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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