Résumé Action Verbs

Use action verbs to begin each description of a duty or accomplishment.

Edited
Planned
Directed
Serviced
Executed
Advised


EDITEDPLANNEDDIRECTED
  • acquired (manuscripts, etc.)
  • budgeted
  • caught (biased statements, inaccuracies)
  • clarified
  • collaborated
  • condensed (text)
  • consolidated (texts, projects, steps)
  • coordinated
  • corresponded
  • copyedited
  • created
  • designed
  • determined (audience needs)
  • drafted
  • evaluated (possible acquisitions, logic, tone, voice)
  • fact checked
  • harmonized (design elements)
  • initiated (organizational change, project, etc.)
  • interfaced with (designers, etc.)
  • maintained (consistency, etc.)
  • managed
  • met (audience needs, deadlines)
  • negotiated
  • obtained (bids, illustrations, permissions, etc.)
  • organized (resources, text)
  • prioritized
  • proofread
  • proposed
  • queried
  • researched
  • resolved
  • restored (voice, consistency)
  • supervised
  • supplied (headings, introduction, etc.)
  • tracked (graphics, project)
  • trained
  • tutored
  • wrote (captions, jacket copy, sidebars)
  • analyzed
  • appraised
  • arranged
  • created
  • designed
  • determined
  • devised
  • discovered
  • drafted
  • estimated
  • evaluated
  • examined
  • innovated
  • interpreted
  • investigated
  • mapped
  • measured
  • organized
  • originated
  • planned
  • prepared
  • produced
  • scheduled
  • solved
  • studied
  • adapted
  • assigned
  • chaired
  • controlled
  • coordinated
  • designated
  • directed
  • eliminated
  • founded
  • governed
  • guided
  • handled
  • headed
  • influenced
  • maintained
  • managed
  • negotiated
  • operated
  • prescribed
  • regulated
  • removed
  • supervised
  • transferred
  • vetoed
SERVICEDEXECUTEDADVISED
  • accommodated
  • aided
  • applied
  • assisted
  • diagnosed
  • edited
  • educated
  • endorsed
  • guaranteed
  • guided
  • improved
  • informed
  • installed
  • instructed
  • maintained
  • perfected
  • resolved
  • revised
  • solved
  • taught
  • trained
  • accomplished
  • achieved
  • activated
  • administered
  • approved
  • assembled
  • assisted
  • assumed
  • attached
  • attained
  • augmented
  • balanced
  • budgeted
  • classified
  • collected
  • combined
  • completed
  • condensed
  • conducted
  • consolidated
  • coordinated
  • converted
  • created
  • curtailed
  • delivered
  • disclosed
  • discontinued
  • dispatched
  • distributed
  • economized
  • employed
  • encouraged
  • established
  • estimated
  • exchanged
  • executed
  • expanded
  • expedited
  • extended
  • facilitated
  • formulated
  • hired
  • implemented
  • improved
  • increased
  • initiated
  • introduced
  • inventoried
  • maximized
  • minimized
  • modernized
  • modified
  • motivated
  • notified
  • observed
  • obtained
  • operated
  • procured
  • produced
  • promoted
  • rectified
  • reduced
  • reorganized
  • repaired
  • replaced
  • restored
  • simplified
  • sponsored
  • stabilized
  • strengthened
  • supplemented
  • surpassed
  • terminated
  • transformed
  • unified
  • updated
  • verified
  • acquainted
  • advertised
  • advised
  • advocated
  • conferred
  • consulted
  • counseled
  • displayed
  • exhibited
  • familiarized
  • illustrated
  • informed
  • instructed
  • notified
  • recommend
  • suggested
Editing words from Doris Dant. Nonediting words derived from a list supplied by the Career Development Center - Worcester Polytechnic Institute