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| - | + | * expedited | |
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| - | + | * publicized | |
| - | + | * purchased | |
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| - | + | * installed | |
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| - | + | * set goals | |
| - | + | * sold | |
| - | + | * solved | |
| - | + | * stimulated | |
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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 | ||
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| + | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | ||
| + | * designed | ||
| + | * detected | ||
| + | * developed | ||
| + | * devised | ||
| + | * drafted | ||
| + | * programmed | ||
| + | * published | ||
| + | * reconstructed | ||
| + | * reduced | ||
| + | * researched | ||
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| + | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | ||
| + | * edited | ||
| + | * educated | ||
| + | * eliminated | ||
| + | * excelled | ||
| + | * expanded | ||
| + | * expedited | ||
| + | * fabricated | ||
| + | * facilitated | ||
| + | * forecast | ||
| + | * formed | ||
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| + | * generated | ||
| + | * improved | ||
| + | * increased | ||
| + | * inspected | ||
| + | * installed | ||
| + | * restore | ||
| + | * revamped | ||
| + | * streamlined | ||
| + | * supplemented | ||
| + | * surveyed | ||
| + | * instituted | ||
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| + | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | ||
| + | * integrated | ||
| + | * interfaced | ||
| + | * launched | ||
| + | * lectured | ||
| + | * maintained | ||
| + | * marketed | ||
| + | * mastered | ||
| + | * modified | ||
| + | * molded | ||
| + | * operated | ||
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| + | <!-- 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 | ||
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| + | <!-- New Cell/Column --> |valign="top"| | ||
| + | *budgeted | ||
| + | *built | ||
| + | *charted | ||
| + | *completed | ||
| + | *contributed | ||
| + | *coordinated | ||
| + | *cut | ||
| + | *defined | ||
| + | *determined | ||
| + | *dispensed | ||
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| + | *distributed | ||
| + | *documented | ||
| + | *drafted | ||
| + | *enacted | ||
| + | *enlarged | ||
| + | *evaluated | ||
| + | *examined | ||
| + | *executed | ||
| + | *followed up | ||
| + | *formalized | ||
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| + | *formulated | ||
| + | *hired | ||
| + | *identified | ||
| + | *implemented | ||
| + | *improved | ||
| + | *installed | ||
| + | *instituted | ||
| + | *justified | ||
| + | *liaised | ||
| + | *maintained | ||
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| + | *managed | ||
| + | *operated | ||
| + | *ordered | ||
| + | *organized | ||
| + | *packaged | ||
| + | *planned | ||
| + | *prepared | ||
| + | *prescribed | ||
| + | *processed | ||
| + | *provided | ||
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| + | *recorded | ||
| + | *repaired | ||
| + | *reshaped | ||
| + | *resolved | ||
| + | *scheduled | ||
| + | *screened | ||
| + | *secured | ||
| + | *solved | ||
| + | *started | ||
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| + | |} | ||
===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 | ||
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| + | *enlarged | ||
| + | *expanded | ||
| + | *facilitated | ||
| + | *fomented | ||
| + | *formulated | ||
| + | *generated | ||
| + | *grouped | ||
| + | *guided | ||
| + | *harmonized | ||
| + | *implemented | ||
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| + | *influenced | ||
| + | *informed | ||
| + | *initiated | ||
| + | *innovated | ||
| + | *installed | ||
| + | *instituted | ||
| + | *instructed | ||
| + | *integrate | ||
| + | *lectured | ||
| + | *listened | ||
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| + | *originated | ||
| + | *persuaded | ||
| + | *presented | ||
| + | *responded | ||
| + | *revolutionized | ||
| + | *set goals | ||
| + | *stimulated | ||
| + | *summarized | ||
| + | *trained | ||
| + | *translated | ||
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| + | |} | ||
===Good Words for Financial Management=== | ===Good Words for Financial Management=== | ||
| + | <!-- Table Start --> | ||
| + | {| cellspacing="3" | cellpadding="7" |-valign="top" | ||
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| + | *adjusted | ||
| + | *administered | ||
| + | *allocated | ||
| + | *analyzed | ||
| + | *appraised | ||
| + | *audited | ||
| + | *balanced | ||
| + | *bought | ||
| + | *budgeted | ||
| + | *calculated | ||
| + | *computed | ||
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| + | *conciliated | ||
| + | *cut | ||
| + | *decreased | ||
| + | *developed | ||
| + | *dispensed | ||
| + | *disbursed | ||
| + | *distributed | ||
| + | *doubled | ||
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| + | *eliminated | ||
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| + | *economized | ||
| + | *exceeded | ||
| + | *financed | ||
| + | *forecast | ||
| + | *funded | ||
| + | *gained | ||
| + | *generated | ||
| + | *increased | ||
| + | *invested | ||
| + | *maintained | ||
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| + | *managed | ||
| + | *marketed | ||
| + | *merchandised | ||
| + | *planned | ||
| + | *projected | ||
| + | *purchased | ||
| + | *quadrupled | ||
| + | *reconciled | ||
| + | *reduced reported | ||
| + | *researched | ||
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| + | *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=== | ===Good Words for Many Skills=== | ||
| + | <!-- Table Start --> | ||
| + | {| cellspacing="3" | cellpadding="7" |-valign="top" | ||
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| + | *accomplished | ||
| + | *achieved | ||
| + | *adapted | ||
| + | *adhered | ||
| + | *allocated | ||
| + | *appraised | ||
| + | *arbitrated | ||
| + | *arranged | ||
| + | *articulated | ||
| + | *assured | ||
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| + | *augmented | ||
| + | *collected | ||
| + | *communicated | ||
| + | *composed | ||
| + | *conceptualized | ||
| + | *conserved | ||
| + | *contributed | ||
| + | *coordinated | ||
| + | *demonstrated | ||
| + | *dispensed | ||
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| + | *evaluated | ||
| + | *executed | ||
| + | *facilitated | ||
| + | *forecast | ||
| + | *founded | ||
| + | *governed | ||
| + | *guided | ||
| + | *illustrated | ||
| + | *improved | ||
| + | *increased | ||
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| + | *initiated | ||
| + | *integrated | ||
| + | *interpreted | ||
| + | *invented | ||
| + | *launched | ||
| + | *led | ||
| + | *navigated | ||
| + | *optimized | ||
| + | *organized | ||
| + | *originated | ||
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| + | *overhauled | ||
| + | *performed | ||
| + | *prioritized | ||
| + | *promoted | ||
| + | *proposed | ||
| + | *reconciled | ||
| + | *rectified | ||
| + | *remodeled | ||
| + | *repaired | ||
| + | *reshaped | ||
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| + | *retrieved | ||
| + | *solved | ||
| + | *stimulated | ||
| + | *streamlined | ||
| + | *strengthened | ||
| + | *trained | ||
| + | *upgraded | ||
| + | *validated | ||
| + | *won | ||
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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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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
