Resume Power Verbs

When crafting your resume, it’s important to start each description with an action or power verb. Please use the list below for examples to use.

  • Analyzed
  • Assessed
  • Adapted
  • Cataloged
  • Coded
  • Compiled
  • Consolidated
  • Critiqued
  • Defined
  • Diagnosed
  • Diversified
  • Evaluated
  • Examined
  • Identified
  • Investigated
  • Judged
  • Researched
  • Sorted
  • Strategized

  • Answered
  • Authored
  • Clarified
  • Communicated
  • Composed
  • Conveyed
  • Drafted
  • Edited
  • Emphasized
  • Illustrated
  • Informed
  • Instructed
  • Marketed
  • Persuaded
  • Presented
  • Promoted
  • Publicized
  • Reported
  • Responded
  • Summarized
  • Translated
  • Verbalized
  • Wrote

  • Conceived
  • Conceptualized
  • Innovated
  • Invented
  • Pioneered
  • Proposed

  • Accomplished
  • Completed
  • Created
  • Developed
  • Devised
  • Engineered
  • Established
  • Exceeded
  • Generated
  • Influenced
  • Instituted
  • Launched
  • Reached
  • Resolved
  • Solidified
  • Solved
  • Structured
  • Strengthened
  • Succeeded

  • Assembled
  • Built
  • Constructed
  • Delivered
  • Designed
  • Distributed
  • Fixed
  • Operated
  • Rebuilt

  • Advocated
  • Collaborated
  • Connected
  • Consulted
  • Counseled
  • Demonstrated
  • Educated
  • Energized
  • Engaged
  • Enlisted
  • Facilitated
  • Greeted
  • Interviewed
  • Mediated
  • Motivated
  • Negotiated
  • Partnered
  • Recruited
  • Rehabilitated
  • Represented
  • Taught
  • Trained
  • Tutored
  • United
  • Welcomed

  • Enhanced
  • Expanded
  • Expedited
  • Improved
  • Increased
  • Perfected
  • Recommended
  • Redesigned
  • Reorganized
  • Repositioned
  • Restored
  • Restructured
  • Revised
  • Revitalized
  • Simplified
  • Transformed
  • Updated
  • Upgraded

  • Administered
  • Advised
  • Challenged
  • Coached
  • Coordinated
  • Created
  • Delegated
  • Directed
  • Eliminated
  • Encouraged
  • Founded
  • Guided
  • Headed
  • Hired
  • Hosted
  • Initiated
  • Led
  • Managed
  • Mentored
  • Officiated
  • Orchestrated
  • Oversaw
  • Presided
  • Supervised

  • Organized
  • Planned
  • Prepared
  • Processed
  • Recorded
  • Scheduled
  • Standardized
  • Systematized

  • Eliminated
  • Reduced
  • Modified
  • Monitored
  • Obtained
  • Performed
  • Received
  • Recognized
  • Regulated
  • Retrieved