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Relevant Skills (Use with Functional Resume, Optional with Chronological Resume.)
Break your skills down into specific categories and then list them within each category. Again use bullet
points and strong action verbs to describe your skills and accomplishments. Sample skill categories
include: organizational skills, communication skills, technical skills, sales skills, and leadership skills.
Action Words
The following list of action verbs is useful when describing your skills, experience and accomplishments.
accelerated
accomplished
achieved
adapted
administered
analyzed
appraised
assisted
brought
budgeted
built
calculated
charted
compiles
composed
conceived
conducted
consolidated
controlled
coordinated
created
delegated
delivered
demonstrated
designed
developed
diagnosed
directed
discovered
distributed
earned
edited
eliminated
empowered
encouraged
enlisted
estimated
established
evaluated
examined
exhibited
expanded
expedited
explained
facilitated
forecasted
formulated
generated
handled
implemented
improved
increased
initiated
instituted
instructed
introduced
launched
learned
led
maintained
managed
mastered
mediated
motivated
negotiated
observed
obtained
operated
organized
participated
performed
persuaded
planned
prepared
presented
promoted
processed
produced
programmed
proposed
recommended
recruited
reduced
reinforced
renegotiated
reorganized
researched
reviewed
revised
scheduled
selected
solved
staffed
stimulated
strengthened
supervised
terminated
trained
translated
updated
utilized
wrote
Activities
Include your involvement in campus activities, clubs and associates. Also include volunteer work.
Awards
Include any award(s) you may have received.