List of Action Verbs

A list of action verbs is very handy when writing an eye catching resume. Action verbs are very good to use in resume or CV because when listing your activities and interests on a resume, it may not be immediately obvious to the reader what they involve. It can be useful to add a phrase or sentence that explains what you achieved or did using action verbs. Below is a list of action verbs and you can choose the action verbs that are most suitable.

Example of how to use action verbs

For example, in your resume, you may have 'College Music Society 1994-1995 Secretary'. You resume will be much more effective if you add action verbs as shown:

• 'responsible for getting the committee members to work together in organizing concerts' or
• 'co-ordinating members in mounting concerts'

Useful list of action verbs

crated	purchased	rendered	studied
instructed	oversaw	counselled	improved
reduced	installed	received	consolidated
negotiated	routed	built	ordered
planned	corresponded	detected	invented
sold	audited	selected	diagonosed
completed	co-ordinated	logged	examined
designed	researched	recommended	lectured
consulted	implemented	distributed	processed
evaluated	presented	arranged	reviewed
calculated	instituted	disproved	translated
identified	directed	developed	prescribed
performed	managed	edited	charted
constructed	eliminated	wrote	represented
controlled	provided	analyzed	promoted
dispensed	solved	produced	recorded
formulated	determined	conducted	operated
improved	collected	delivered	supervised
tested	referred	founded	drew up
protected	served	assisted	organized
compounded	increased	expanded	trained
devised	supplied	prepared	maintained
interpreted	administered	interviewed	advised
discovered	restored	conserved	delivered
arbitrated	criticized	assembled	realized
navigated	obtained