List of Action Verbs

Use action verbs whenever possible in describing your skills and accomplishments. Here is a suggested list; feel free to come up with others.
Accelerated Assembled Assisted Attracted Arranged Attained Approved Appraised Assigned Acted Addressed Administered Achieved Aided Advised Adapted Attended Applied Analyzed Anticipated Assessed Advertised Accounted Arbitrated Bargained Balanced Budgeted Built Briefed Composed Constructed Controlled Corrected Copied Cultivated Compiled Collated Classified Calculated Computed Coordinated Conducted Compared Coached	Clarified Counseled Collaborated Cooperated Contracted Collected Charted Critiqued Completed Contributed Consulted Created Detailed Diagramed Developed Devised Decreased Delegated Demonstrated Documented Discussed Diagnosed Decided Debated Defined Designed Detected Dissected Established Explained Edited Expanded Endured Examined Evaluated Fitted Filed Facilitated Forecast Guided Generated Grouped Helped Hired	Insured Implemented Investigated Increased Illustrated Influenced Initiated Installed Interpreted Instructed Invented Integrated Improved Interviewed Inspected Isolated Inspired Justified Judged Led Molded Managed Motivated Mediated Modeled Modified Negotiated Operated Overhauled Obtained Ordered Observed Organized Projected Prepared Produced Purchased Performed Persuaded Promoted Planned Published Presented Programmed	Retained Recorded Recruited Reconciled Reduced Reported Reviewed Referred Restored Recognized Recommended Represented Restructured Revised Renewed Researched Refined Replaced Simplified Simulated Spoke Summarized Supervised Selected Synthesized Solved Scheduled Strengthened Started Surveyed Styled Sold Screened Tabulated Trained Translated Taught Treated Tested Traced Updated Validated Wrote

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