Resumes
Effective Resume Words
(Sample Areas to use in a Functional Resume)
Administration
Analysis
Auditing
Bookkeeping
Communication
Community Organizations
Computer Use
Consulting
Contract Administration
Coordination
Counseling
Curriculum Development
Customer Relations
Data Analysis
Data Collection/Entry
Editing
Engineering
Evaluation
Facilitating
Financial Planning/Analysis
Forecasting
Fundraising
Human Resource
Demonstration
Designing
Interpreting
Inventory Control
Interviewing
Management
Marketing
Mediation
Merchandising
Negotiation
Nursing
Office Support
Operations Analysis
Organization
Organizational Development
Media Relations
Problem Solving
Product Presentation
Program Development
Production
Project Coordination
Sales
Promotion
Public Relations
Public Speaking
Purchasing
Quality Control/Assurance
Record Keeping
Reporting
Research
Special Events Planning
Staff Development
Supervision
Team Building
System Analysis/Design
Training
Writing
(Action Words to Describe Previous Experience)
These words are good for helping you best describe your experience. Use these words in conjunction with nouns; the
nouns are what will be scanned.
ability
accomplished
achieved
acquired
acted
adopted
addressed
adjusted
administered
advised
allocated
analyzed
applied
approved
arranged
ascertained
assisted
assumed
attained
audited
awarded
bought
briefed
brought
budgeted
built
canceled
capability
caused
chaired
changed
checked
classified
coached
collected
combined
commended
communicated
compared
competence
compiled
completed
computed
conceived
concluded
conducted
consistently
constantly
contributed
coordinated
copied
counseled
created
credited
dealt
decided
defined
delegated
delivered
demonstrated
designed
detected
developed
directed
discussed
distributed
documented
drove
dug
earned
edited
effected
efficiently
eliminated
empathized
endorsed
enforced
enlarged
enlisted
established
estimated
evaluated
examined
expanded
experienced
experimented
extracted
filed
financed
fixed
focused
followed
forecast
formulated
founded
gathered
generated
governed
guided
handled
headed
helped
identified
illustrated
imagined
implemented
improved
improvised
incorporated
increased
indexed
initiated
influenced
inspected
installed
instituted
interpreted
introduced
investigated
involved
joined
judged
kept
knowledgeable
learned
lectured
led
lifted
listened
made
maintained
managed
manipulated
maturely
mediated
mentored
met
modeled
negotiated
observed
obtained
offered
operated
ordered
organized
oversaw
participated
perceived
performed
persuaded
planned
positively
prepared
presented
prevented
processed
productively
professional
profitably
programmed
projected
promoted
proposed
proved
published
pursued
qualified
recommended
reconciled
recorded
recruited
reduced
related
replaced
repeatedly
reported
represented
researched
resourcefully
reviewed
revised
saved
scheduled
selected
served
significantly
solved
specialized
specified
studied
strengthened
submitted
substantially
substantiated
successfully
suggested
summarized
supervised
targeted
taught
technically
tested
trained
translated
updated
versatility
vigorously
well-educated
well-rounded
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