Power verbs bring your résumé to life. They paint a picture for the reviewer by highlighting your skills and accomplishments, affirm your communication skills, and help you stand out in a crowd. Begin each statement or phrase with a power verb, then take your résumé to the next level, by inserting action-packed power verbs into your work history and branding statement.
Tip: Remember to use present tense verbs in your profile and qualifications summary and when creating task, responsibility and accomplishment bullets for a current position. Use past-tense verbs to describe prior positions and experience in your work history.
There are literally thousands of verbs to choose from, so feel free to share your favorites. Here are some of our suggestions (by category) to help you get started.
Achievements/Awards
| • Accelerated | • Generated | • Prescribed |
| • Accomplished | • Grew | • Produced |
| • Achieved | • Honored | • Prevailed |
| • Arose | • Improved | • Raised |
| • Attained | • Increased | • Realized |
| • Awarded | • Introduced | • Reduced |
| • Chosen | • Lessened | • Revitalized |
| • Completed | • Mastered | • Streamlined |
| • Consummated | • Maximized | • Surpassed |
| • Circumvented | • Minimized | • Topped |
| • Established | • Outperformed | • Transformed |
| • Exceeded | • Overachieved | • Won |
| • Founded | • Overcame |
Communication
| • Addressed | • Disseminated | • Profiled |
| • Advertised | • Documented | • Proofread |
| • Advised | • Drafted | • Publicized |
| • Alerted | • Edited | • Published |
| • Amended | • Emailed | • Queried |
| • Announced | • Generated | • Questioned |
| • Answered | • Emphasized | • Recorded |
| • Arbitrated | • Explained | • Relayed |
| • Articulated | • Expressed | • Reported |
| • Authored | • Framed | • Responded |
| • Branded | • Highlighted | • Rewrote |
| • Briefed | • Informed | • Scribed |
| • Broadcasted | • Interacted | • Search Engine Optimized (SEO’d) |
| • Chronicled | • Interfaced | • Shared |
| • Circulated | • Interpreted | • Socialized |
| • Cited | • Interviewed | • Specified |
| • Clarified | • Liaised | • Spoke |
| • Commended | • Listened | • Suggested |
| • Communicated | • Logged | • Synthesized |
| • Compiled | • Mediated | • Talked |
| • Condensed | • Moderated | • Telegraphed |
| • Consulted | • Narrated | • Transcribed |
| • Contacted | • Notated | • Translated |
| • Conveyed | • Notified | • Transmitted |
| • Convinced | • Outlined | • Tweeted |
| • Corresponded | • Penned | • Verbalized |
| • Crowd Sourced | • Portrayed | • Wrote |
| • Debated | • Posted | |
| • Defined | • Presented | |
| • Detailed | • Proclaimed |
Creativity/Innovation
| • Accentuated | • Drew | • Merchandised |
| • Advertised | • Enhanced | • Originated |
| • Animated | • Enlivened | • Patented |
| • Architected | • Envisioned | • Personalized |
| • Brainstormed | • Exhibited | • Piloted |
| • Captivated | • Fashioned | • Pioneered |
| • Captured | • Formulated | • Photographed |
| • Composed | • Graphed | • Redesigned |
| • Conceived | • Hypothesized | • Renewed |
| • Conceptualized | • Illustrated | • Revolutionized |
| • Crafted | • Imaged | • Sculpted |
| • Created | • Imagined | • Shaped |
| • Customized | • Improvised | • Showcased |
| • Designed | • Initiated | • Sketched |
| • Devised | • Innovated | • Storyboarded |
| • Differentiated | • Instituted | • Unveiled |
| • Displayed | • Invented | • Visualized |
| • Drafted | • Marketed |
Leadership
| • Advocated | • Enabled | • Led |
| • Aroused | • Energized | • Lobbied |
| • Assembled | • Encouraged | • Mentored |
| • Bolstered | • Engaged | • Mobilized |
| • Campaigned | • Enlisted | • Modeled |
| • Catapulted | • Enticed | • Moderated |
| • Chaired | • Enthused | • Motivated |
| • Challenged | • Focused | • Nurtured |
| • Championed | • Furthered | • Parlayed |
| • Coached | • Garnered | • Persuaded |
| • Compromised | • Guided | • Rallied |
| • Counseled | • Ignited | • Sparked |
| • Drove | • Influenced | • Spearheaded |
| • Elected | • Infused | • Spurred |
| • Elicited | • Inspired | • Steered |
| • Empowered | • Instilled | • Stimulated |
Management/Supervisory
| • Absorbed | • Discharged | • Prepared |
| • Accounted for | • Dissolved | • Prioritized |
| • Accrued | • Dispensed | • Procured |
| • Acted | • Dispersed | • Projected |
| • Adopted | • Doubled | • Promoted |
| • Administered | • Economized | • Provisioned |
| • Aligned | • Elevated | • Pruned |
| • Allocated | • Eliminated | • Quantified |
| • Amended | • Enacted | • Ratcheted |
| • Anticipated | • Ensured | • Rated |
| • Appointed | • Estimated | • Reapportioned |
| • Appraised | • Examined | • Recognized |
| • Appropriated | • Executed | • Recommended |
| • Approved | • Extracted | • Recruited |
| • Assessed | • Facilitated | • Redefined |
| • Audited | • Forecasted | • Reinforced |
| • Augmented | • Fought | • Reigned in |
| • Authorized | • Fulfilled | • Reorganized |
| • Avoided | • Furnished | • Researched |
| • Benchmarked | • Funded | • Restructured |
| • Budgeted | • Gained | • Required |
| • Calculated | • Gauged | • Reversed |
| • Capitalized | • Governed | • Reviewed |
| • Carried out | • Hired | • Revised |
| • Carved out | • Injected | • Risked |
| • Cemented | • Intervened | • Saved |
| • Charged | • Justified | • Seized |
| • Charted | • Leveraged | • Set goals |
| • Checked | • Magnified | • Sharpened |
| • Chose | • Managed | • Shortened |
| • Commanded | • Mandated | • Slashed |
| • Commended | • Maneuvered | • Solicited |
| • Compared | • Measured | • Sourced |
| • Complied | • Mitigated | • Supervised |
| • Contracted | • Monitored | • Sustained |
| • Controlled | • Mounted | • Terminated |
| • Convened | • Navigated | • Transferred |
| • Critiqued | • Normalized | • Trimmed |
| • Cut | • Off shored | • Tripled |
| • Decided | • Orchestrated | • Turned |
| • Deduced | • Outsourced | • Vetted |
| • Delineated | • Oversaw | • Weighed |
| • Delegated | • Planned | • Withstood |
| • Designated | • Praised | |
| • Directed | • Predicted |
Teamwork
| • Acknowledged | • Diversified | • Melded |
| • Amassed | • Embraced | • Merged |
| • Anchored | • Elevated | • Nominated |
| • Assimilated | • Encouraged | • Organized |
| • Augmented | • Energized | • Participated |
| • Balanced | • Enlisted | • Partnered |
| • Blended | • Forged | • Supplemented |
| • Buoyed | • Fostered | • Syncopated |
| • Collaborated | • Gathered | • Teamed |
| • Coalesced | • Harmonized | • United |
| • Contributed | • Ignited | • Volunteered |
| • Coordinated | • Joined | • Wove |
| • Cultivated | • Married |
Technical Work
| • Accelerated | • Equipped | • Qualified |
| • Added | • Evaluated | • Quality Assured |
| • Adopted | • Expunged | • Ranked |
| • Aggregated | • Extended | • Realigned |
| • Analyzed | • Extracted | • Rebooted |
| • Applied | • Extrapolated | • Rebuilt |
| • Assembled | • Fabricated | • Reconciled |
| • Authenticated | • Finalized | • Reconstructed |
| • Automated | • Fine-Tuned | • Recovered |
| • Backed-up | • Formatted | • Rectified |
| • Balanced | • Functionalized | • Re-engineered |
| • Blocked | • Grouped | • Refreshed |
| • Boosted | • Hosted | • Reinforced |
| • Branched | • Identified | • Rehabilitated |
| • Bridged | • Implemented | • Released |
| • Built | • Initialized | • Remodeled |
| • Bundled | • Installed | • Replicated |
| • Calculated | • Integrated | • Restored |
| • Calibrated | • Isolated | • Retooled |
| • Certified | • Launched | • Retrieved |
| • Changed | • Licensed | • Retrofitted |
| • Checked | • Linked | • Revamped |
| • Classified | • Loaded | • Revised |
| • Cleaned | • Maintained | • Road mapped |
| • Cleansed | • Manufactured | • Rolled out |
| • Cleared | • Mapped | • Rotated |
| • Coded | • Mechanized | • Routed |
| • Collocated | • Merged | • Safeguarded |
| • Computed | • Migrated | • Salvaged |
| • Computerized | • Mined | • Scanned |
| • Configured | • Mirrored | • Scoped |
| • Consolidated | • Mobilized | • Scrubbed |
| • Constructed | • Modeled | • Secured |
| • Corrected | • Modified | • Selected |
| • Debugged | • Moved | • Sequenced |
| • Deciphered | • Networked | • Solved |
| • Decoded | • Neutralized | • Stabilized |
| • Dedicated | • Operated | • Standardized |
| • Defended | • Optimized | • Straddled |
| • Delivered | • Overhauled | • Systematized |
| • Deployed | • Packaged | • Tested |
| • Digitized | • Patched | • Toggled |
| • Discovered | • Penetrated | • Traced |
| • Dispatched | • Pinpointed | • Transitioned |
| • Distributed | • Prevented | • Updated |
| • Duplicated | • Prioritized | • Upgraded |
| • Enabled | • Processed | • Validated |
| • Engineered | • Programmed | • Verified |
| • Enhanced | • Protected | • Virtualized |
| • Eradicated | • Prototyped | • Web-enabled |
| • Estimated | • Provisioned |
Training
| • Assessed | • Enriched | • Lectured |
| • Adapted | • Enrolled | • Showed |
| • Advised | • Familiarized | • Taught |
| • Demonstrated | • Honed | • Trained |
| • Demystified | • Indoctrinated | • Tutored |
| • Dispensed | • Informed | |
| • Educated | • Instructed |
User/Technical Support Experience
| • Appeased | • Formatted | • Resolved |
| • Allayed | • Inspected | • Responded |
| • Ascertained | • Inventoried | • Satisfied |
| • Assisted | • Investigated | • Scheduled |
| • Assured | • Issued | • Served |
| • Cabled | • Labeled | • Serviced |
| • Closed | • Located | • Set up |
| • Connected | • Logged | • Shipped |
| • Corrected | • Monitored | • Supported |
| • Diagnosed | • Performed | • Sustained |
| • Dispatched | • Pleased | • Ticketed |
| • Dissected | • Prioritized | • Tracked |
| • Eased | • Racked | • Trailed |
| • Escalated | • Remedied | • Triaged |
| • Expedited | • Repaired | • Troubleshot |
| • Fixed | • Requisitioned | • Uncovered |
