Use These Resume Power Words with Confidence

A

accomplished              advertised           arranged
achieved                     advised               assembled
acquired                     analyzed             assisted
adapted                      appraised           audited
adjusted                     approved            augmented
administered               arbitrated            authored

B

budgeted                    built       

C

calculated             conceived               coordinated
catalogued            conceptualized      copyrighted
charted                 conducted              corrected
closed (a deal)     consolidated         corresponded
coached               constructed             counseled
compared             consulted              created
compiled              contacted              cultivated
completed            controlled    
composed            convinced

D

debugged            detected                discovered
decreased            determined            dispatched
delegated             developed             distributed
delivered             devised                  documented
designated           diagnosed     
designed              directed        

E

edited                enhanced                  examined
elicited  enlarged                   exceeded
eliminated          established                executed
empowered       estimated                  expanded
engineered         evaluated                  explained

F

fired                   flagged                   formulated
founded                       

G

gathered           generated                 guided

H

headed             hired

I

identified             initiated                interpreted
ignited   innovated             interviewed
implemented     inspected               invented
improved            installed                inventoried
increased            instituted        
influenced           instructed

J

justified                        

L

lectured            lobbied                    logged
led                   

M

maintained        mediated               motivated
managed           modified          
manufactured    monitored        

N

negotiated                    

O

obtained           ordered               overhauled
operated           organized         

P

patented           prepared          programmed
performed        presented         promoted
persuaded        presided           proposed
placed             processed         provided
planned            produced          purchased
posted             proficient         

Q

quantified          qualified           

R

recognized            reorganized          researched
recommended     repaired                restored
reconciled             replaced              reviewed
reduced                reported              revised
referred                represented
regulated              rescued       

S

scheduled            sold                     suggested
screened              solved                 supervised
selected               steered                supplied
served                streamlined          systematized
simplified             studied         

T

taught                  tracked               transcribed
tested                  trained                translated
traced              

U

updated               utilized          

V

vended                        

W

won      wrote

As a practice exercise, take your old resume, and at random, look for places to insert good power words. Watch how quickly your old resume will be transformed!

Make good use of adjectives when writing your resume.

Remember, an Adjective Describes.  When writing your resume you want to be able to describe all that is important to you and your accomplishments.

Write with description and your resume will be more interesting!

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