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Action Verbs Categorized by Skills

Action Verbs Categorized by Skills (from Checkmate Resume)

Soft Skills

Hard Skills

Communications Skills

Financial Skills

Creative Skills

Management Skills

Helping Skills

Research Skills

Organizational Skills

Technical Skills

Teaching Skills

 

 

 

 

 

Communications Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Addressed
Advertised
Arbitrated
Arranged
Articulated
Authored
Clarified
Collaborated
Communicated
Composed
Condensed
Conferred
Consulted
Contacted
Conveyed
Convinced
Corresponded

Debated
Defined
Developed
Directed
Discussed
Drafted
Edited
Elicited
Enlisted
Explained
Expressed
Formulated
Furnished
Incorporated
Influenced
Interacted
Interpreted

Interviewed
Involved
Joined
Judged
Lectured
Listened
Marketed
Mediated
Moderated
Negotiated
Observed
Outlined
Participated
Persuaded
Presented
Promoted
Proposed

Publicized
Reconciled
Recruited
Referred
Reinforced
Reported
Resolved
Responded
Solicited
Specified
Spoke
Suggested
Summarized
Synthesized
Translated
Wrote

 

 

 

 

Creative Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acted
Adapted
Began
Combined
Composed
Conceptualized
Condensed
Created
Customized

Designed
Developed
Directed
Displayed
Drew
Entertained
Established
Fashioned
Formulated

Founded
Illustrated
Initiated
Instituted
Integrated
Introduced
Invented
Modeled
Modified

Originated
Performed
Photographed
Planned
Revised
Revitalized
Shaped
Solved

 

 

 

 

Helping Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adapted
Advocated
Aided
Answered
Arranged
Assessed
Assisted
Clarified
Coached
Collaborated

Contributed
Cooperated
Counselled
Demonstrated
Diagnosed
Educated
Encouraged
Ensured
Expedited

Facilitated
Familiarized
Furthered
Guided
Helped
Insured
Intervened
Motivated
Prevented

Provided
Referred
Rehabilitated
Represented
Resolved
Simplified
Supplied
Supported
Volunteered

 

 

 

 

Organizational Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Approved
Arranged
Catalogued
Categorized
Charted
Classified
Coded
Collected
Compiled
Corrected
Corresponded

Distributed
Executed
Filed
Generated
Incorporated
Inspected
Logged
Maintained
Monitored
Obtained
Operated

Ordered
Organized
Prepared
Processed
Provided
Purchased
Recorded
Registered
Reserved
Responded
Reviewed

Routed
Scheduled
Screened
Submitted
Supplied
Standardized
Systematized
Updated
Validated
Verified

 

 

 

 

Teaching Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adapted
Advised
Clarified
Coached
Communicated
Conducted
Coordinated
Critiqued

Developed
Enabled
Encouraged
Evaluated
Explained
Facilitated
Focused

Guided
Individualized
Informed
Instilled
Instructed
Motivated
Persuaded

Simulated
Stimulated
Taught
Tested
Trained
Transmitted
Tutored

 

 

 

 

Financial Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administered
Adjusted
Allocated
Analyzed
Appraised
Assessed
Audited
Balanced

Budgeted
Calculated
Computed
Conserved
Corrected
Determined
Developed
Estimated

Forecasted
Managed
Marketed
Measured
Netted
Planned
Prepared

Programmed
Projected
Qualified
Reconciled
Reduced
Researched
Retrieved
 

 

 

 

 

Management Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administered
Analyzed
Appointed
Approved
Assigned
Attained
Authorized
Chaired
Considered
Consolidated
Contracted
Controlled
Converted
Coordinated
Decided

Delegated
Developed
Directed
Eliminated
Emphasized
Enforced
Enhanced
Established
Executed
Generated
Handled
Headed
Hired
Hosted
Improved

Incorporated
Increased
Initiated
Inspected
Instituted
Led
Managed
Merged
Motivated
Navigated
Organized
Originated
Overhauled
Oversaw
Planned

Presided
Prioritized
Produced
Recommended
Reorganized
Replaced
Restored
Reviewed
Scheduled
Secured
Selected
Streamlined
Strengthened
Supervised
Terminated

 

 

 

 

Research Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analyzed
Clarified
Collected
Compared
Conducted
Critiqued
Detected
Determined

Diagnosed
Evaluated
Examined
Experimented
Explored
Extracted
Formulated
Gathered

Inspected
Interviewed
Invented
Investigated
Located
Measured
Organized
Researched

Reviewed
Searched
Solved
Summarized
Surveyed
Systematized
Tested

 

 

 

 

Technical Skills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adapted
Applied
Assembled
Built
Calculated
Computed
Conserved
Constructed
Converted

Debugged
Designed
Determined
Developed
Engineered
Fabricated
Fortified
Installed
Maintained

Operated
Overhauled
Printed
Programmed
Rectified
Regulated
Remodelled
Repaired

Replaced
Restored
Solved
Specialized
Standardized
Studied
Upgraded
Utilized


Source: Action Verbs Categorized by Skills

 

http://www.workbloom.com/resume/action-verbs-skills.aspx