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122 Examples of Resume Words

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Resume words are past tense verbs that are used to describe career or life accomplishments. The term active stresses that you should never use passive voice on a resume such as "the work was completed" instead you use a verb that indicates your action such as "delivered work to commitments." The following are useful resume verbs that include actions that employers value.
Accelerated
Achieved
Adapted
Administered
Advanced
Advised
Architected
Assembled
Assessed
Authored
Boosted
Built
Calculated
Captured
Centralized
Championed
Charted
Combined
Commanded
Communicated
Completed
Composed
Conceptualized
Conducted
Consolidated
Constructed
Controlled
Converted
Convinced
Coordinated
Counseled
Created
Critiqued
Cut
Delivered
Demonstrated
Designed
Developed
Devised
Diagnosed
Directed
Discovered
Drafted
Eliminated
Enacted
Engineered
Enlisted
Established
Expanded
Expedited
Extended
Forecast
Formalized
Formulated
Funded
Generated
Guided
Harmonized
Headed
Identified
Improved
Influenced
Initiated
Introduced
Invented
Invested
Investigated
Lead
Lifted
Located
Managed
Marketed
Maximized
Measured
Minimized
Multiplied
Navigated
Negotiated
Operated
Optimized
Orchestrated
Outpaced
Outperformed
Oversaw
Partnered
Persuaded
Pioneered
Planned
Produced
Prototyped
Publicized
Raised
Rebuild
Reconstructed
Recruited
Redefined
Remodeled
Removed
Repaired
Reported
Researched
Restructured
Reviewed
Saved
Secured
Shaped
Sold
Spearheaded
Structured
Supervised
Surveyed
Taught
Tested
Took
Trained
Transformed
Undertook
United
Visualized
Volunteered
Won
Wove

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