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- | + | * installed | |
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- | + | * set goals | |
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===Good Words for Technical Ability=== | ===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=== | ===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"| | ||
+ | *recorded | ||
+ | *repaired | ||
+ | *reshaped | ||
+ | *resolved | ||
+ | *scheduled | ||
+ | *screened | ||
+ | *secured | ||
+ | *solved | ||
+ | *started | ||
+ | |||
+ | <!-- end of table --> | ||
+ | |} | ||
===Good Words for Teaching=== | ===Good Words for Teaching=== | ||
+ | <!-- Table Start --> | ||
+ | {| cellspacing="3" | cellpadding="7" |-valign="top" | ||
+ | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | ||
+ | *acquainted | ||
+ | *adapted | ||
+ | *advised | ||
+ | *answered | ||
+ | *apprised | ||
+ | *augmented | ||
+ | *briefed | ||
+ | *built | ||
+ | *certified | ||
+ | *chaired | ||
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+ | *charted | ||
+ | *clarified | ||
+ | *coached | ||
+ | *collaborated | ||
+ | *communicated | ||
+ | *conducted | ||
+ | *coordinated | ||
+ | *delegated | ||
+ | *delivered | ||
+ | *demonstrated | ||
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+ | *designed | ||
+ | *developed | ||
+ | *directed | ||
+ | *dispensed | ||
+ | *distributed | ||
+ | *educated | ||
+ | *effected | ||
+ | *empowered | ||
+ | *enabled | ||
+ | *enacted | ||
+ | |||
+ | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | ||
+ | *enlarged | ||
+ | *expanded | ||
+ | *facilitated | ||
+ | *fomented | ||
+ | *formulated | ||
+ | *generated | ||
+ | *grouped | ||
+ | *guided | ||
+ | *harmonized | ||
+ | *implemented | ||
+ | |||
+ | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | ||
+ | *influenced | ||
+ | *informed | ||
+ | *initiated | ||
+ | *innovated | ||
+ | *installed | ||
+ | *instituted | ||
+ | *instructed | ||
+ | *integrate | ||
+ | *lectured | ||
+ | *listened | ||
+ | |||
+ | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | ||
+ | *originated | ||
+ | *persuaded | ||
+ | *presented | ||
+ | *responded | ||
+ | *revolutionized | ||
+ | *set goals | ||
+ | *stimulated | ||
+ | *summarized | ||
+ | *trained | ||
+ | *translated | ||
+ | <!-- end of table --> | ||
+ | |} | ||
===Good Words for Financial Management=== | ===Good Words for Financial Management=== | ||
+ | <!-- Table Start --> | ||
+ | {| cellspacing="3" | cellpadding="7" |-valign="top" | ||
+ | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | ||
+ | *adjusted | ||
+ | *administered | ||
+ | *allocated | ||
+ | *analyzed | ||
+ | *appraised | ||
+ | *audited | ||
+ | *balanced | ||
+ | *bought | ||
+ | *budgeted | ||
+ | *calculated | ||
+ | *computed | ||
+ | |||
+ | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | ||
+ | *conciliated | ||
+ | *cut | ||
+ | *decreased | ||
+ | *developed | ||
+ | *dispensed | ||
+ | *disbursed | ||
+ | *distributed | ||
+ | *doubled | ||
+ | *downsized | ||
+ | *eliminated | ||
+ | |||
+ | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | ||
+ | *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 | ||
+ | |||
+ | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | ||
+ | *systematized | ||
+ | *tested | ||
+ | *tripled | ||
+ | *underwrote | ||
+ | *upgraded | ||
+ | *upsized | ||
+ | *vended | ||
+ | <!-- end of table --> | ||
+ | |} | ||
===Good Words for Many Skills=== | ===Good Words for Many Skills=== | ||
+ | <!-- Table Start --> | ||
+ | {| cellspacing="3" | cellpadding="7" |-valign="top" | ||
+ | <!-- 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 --> | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==External Links== | ||
+ | * [http://www.oakton.edu/resource/careerservices/Resume%20Workbook.pdf Resume Workbook] - Oakton Community College Career Center |
Revision as of 03:54, 4 February 2007
Action Verbs
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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External Links
- Resume Workbook - Oakton Community College Career Center