | |
| - | *listened
| + | |
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| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
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| - | *originated
| + | |
| - | *persuaded
| + | |
| - | *presented
| + | |
| - | *responded
| + | |
| - | *revolutionized
| + | |
| - | *set goals
| + | |
| - | *stimulated
| + | |
| - | *summarized
| + | |
| - | *trained
| + | |
| - | *translated
| + | |
| - | <!-- end of table -->
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| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | ===Good Words for Financial Management===
| + | |
| - | <!-- Table Start -->
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| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
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| - | *adjusted
| + | |
| - | *administered
| + | |
| - | *allocated
| + | |
| - | *analyzed
| + | |
| - | *appraised
| + | |
| - | *audited
| + | |
| - | *balanced
| + | |
| - | *bought
| + | |
| - | *budgeted
| + | |
| - | *calculated
| + | |
| - | *computed
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
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| - | *conciliated
| + | |
| - | *cut
| + | |
| - | *decreased
| + | |
| - | *developed
| + | |
| - | *dispensed
| + | |
| - | *disbursed
| + | |
| - | *distributed
| + | |
| - | *doubled
| + | |
| - | *downsized
| + | |
| - | *eliminated
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
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| - | *economized
| + | |
| - | *exceeded
| + | |
| - | *financed
| + | |
| - | *forecast
| + | |
| - | *funded
| + | |
| - | *gained
| + | |
| - | *generated
| + | |
| - | *increased
| + | |
| - | *invested
| + | |
| - | *maintained
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *managed
| + | |
| - | *marketed
| + | |
| - | *merchandised
| + | |
| - | *planned
| + | |
| - | *projected
| + | |
| - | *purchased
| + | |
| - | *quadrupled
| + | |
| - | *reconciled
| + | |
| - | *reduced reported
| + | |
| - | *researched
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *reshaped
| + | |
| - | *retailed
| + | |
| - | *saved
| + | |
| - | *shopped
| + | |
| - | *secured
| + | |
| - | *sold
| + | |
| - | *solicited
| + | |
| - | *sourced
| + | |
| - | *specified
| + | |
| - | *supplemented
| + | |
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| + | |
| - | *systematized
| + | |
| - | *tested
| + | |
| - | *tripled
| + | |
| - | *underwrote
| + | |
| - | *upgraded
| + | |
| - | *upsized
| + | |
| - | *vended
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| - | ===Good Words for Many Skills===
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| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *accomplished
| + | |
| - | *achieved
| + | |
| - | *adapted
| + | |
| - | *adhered
| + | |
| - | *allocated
| + | |
| - | *appraised
| + | |
| - | *arbitrated
| + | |
| - | *arranged
| + | |
| - | *articulated
| + | |
| - | *assured
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *augmented
| + | |
| - | *collected
| + | |
| - | *communicated
| + | |
| - | *composed
| + | |
| - | *conceptualized
| + | |
| - | *conserved
| + | |
| - | *contributed
| + | |
| - | *coordinated
| + | |
| - | *demonstrated
| + | |
| - | *dispensed
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *evaluated
| + | |
| - | *executed
| + | |
| - | *facilitated
| + | |
| - | *forecast
| + | |
| - | *founded
| + | |
| - | *governed
| + | |
| - | *guided
| + | |
| - | *illustrated
| + | |
| - | *improved
| + | |
| - | *increased
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *initiated
| + | |
| - | *integrated
| + | |
| - | *interpreted
| + | |
| - | *invented
| + | |
| - | *launched
| + | |
| - | *led
| + | |
| - | *navigated
| + | |
| - | *optimized
| + | |
| - | *organized
| + | |
| - | *originated
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *overhauled
| + | |
| - | *performed
| + | |
| - | *prioritized
| + | |
| - | *promoted
| + | |
| - | *proposed
| + | |
| - | *reconciled
| + | |
| - | *rectified
| + | |
| - | *remodeled
| + | |
| - | *repaired
| + | |
| - | *reshaped
| + | |
| - | | + | |
| - | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"|
| + | |
| - | *retrieved
| + | |
| - | *solved
| + | |
| - | *stimulated
| + | |
| - | *streamlined
| + | |
| - | *strengthened
| + | |
| - | *trained
| + | |
| - | *upgraded
| + | |
| - | *validated
| + | |
| - | *won
| + | |
| - | <!-- end of table -->
| + | |
| - | |}
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| - | ==External Links==
| + | |
| - | * [http://www.oakton.edu/resource/careerservices/Resume%20Workbook.pdf Resume Workbook] - Oakton Community College Career Center
| + | |
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