Work through this list of action verbs and check which ones apply to you and
your work experience.
Make sure each of your achievement statements starts
with an action verb.
Accelerated
Accomplished
Achieved
Acted
Activated
Adjusted
Administered
Adopted
Advanced
Advised
Analysed
Appraised
Approved
Arbitrated
Arranged
Assembled
Assessed
Assigned
Attained
Awarded
Balanced
Began
Boosted
Briefed
Budgeted
Built
Calculated
Captured
Catalogued
Centralized
Collaborated
Compiled
Completed
Composed
Computed
Conceived
Condensed
Conducted
Consolidated
Controlled
Converted
Convinced
Coordinated
Costed
Created
Cultivated
Cut
Decided
Defined
Delegated
Delivered
Demonstrated
Designed
Developed
Devised
Directed
Discovered
Distributed
Diverted
Doubled
Earned
edited
educated
Established
Evaluated
Executed
Expanded
Explored
Facilitated
Fashioned
Financed
Forecasted
Formulated
Fostered
Founded
Furnished
Gained
Gathered
Generated
Governed
Handled
Headed
Hired
Hosted
Identified
Illustrated
Implemented
Improved
Improvised
Increased
Influenced
Initiated
Innovated
Installed
Installed
Instigated
Instituted
Introduced
Invented
Invented
Investigated
Involved
Joined
Judged
Kept
Launched
Learned
Led
Liaised
Located
Maintained
Managed
Manipulated
Marketed
Maximised
Mediated
Monitored
Motivated
Navigated
Negotiated
Netted
Observed
Obtained
Opened
Operated
Orchestrated
Ordered
Organised
Originated
Outlined
Overcame
Participated
Performed
Persuaded
Piloted
Planned
Predicted
Prepared
Presented
Processed
Produced
Programmed
Projected
Promoted
Proposed
Provided
Purchased
Raised
Rated
Reached
Realised
Reasoned
Recommended
Reconciled
Recorded
Recruited
Redesigned
Reduced
Regulated
Remodeled
Reorganised
Repaired
Replaced
Researched
Restored
Retrieved
Reviewed
Revised
Revitalised
Saved
Scheduled
Screened
Secured
Shaped
Shared
Sponsored
Strengthened
Stressed
Stretched
Structured
Succeeded
Suggested
Summarised
Superseded
Supervised
Surveyed
Synthesised
Systematised
Targeted
Taught
Terminated
Tracked
Traded
Trained
Transferred
Transformed
Translated
Updated
Upgraded
Utilised
Validated
Won
Worked
Wrote
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