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Action Verbs
Employers use your resume to get an idea about your background and skills. Use this list of action verbs to highlight your work experience.
A B C D E F G H I L M N O P R S T U W
A	Accelerate Accomplish Achieve Acquire Activate Actuate Adapt Address Administer Advise Affect Allocate Amend Amplify Analyze Anticipate Appraise Appoint Approve Arbitrate Arrange Assemble Assess Assist Assume Attain Attract Audit Augment Author Authorize Automate Avail Award
B	Balance Broaden Budget Build Buy
C	Calculate Capture Centralize Challenge Change Chart Clarify Close Coauthor Collaborate Collect Combine Communicate Compile Compose Compute Conceive Conceptualize Conclude Condense Conduct Consolidate Construct Contract Contribute Contrive Control Convert Coordinate Correct Counsel Create Cultivate
D	Decentralize Decrease Define Delegate Demonstrate Design Determine Develop Devise Devote Diagram Direct Discover Distribute Document Double Draft
E	Earn Edit Effect Elect Eliminate Employ Encourage Enforce Engineer Enhance Enlarge Enrich Establish Estimate Evaluate Examine Exceed Execute Expand Expedite Explain Expose Extend Extract
F	Facilitate Forecast Form Formulate Formalize Fortrify Find Frame Fulfill
G	Gain Gather Generate Govern Guide
H	Handle Hire
I	Identify Illuminate Implement Improve Improvise Inaugurate Increase Incur Inform Initiate Innovate Inspire Inspect Instigate Instruct Insure Install Instill Institute Interface Interpret Interview Introduce Invent Investigate Isolate Issue
L	Launch Lead Lighten Localize Locate
M	Maintain Manage Market Minimize Moderate Modify Monitor Motivate
N	Negotiate Nurture
O	Obtain Offer Operate Organize Orient Originate Overhaul
P	Perceive Perform Pinpoint Pioneer Plan Prepare Present Preserve Preside Prevent Process Procure Produce Program Promote Prompt Propose Prove Provide Publicize Publish Purchase
R	React Recommend Reconcile Record Recruit Rectify Redesign Reduce Refine Regain Regulate Reinforce Reject Relate Renegotiate Reorganize Replace Report Represent Research Resolve Restore Restructure Retrieve Revamp Review Revise Revitalize
S	Salvage Save Schedule Segment Select Serve Service Settle Shape Simplify Sell Solve Specify Stage Standardize Stimulate Streamline Strengthen Structure Study Suggest Summarize Supersede Supervise Supply Support Surpass Survey Systematize
T	Teach Terminate Test Tighten Trace Trade Train Translate
U	Utilize
W	Write

Source: Columbia University Center for Careers Services