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Action & Self-Descriptive Words

When writing resumes and cover letters, it is very important to employ words that will make a potential employer interested in you, in what you are able to perform, and interested in what you have accomplished in the past.  

Using active verbs and positive self-descriptive words, you can talk more enthusiastically about your own skills and accomplishments. 
 

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Action Verbs
 
Accelerated 

Accomplished

Achieved

Acted

Adapted

Added

Addressed

Administered

Advanced

Advised

Allocated

Analyzed

Appraised

Approved

Arranged

Assembled

Assigned

Assisted

Attained

Audited

Authored

Automated

Balanced

Briefed

Broadened

Budgeted

Built

Calculated

Catalogued

Changed

Chaired

Charted

Clarified

Classified

Coached

Collected

Compiled

Completed

Composed

Computed

Conceived

Conceptualized

Conducted

Conferred

Confronted

Consolidated

Constructed

Contracted

Contributed

Controlled

Converted

Coordinated

Created

Critiqued

Cut

Decided

Decreased

Delegated 

Delivered

Demonstrated

Derived

Designed

Determined

Developed

Devised 

Diagnosed

Discovered

Directed

Dispatched

Dispensed

Displayed

Distinguished

Distributed

Diversified

Doubled

Drafted

Dramatized

Earned

Edited

Educated

Effected

Eliminated

Enabled

Encouraged

Engineered

Enhanced

Enlisted

Estimated

Established

Evaluated

Examined

Executed

Exhibited

Expanded

Expedited

Explained

Expressed

Extracted

Fabricated

Facilitated

Familiarized

Fashioned

Focused

Forecasted

Formulated

Founded

Gained

Generated

Guided

Halved

Handled

Identified

Illustrated

Imagined

Implemented

Improved

Increased

Influenced

Informed

Initiated

Innovated

Inspected

Installed

Instituted

Instructed

Integrated

Interpreted

Interviewed

Introduced

Invented

Investigated

Judged

Launched

Lectured

Led

Located

Made

Maintained

Managed

Marketed

Measured

Mediated

Moderated

Monitored

Motivated

Narrated

Negotiated

Operated

Organized

Originated

Overhauled

Oversaw

Participated

Performed

Persuaded

Pinpointed

Planned

Predicted

Prepared

Presented

Prioritized

Processed

Produced

Programmed

Projected

Promoted

Proposed

Proved

Provided

Publicized

Published

Purchased

Raised

Realized

Recommended

Reconciled

Recorded

Recruited

Redesigned

Reduced

Referred

Regulated

Rehabilitated

Reinforced

Remodeled

Reorganized

Repaired

Reported

Represented

Researched

Resolved

Restored

Restructured 

Retrieved

Revamped

Reversed

Reviewed

Revised

Revitalized

Reengineered

Saved

Scheduled

Screened

Selected

Served

Serviced

Shaped

Simplified

Sketched

Sold

Solidified

Solved

Sparked

Spoke

Specified

Staffed

Standardized

Started

Stimulated

Strategized

Streamlined

Strengthened

Stressed

Stretched

Structured

Succeeded

Summarized

Supervised

Supported

Surveyed

Systemized

Tabulated

Taught

Tested

Traced

Tracked

Trained

Transferred

Transformed

Translated

Traveled

Trimmed

Turned

Uncovered

Unified

Updated

Upgraded

Utilized

Validated

Verified

Visualized

Widened

Won

Worked

Wrote

Web-authored

Self-Descriptive Words
 
 

Ability to... 

Accomplished in...

Accountable

Accurate

Achieved

Adept

Aggressive

Analytical

Articulate

Assertive

Attention to detail

Attentive

Broad-minded

Capable

Challenging

Charismatic

Committed to...

Communication Skills

Competent

Competitive

Conscientious

Consistent

Creative

Critical

Curious

Decisive

Dedicated to...

Demonstrated

Dependable 

Detail oriented

Diligent

Diplomatic

Discerning

Disciplined

Easily

Effective

Efficient

Energetic

Enthusiastic

Excellent

Exceptional

Experienced

Extensive

Extremely

Fair

Flexible

Follow through to completion

Goal Achiever

Highly Imaginative

Implementer

Improviser

Independted

Industrious

Innovative

Instinctive

Intelligent

Interpersonal Skills

Knowledgeable

Leadership

Learn quickly

Loyal

Mature

Meet Deadlines

Mobile

Motivated

Objective

Organized

Original

Outstanding

Patient

Perceptive

Pleasant

Poised

Positive Attitude

Precise

Problem Solver

Productive

Professional

Proficient

Profitably

Proven

Quick

Readily

Reliable

Resourceful 

Responsible

Self-Motivated

Self-Directed

Self-Reliant

Sense of Humor

Sensitive

Sharp

Sincere

Skilled

Special Talent

Strong

Successful

Tactful

Take Directions

Team Player

Thorough

Thrive on...

Tolerant

Trust

Trustworthy

Under Pressure

Understanding

Unique

Versatile

Warm 

Well-read

Well-rounded

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