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. 
 

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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