Strong and powerful verbs action words (known as verbs) are helpful in determining if an applicant is qualified or not. In other term, these action words signal your employer if you're the one to interview or not.

Your hiring managers actually want you to tell them "how and how much" you accomplished your achievements, not simply "what you did".

Because some companies are using computers to scan the resumes sent to their offices, it is much wiser to put these words. Adding the following verbs in your resume may impress not only the computer resume scanners but the headhunters as well.

To help you craft a wonderful resume, see the comprehensive list below.
A
Accompanied
Accomplished
Achieved
Acquired
Acted
Activated
Adapted
Added
Addressed
Adhered
Adjusted
Administered
Adopted
Affected
Aided
Allocated
Altered
Amended
Amplified
Analyzed
Anticipated
Appointed
Appraised
Approached
Approved
Arbitrated
Arranged
Ascertained
Assembled
Assessed
Assigned
Assisted
Assumed
Audited
Augmented
Authored
Authorized
Automated
Awarded
B
Balanced
Bargained
Bought
Broadened
Budgeted
Built
C
Calculated
Capitalized
Captured
Carried out
Cataloged
Centralized
Challenged
Chaired
Checked
Chose
Circulated
Clarified
Cleared
Closed
Cold called
Collaborated
Collected
Combined
Commissioned
Committed
Communicated
Compared
Compiled
Complied
Completed
Composed
Computed
Conceived
Conceptualized
Concluded
Condensed
Conducted
Conferred
Consolidated
Constructed
Consulted
Contracted
Contributed
Controlled
Converted
Convinced
Coordinated
Corrected
Corrected
Corresponded
Counseled
Created
Critiqued
Cultivated
Cut
D
Debugged
Decided
Decentralized
Decreased
Defined
Delegated
Delivered
Demonstrated
Depreciated
Described
Designated
Designed
Determined
Developed
Devised
Diagrammed
Directed
Disclosed
Discounted
Discovered
Dispatched
Dissembled
Distinguished
Distributed
Diversified
Divested
Documented
Doubled
Drafted
E
Earned
Eased
Edited
Effected
Elected
Eliminated
Employed
Enabled
Encouraged
Endorsed
Enforced
Engaged
Engineered
Enhanced
Enlarged
Enriched
Entered
Entertained
Established
Estimated
Evaluated
Examined
Exceeded
Exchanged
Executed
Exercised
Expanded
Expedited
Explained
Exposed
Extended
Extracted
F
Facilitated
Familiarized
Fashioned
Fielded
Figured
Financed
Focused
Forecasted
Formalized
Formed
Formulated
Fortified
Found
Founded
Fulfilled
Functioned
Furnished
G
Gained
Gathered
Gauged
Gave
Generated
Governed
Graded
Granted
Greeted
Grouped
Guided
H
Handled
Headed
Hired
Hosted
I
Identified
Illustrated
Implemented
Improved
Inaugurated
Indoctrinated
Increased
Incurred
Induced
Influenced
Informed
Initiated
Innovated
Inquired
Inspected
Inspired
Installed
Instilled
Instituted
Insured
Interfaced
Interpreted
Interviewed
Introduced
Invented
Inventoried
Invested
Investigated
Invited
Involved
Isolated
Issued
J-M
Joined
Judged
Launched
Lectured
Led
Liaised
Liquidated
Litigated
Lobbied
Localized
Located
Maintained
Managed
Mapped
Marketed
Maximized
Measured
Mediated
Merchandised
Merged
Minimized
Modeled
Moderated
Modernized
Modified
Monitored
Motivated
Multiplied
Monitored
N-O
Named
Narrated
Negotiated
Nurtured
Observed
Obtained
Offered
Offset
Opened
Operated
Orchestrated
Ordered
Organized
Originated
Overhauled
Oversaw
P
Paid
Participated
Passed
Patterned
Penalized
Perceived
Performed
Permitted
Persuaded
Phased out
Pinpointed
Pioneered
Placed
Planned
Prepared
Presented
Preserved
Presided
Prevented
Priced
Printed
Prioritized
Probed
Processed
Procured
Produced
Profiled
Programmed
Projected
Promoted
Prompted
Proposed proved
Provided
Publicized
Published
Purchased
Pursued
Q-R
Quantified
Quoted
Raised
Ranked
Rated
Reacted
Read
Received
Recommended
Reconcile
Recorded
Recovered
Recruited
Rectified
Redesigned
Reduced
Referred
Refined
Regained
Regulated
Rehabilitated
Reinforced
Reinstated
Rejected
Related
Remedied
Remodeled
Renegotiated
Recognized
Replaced
Repaired
Reported
Represented
Requested
Researched
Resolved
Responded
Restored
Restructured
Resulted
Retained
Retrieved
Revamped
Revealed
Reversed
Reviewed
Revised
Revitalized
Rewarded
Routed
S
Saved
Scheduled
Screened
Secured
Selected
Sent
Separated
Served
Serviced
Settled
Shaped
Shortened
Showed
Sharked
Signed
Simplified
Sold
Solved
Spearheaded
Specified
Speculated
Spoke
Spread
Stabilized
Staffed
Staged
Standardized
Steered
Stimulated
Strategized
Streamlined
Strengthened
Stressed
Structured
Studied
Submitted
Substantiated
Substituted
Suggested
Summarized
Superseded
Supervised
Supplied
Supported
Surpassed
Surveyed
Synchronized
Synergy
Synthesized
Systematized
T-Y
Tabulated
Tailored
Targeted
Taught
Terminated
Tested
Testified
Tightened
Took
Traced
Traded
Trained
Transcended
Transacted
Transported
Traveled
Treated
Tripled
Uncovered
Undertook
Unified
United
Updated
Upgraded
Used
Utilized
Validated
Valued
Verified
Viewed
Visited
Weighed
Welcomed
Widened
Witnessed
Won
Worked
Wrote
Yield

Dr. Mark Wells is a world renowned career specialist and professional resume writer with more than 10 years of broad experience in writing resumes and career marketing tools. He completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree in English from Harvard University. At present, Dr. Wells is the Executive Editor and Head of the Writing Department of http://www.ResumeActiveWriters.com