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Desirable Verbs

Remember to always use Action Verbs in your resume when describing your experiences and positions.  Some verbs and adjectives that you may consider incorporating into your resume are included below:

OFFICE/MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP SKILLS

Planning                                                Coordinating                         Collecting                   Persuading                       Validating

Following Through              Concentration                       Focusing                    Comparing                        Classifying

Reproducing                         Influencing                            Recruiting                   Stimulating                       Bargaining

Overseeing                            Initiating                                Decisiveness             Inspiring                           Goal Setting

Programming                         Recognizing                          Supervising                Hiring                                Responsibility

Facilitating                            Purchasing                            Accuracy                    Persevering                      Tabulation

Filing                                      Reasoning                             Promoting                   Enlisting                           Arbitrating

Public Speaking                    Crisis                                      Intervention               Conducting                      Articulating

Independence                       Risk-Taking                           Impressing                 Organizing                        Delegating

Administering                       Resourcefulness                  Executing                    Expediting                        Compiling

Remembering                        Systematic                             Simplifying                 Inspiring Trust                Encouraging

Developing                           Fund Raising                        Motivating                 Mediating                       Recommending

Regulating                             Planning                                                Leading                       Attention                          Scheduling

 MARKETING SKILLS

Briefing                                  Informing                               Conveying                Persuading                        Preparing

Consulting                            Clarifying                               Illustrating                 Generating                         Creating Developing                           Enhancing                             Canvassing               Surveying                          Launching

Publishing                             Researching                          Editing                       Analyzing                          Writing

Conceptualizing

WORDS TO DESCRIBE CAPABILITIES

Training                                 Counseling                            Regulating             Helping Others                     Communication

Evaluating                             Educational                           Designed               Computational                      Writing

Performing Arts                    Innovating                            Interviewing          Inventing                               Investigating

Management                         Administration                     Analyzing              Selling                                    Planning

Organization                         Program Development                                        

WORDS TO DESCRIBE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Communicated      Defined                  Translated             Tutored                  Taught                   Derived

Briefed                   Coached                                Cared for                Instructed              Provided                Created

Hosted                   Facilitated              Assisted                                Clarified                 Generated              Developed Rapport

Teamed with         Invented                                Designed               Serviced                 Applied                  Formulated                           

Enabled                  Developed             Wrote                     Innovated              Published              Selected                

Fashioned             Adapted                                Performed              Produced               Entertained            Planned 

Drew up                 Presented              Motivated             Coordinated          Recruited               Negotiated

Edited                     Managed               Organized              Arranged               Mediated