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Action Verbs
When describing functional skills, it is recommended that
you choose action verbs.
Defined
Helped
Offered
Delegated
Hired
Operated
Delivered
Identified
Ordered
Accelerated
Allocated
Assisted
Demonstrated
Illustrated
Organized
Achieved
Analyzed
Attained
Designed
Implemented
Originated
Accomplished
Anticipated
Audited
Detected
Improvised
Painted
Acted
Appointed
Augmented
Determined
Increased
Participated
Activated
Apprised
Averted
Developed
Indexed
Perceived
Adapted
Approved
Bought
Devised
Influenced
Performed
Added
Arranged
Briefed
Diagnosed
Initiated
Persevered
Addressed
Ascertained
Broadened
Directed
Inspected
Persuaded
Administered
Assembled
Built
Documented
Instituted
Photographed
Advised
Assessed
Calculated
Doubled
Instructed
Piloted
Changed
Edited
Interviewed
Drove
Insured
Pioneered
Chartered
Effected
Introduced
Earned
Interpreted
Planned
Checked
Elicited
Invented
Predicted
Repaired
Supported
Clarified
Eliminated
Invested
Prepared
Reported
Supplied
Classified
Employed
Investigated
Presented
Represented
Surpassed
Coached
Enforced
Judged
Prevented
Researched
Surveyed
Collaborated
Engineered
Kept
Processed
Resolved
Synthesized
Collected
Established
Launched
Procured
Restored
Systematized
Communicated
Estimated
Learned
Produced
Reversed
Talked
Combined
Evaluated
Lectured
Programmed
Reviewed
Taught
Compared
Examined
Led
Promoted
Revised
Terminated
Competed
Executed
Lifted
Proposed
Revitalized
Tested
Compiled
Expanded
Listened
Proved
Saved
Tightened
Completed
Expedited
Located
Provided
Scheduled
Traced
Composed
Experimented
Logged
Publicized
Searched
Traded
Computed
Explained
Made
Published
Selected
Trained
Conceived
Extracted
Maintained
Purchased
Separated
Translated
Concluded
Facilitated
Managed
Questioned
Served
Trimmed
Conducted
Financed
Manipulated
Raised
Serviced
Tutored
Constructed
Fixed
Marketed
Read
Settled
Uncovered
Contacted
Followed
Measured
Realized
Shaped
Understood
Controlled
Forecast
Mediated
Reasoned
Simplified
Unified
Copied
Formulated
Met
Recommended
Solved
Used
Counseled
Founded
Minimized
Reconciled
Staffed
Utilized
Crafted
Framed
Mobilized
Recorded
Started
Verbalized
Created
Gathered
Modeled
Recruited
Stimulated
Verified
Cultivated
Generated
Modernized
Redesigned
Streamlined
Visualized
Dealt
Governed
Monitored
Reduced
Stretched
Vitalized
Debated
Guided
Negotiated
Regulated
Structured
Widened
Decentralized
Halved
Networked
Referred
Studied
Won
Decided
Handled
Observed
Renegotiated
Summarized
Worked
Decreased
Headed
Obtained
Reorganized
Supervised
Wrote