Pull out your resume and highlight all of the verbs in it.
Are you seeing 'worked,' 'helped,' 'made,' 'was,' over and over again?
If so, it's time to spice up your professional profile document.
Wendy Enelow has compiled a great list of actions verbs to incorporate in your resume and she is offering it as a free resource on her web site: www.ResumeWritingAcademy.com.
Switch out the old verbs in your resume with some of these:
Accelerate / Accomplish / Achieve / Acquire / Adapt /Address / Advance /Advise Advocate / Analyze /Apply /Appoint / Arbitrate / Architect / Arrange /Ascertain /Assemble / Assess /Assist /Author /Authorize /Brief /Budget /Build /Calculate /Capture / Catalog /Champion /Chart /Clarify /Classify /Close /Coach /Collect /Command /Communicate /Compare /Compel /Compile /Complete /Compute /Conceive /Conclude /Conduct /Conserve /Consolidate /Construct /Consult /Continue / Contract /Convert /Coordinate /Correct /Counsel /Craft /Create /Critique /Decrease /Define /Delegate /Deliver /Demonstrate /Deploy /Design /Detail /Detect / Determine / Develop /Devise /Direct /Discover /Dispense /Display /Distribute /Diversify /Divert /Document /Double /Draft /Drive /Earn /Edit / Educate /Effect /Elect /Eliminate /Emphasize /Enact /Encourage /Endure /Energize /Enforce /Engineer /Enhance /Enlist /Ensure /Establish /Estimate /Evaluate /Examine /Exceed /Execute /Exhibit /Expand /Expedite /Experiment /Explore /Export /Facilitate /Finalize /Finance /Forge /Form /Formalize /Formulate /Found /Generate /Govern /Graduate /Guide /Halt /Head /Hire /Honor /Hypothesize /Identify /Illustrate /Imagine /Implement /Import /Improve /Improvise /Increase /Influence /Inform /Initiate /Innovate /Inspect /Inspire /Install /Institute /Instruct /Integrate /Intensify /Interpret /Interview /Introduce /Invent /Inventory /Investigate /Judge /Justify /Launch /Lead /Lecture /Leverage /License /Listen /Locate /Maintain /Manage /Manipulate /Manufacture /Map /Market /Mastermind /Measure /Mediate /Mentor /Model /Modify /Monitor /Motivate /Navigate /Negotiate /Nominate /Normalize /Observe /Obtain /Offer /Officiate /Operate /Orchestrate /Organize /Orient /Originate /Outsource /Overcome /Oversee /Participate /Perceive /Perfect /Perform /Persuade /Pilot /Pinpoint /Pioneer /Plan /Position /Predict /Prepare /Prescribe /Present /Preside /Process /Procure / Program /Progress /Project /Project manage /Promote /Propel /Propose /Prospect /Provide /Publicize /Purchase /Qualify /Question /Rate /Realign /Rebuild /Recapture /Receive /Recognize /Recommend /Reconcile /Record /Recruit /Redesign /Reduce /Reengineer /Regain /Regulate /Rehabilitate / Reinforce /Rejuvenate /Render /Renegotiate /Reorganize /Report /Reposition /Represent /Research /Resolve /Respond /Restore /Restructure /Retrieve /Review /Revise /Revitalize /Satisfy /Schedule /Secure /Select /Separate /Serve /Simplify /Sold /Solidify /Solve /Specify /Speak /Standardize /Stimulate /Streamline /Structure /Succeed /Suggest /Summarize /Supervise /Supply /Support /Surpass /Synthesize /Systematize /Tabulate /Target /Teach /Terminate /Test /Thwart /Train /Transcribe /Transfer /Transform /Transition /Translate /Troubleshoot /Unify /Unite / Update /Upgrade /Use /Utilize /Verbalize /Verify /Win /Write
Strong action verbs = strong candidate.
You'll be sure to stand out from the crowd with these powerful verbs.
Good luck!
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