RESUME WRITING – ACTION WORDS

Using action words in your resume will help you to attract the reader’s attention and add impact to
the start of your sentences.

You can use action words from the below list for your responsibilities and achievements.

Past tense (previous roles) Present tense (current role)

administered administering
achieved achieving
adapted adapting
addressed addressing
advised advising
allocated allocating
analysed analysing
approved approving
arranged arranging
assessed assessing
assisted assisting
collaborated collaborating
compiled compiling
completed completing
conducted conducting
consolidated consolidating
contributed contributing
coordinated coordinating
demonstrated demonstrating
designed designing
developed developing
enhanced enhancing
established establishing
evaluated evaluating
executed executing
explored exploring
facilitated facilitating
formulated formulating
generated generating
identified identifying
implemented implementing
improved improving
incorporated incorporating
increased increasing
influenced influencing
informed informing
initiated initiating
installed installing
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ensured ensuring
integrated integrating
introduced introducing
invented inventing
investigated investigating
involved involving
joined joining
judged judging
led leading
maintained maintaining
managed managing
monitored monitoring
motivated motivating
negotiated negotiating
observed observing
obtained obtaining
operated operating
ordered ordering
organised organising
outlined outlining
oversaw overseeing
participated participating
persuaded persuading
processed processing
promoted promoting
provided providing
reconciled reconciling
recorded recording
rectified rectifying
reduced reducing
reported reporting
resolved resolving
reviewed reviewing
scheduled scheduling
streamlined streamlining
strengthened strengthening
supervised supervising
supplied supplying
supported supporting
utilised utilising
validated validating
verified verifying