Action Verbs to Use in Your Resume

These are known "selling clauses" that grab the attention of the reader

Accommodated
Achieved
Administered
Analyzed
Arranged
Assembled
Assisted
Attended
Awarded
Built
Calculated
Coached
Collected
Communicated
Compiled
Completed
Composed
Computed
Conducted
Coordinated
Created
Customized
Dealt in
Determined
Developed
Directed
Drafted
Earned
Established
Estimate
Evaluated
Expedited
Figured
Handled
Headed
Implemented
Improved
Increased
Informed
Initiated
Installed
Instituted
Instructed
Interacted with
Maintained
Managed
Monitored
Navigated
Negotiating
Operated
Organized
Oversaw
Performance
Planned
Prepared
Reconciledr
Reduced
Researched
Scheduled
Searched
Selected
Served
Settled
Sold
Solved
supervised
Taught
Tracked
Trained
Tutored
Updated
Verified
Weighed
Worked
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Taken from Successful Writing At Work, Philip C. Kolin, Houghton Mifflin, 2001.