Action words
Planning
Example: Prepared written reports, proposals, and other business correspondence.
Develop
Devise
Evaluate
Forecast
Formulate
Identify
Observe
Plan
Administer
Anticipate
Commission
Determine
Prepare
Prioritize
Research
Reserve
Revise
Strategize
Study
Tailor
Organizing
Example: Coordinated and recruited volunteers in the youth and family mentoring program.
Acquire
Activate
Adjust
Allocate
Alter
Appoint
Arrange
Assemble
Assess
Assign
Authorize
Catalogue
Centralize
Chart
Classify
Collect
Commit
Confirm
Contract
Coordinate
Customize
Delegate
Designate
Design
Dispatch
Establish
Facilitate
Implement
Incorporate
Institute
Issue
Link
Log
Map out
Neat
Obtain
Order
Organize
Procure
Program
Recruit
Rectify
Retrieve
Route
Schedule
Select
Secure
Simplify
Sought
Straighten
Suggest
Track
Transfer
Executing
Example: Handled 20-35+ customer calls per shift regarding coverage changes, renewal rates and billing procedures.
Act
Administer
Carry out
Collect
Complete
Conduct
Display
Distribute
Enter
Exercise
Forward
Handle
Input
Install
Labor
Merchandise
Operate
Perform
Process
Produce
Proof
Prospect
Ship
Sell
Stock
Transact
Index
Judge
License
Maintain
Measure
Modify
Monitor
Officiate
Overhaul
Oversee
Police
Prohibit
Refine
Regulate
Review
Revise
Screen
Set
Scrutinize
Supervise
Supply
Tighten
Trace
Update
Guide
Hire
Influence
Initiate
Inspire
Involve
Lead
Manage
Mentor
Motivate
Originate
Pioneer
Promote
Raise
Recognized for
Set goals
Spearhead
Stimulate
Strengthen
Supervise
Train
Transform
Visualize
Engineer
Foresaw
Formulate
Find
Gather
Investigate
Recommend
Remedy
Remodel
Repair
Resolve
Revamp
Revitalize
Revive
Satisfy
Solve
Streamline
Synthesize
Theorize
Supervising
Example: Analyzed product sales in 8 markets across the country.
Adjust
Analyze
Apportion
Assess
Certify
Compare
Control
Correct
Correlate
Develop
Discover
Establish
Examine
Explore
Grade
Inspect
Leading
Example: Conducted intake interviews with new clients.
Accelerate
Assume
Cause
Chair
Change
Conduct
Direct
Disprove
Elect
Employ
Empower
Encourage
Enlist
Envision
Foster
Found
Problem Solving
Example: Created databases to perform market analysis.
Alleviate
Analyze
Apply
Brainstorm
Collaborate
Conceive
Craft
Create
Debug
Decide
Decipher
Detect
Determine
Diagnose
Getting Results
Example: Increased student participation by 30% over a 6-month period.
Accomplish
Achieve
Add
Advance
Attain
Augment
Boost
Built
Combine
Complete
Consolidate
Construct
Contribute
Deliver
Demonstrate
Diminish
Earn
Eclipse
Eliminate
Enlarge
Enjoy
Enlist
Ensure
Excel
Expand
Expedite
Extend
Finalize
Fulfill
Gain
Generate
Grow
Guarantee
Hasten
Heighten
Improve
Increase
Innovate
Integrate
Introduce
Invent
Join
Launch
Light
Minimize
Modernize
Obtain
Open
Orchestrate
Overcome
Prevail
Produce
Qualify
Realize
Receive
Reduce (losses)
Rejuvenate
Renovate
Restore
Target
Uncover
Quantitative
Example: Converted files from COBAL to JAVA in order to increase compatibility with current systems.
Account for
Appraise
Approximate
Audit
Balance
Budget
Calculate
Check
Compile
Compound
Compute
Conserve
Convert
Count
Dispense
Disburse
Earn
Enumerate
Estimate
Figure
Finance
Gross
Increase
Inventory
Maximize
Multiply
Net
Profit
Project
Purchase
Quantify
Rate
Reconcile
Record
Reduce
Tabulate
Communicating
Example: Taught emotional regulation and social skills to preschoolers in a classroom setting.
Act
Adapt
Admit
Address
Allow
Amend
Arbitrate
Argue
Ascertain
Attest
Brief
Clarify
Clear up
Close
Communicate
Compose
Consent
Conclude
Convince
Consult
Correspond
Critique
Dedicate
Define
Deliberate
Demonstrate
Draft
Dramatize
Edit
Educate
Elicit
Explain
Extract
Fabricate
Fashion
Greet
Highlight
Illustrate
Improvise
Indicate
Infer
Inform
Instruct
Interpret
Interview
Justify
Lecture
Market
Mediate
Moderate
Negotiate
Perceive
Persuade
Present
Publicize
Query
Question
Refer
Reinforce
Relate
Render
Report
Represent
Reveal
Sanction
Settle
Shape
Smooth
Specify
Spook
Sell
Solicit
Submit
Substantiate
Suggest
Summarize
Supplement
Support
Survey
Synthesize
Systematize
Test
Teach
Translate
Transmit
Verify
Welcome
Write
Helping
Example: Counseled children and parents with emotional and mental difficulties to help create a safe home environment.
Aid
Accommodate
Advice
Alleviate
Assist
Assure
Bolster
Coach
Continue
Cooperate
Counsel
Deal
Ease
Elevate
Enable
Endorse
Enhance
Enrich
Familiarize
Help
Intercede
Mobilize
Model
Polish
Prescribe
Provide
Protect
Rehabilitate
Relieve
Rescue
Return
Save
Serve
Sustain
Tutor
Note: the list above are words in present-tense (meaning you are currently working). If you are no longer at a given position,
please be sure to change the action words to past-tense.
Source: Ausburg College Career Center
University Career Center | Union West Building Rm. 103 | (915) 747-5640 | www.utep.edu/careers | [email protected]
RD: 8/2015