Blog Post: Action Words Can Make or Break Your Resume

The job market is filled with frustrated applicants wondering why they didn’t receive an invitation for an interview or secure the desired position.  Often it comes down to their resume.  Although filled with education, experience and accomplishments the resume fails to translate successes onto paper.  Action words provide impact and purpose to your achievements and capture the hiring manager’s attention. 

Try using some of the following action words at the beginning of your sentences:  Formulated, Analyzed, Administered, Prevented, Originated, Selected, Simplified, Generated, Minimized, Negotiated, Launched, Founded, Reviewed, Created, Developed, and Implemented. 

Here is an example of action words in resume format:

Planned and oversaw the development and implementation of the 54 Project in the southwest region

Recruited and hired a respected botany specialist to oversee the greenhouse center 

Sold the 54 Project in 1991 resulting in a revenue increase of $10.2M

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