Use varied, strong action verbs to grab the reader’s attention and make your resume stand out to potential employers. This resource includes over 200 action verbs you can use as a starting point.
Leadership
| administer |
allocate |
appoint |
| centralize |
challenge |
co-author |
| conduct |
contract |
control |
| coordinate |
decentralize |
delegate |
| demonstrate |
direct |
distribute |
| employ |
enforce |
execute |
| govern |
guide |
handle |
| hire |
initiate |
instruct |
| interview |
localize |
manage |
| monitor |
motivate |
plan |
| preside |
regulate |
represent |
| resolve |
schedule |
stage |
| stimulate |
strategize |
supervise |
| train |
tutor |
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Research
| analyze |
assess |
calculate |
| chart |
compile |
compute |
| design |
diagram |
document |
| engineer |
estimate |
evaluate |
| examine |
extract |
find |
| identify |
interpret |
investigate |
| locate |
pinpoint |
present |
| produce |
prove |
recommend |
| relate |
report |
solve |
| study |
test |
trace |
Administrative
| analyze |
arrange |
assemble |
| chart |
compile |
compute |
| diagram |
document |
gather |
| handle |
maintain |
review |
| revise |
schedule |
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Improvement
| accelerate |
adapt |
affect |
| amend |
amplify |
appraise |
| arrange |
augment |
balance |
| broaden |
centralize |
clarify |
| consolidate |
correct |
decentralize |
| decrease |
enhance |
enlarge |
| enrich |
extend |
formalize |
| fortify |
frame |
improve |
| incorporate |
increase |
innovate |
| localize |
minimize |
modify |
| optimize |
overhaul |
pinpoint |
| redesign |
refine |
reorganize |
| replace |
resolve |
restore |
| restructure |
revamp |
revitalize |
| salvage |
save |
simplify |
| streamline |
structure |
systematize |
Attainment
| accomplish |
acquire |
attain |
| discover |
earn |
fulfill |
| gain |
incur |
obtain |
| procure |
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Creation
| activate |
author |
conceptualize |
| create |
cultivate |
design |
| develop |
devise |
discover |
| draft |
employ |
engineer |
| establish |
execute |
explore |
| form |
formulate |
generate |
| implement |
inaugurate |
initiate |
| instill |
institute |
introduce |
| invent |
launch |
originate |
| pioneer |
plan |
produce |
| program |
propose |
replace |
| shape |
structure |
utilize |
Marketing
| advertise |
distribute |
motivate |
| promote |
publicize |
publish |
| recruit |
report |
represent |
| sell |
strategize |
survey |
Assistance
| assist |
co-author |
collaborate |
| contribute |
demonstrate |
explain |
| facilitate |
guide |
negotiate |
| preside |
relate |
review |
| revise |
serve |
stimulate |
| supply |
support |
train |
| tutor |
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