Action Words For Resumes, CV and Cover Letters

Here are 175 more Action Words that you can use to give more power and oomph to your written and spoken words. Being able to express yourself more elaborately, whether in your Resume, CV or Cover Letters, with well-chosen words is the sign of an interesting and clever person.

This article I have chosen for you will add some of these powerful action words to your vocabulary and you will learn how to add some real power to your Resume, CV or Cover letter with some well chosen words.

175 Power Verbs and Phrases for Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviews

While you're revamping your resume or cover letter or constructing your proof-by-example stories for interviews, you'll find you need to watch your word choice. Why? Communication is powerful if the words we use to communicate are powerful. That's not all it takes, but the right action words make for a good beginning.

So as you craft achievement statements or write paragraphs that sell your skills or draft interview responses to knock the employers' socks off, consider these suggestions:

• Use verbs in active tense, not passive tense.
• Use verbs that convey power and action.
• Use verbs that claim the highest level of skill or achievement you can legitimately claim.
• Use verbs to accurately describe what you have done on the job.
• Use adjectives and adverbs sparingly, but when you use them, use them well.
• Use nouns that are as specific and as descriptive as possible.
• Use numbers whenever possible.
• Use the most impressive (and still honest) form of the number you use.
• Never lie! It IS NOT worth it. It WILL catch up with you.
• Proofread all your verbs and nouns for agreement, tense and appropriateness.

Here, then, are 175 powerful verbs and phrases to make use of in resumes, cover letters and interviews:

abated abolished accelerated accomplished achieved actively participated administered advanced advised aggressively analyzed applied assumed a key role authored automated built closed coached co-developed co-directed co-founded cold called collected co-managed communicated completed computerized conceptualized conducted consolidated contained contracted contributed controlled convinced coordinated cost effectively created critiqued cut dealt effectively decreased defined delivered designed developed developed and applied directed doubled

earned eliminated emphasized enforced established evaluated exceeded executed exercised expanded expedited facilitated filled focused formulated fostered founded gained generated ground-breaking headed up helped hired identified implemented improved increased initiated innovated instituted instructed integrated interviewed introduced investigated lectured led leveraged maintained managed marketed motivated negotiated orchestrated organized outmaneuvered overcame oversaw penetrated performed permitted persuaded planned

played a key role positioned prepared presented prevented produced profitably project managed promoted proposed prospected protected provided published quadrupled ranked received recommended recruited reduced removed renegotiated replaced researched resolved restored restructured reversed satisfied saved scheduled scoped out selected self-financed set up sold solved staffed started stopped streamlined substituted supervised taught tightened took the lead in trained trimmed tripled troubleshooted turned around upgraded yielded

While you certainly can use the list anytime you're looking to say something in a more powerful way, you can also use it to help jog your memory about accomplishments on present and past jobs that you might otherwise overlook. Also, consider using the list of action words to help you refine your resumes and cover letters to be more powerful in their presentation and communication.

Cheryl Lynch Simpson is a Spiritual Director and Solutions Coach who helps women discover and create the life they've always wanted to live. Cheryl is the author of over 30 print/Internet articles and the founder of Coaching Solutions For Women, a coaching website that produces and showcases career, business, and life solutions that improve the life balance of today's busy women. For a complimentary copy of her latest e-book, Ten-Minute Stress Zappers for Women Service Business Owners, visit http://www.coachingsolutionsforwomen.com.

How To Use This List

What I suggest you do is to pick out a couple of action words that you like to look of and then see if you can use it in an everyday situation to become familiar with the sound of it.

When you're comfortable using it, try to think of a way to introduce it into your interview answers as you prepare them or see if you can write it in your job application cover letters.

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