Use a variety of action verbs that describe your accomplishments and duties.

Also, keep all

descriptions in the same tense. The only description that should be written in present tense is
your current work experience. All previous work experiences should be written in past tense.
Here are a few examples of key action verbs you can use:

Management Creative Communication Clerical or Research Financial

Skills Skills Skills Detail Skills Skills Skills

Analyzed Acted Addressed Administered Clarified Administered

Assigned Conceptualized Arbitrated Approved Collected Allocated
Attained Created Arranged Arranged Critiqued Analyzed
Chaired Customized Authored Catalogued Diagnosed Appraised
Coached Designed Collaborated Classified Evaluated Audited
Controlled Devised Convinced Collected Examined Balanced
Consolidated Developed Corresponded Compiled Extracted Budgeted
Contracted Directed Developed Dispatched Identified Calculated
Coordinated Established Directed Executed Inspected Computed
Delegated Fashioned Drafted Generated Interpreted Developed
Developed Founded Edited Implemented Interviewed Forecasted
Directed Illustrated Enlisted Inspected Investigated Managed
Evaluated Improved Formulated Monitored Organized Marketed
Executed Initiated Influenced Operated Reviewed Planned
Facilitated Instituted Interpreted Organized Summarized Projected
Improved Integrated Lectured Prepared Surveyed Reconciled
Increased Introduced Mediated Prioritized Researched
Led Invented Moderated Processed Technical
Managed Originated Negotiated Purchased Skills
Organized Performed Persuaded Recorded Accomplish-
Oversaw Procured Promoted Retrieved Assembled ment Verbs
Planned Produced Published Screened Computed
Produced Proposed Reconciled Specified Designed Achieved
Recommended Planned Recruited Systematized Engineered Expanded
Reviewed Revitalized Spoke Streamlined Operated Launched
Scheduled Refined Translated Tabulated Overhauled Improved
Strengthened Redesigned Wrote Validated Programmed Pioneered
Supervised Reorganized Remodeled Reduced
Validated Shaped Repaired Resolved
Solved Restored
Upgraded Spearheaded