Writing Your Resume with Power Words
Use These Resume Power Words with Confidence.
As a practice exercise, take your old resume, and at random, look for places to insert good resume power words. Watch how quickly your old resume will be transformed! Make good use of adjectives when writing your resume.
Remember, an Adjective Describes. When writing your resume you want to be able to describe all that is important to you and your accomplishments. Write with description and your resume will be more interesting!
Resume Power Word 'A'
accomplished advertised arranged
achieved advised assembled
acquired analyzed assisted
adapted appraised audited
adjusted approved augmented
administered arbitrated authored
Resume Power Word 'B'
budgeted built
Resume Power Word 'C'
calculated conceived coordinated
catalogued conceptualized copyrighted
charted conducted corrected
closed (a deal) consolidated corresponded
coached constructed counseled
compared consulted created
compiled contacted cultivated
completed controlled
composed convinced
Resume Power Word 'D'
debugged detected discovered
decreased determined dispatched
delegated developed distributed
delivered devised documented
designated diagnosed
designed directed
Resume Power Word 'E'
edited enhanced examined
elicited enlarged exceeded
eliminated established executed
empowered estimated expanded
engineered evaluated explained
Resume Power Word 'F'
fired flagged formulated
founded
Resume Power Word 'G'
gathered generated guided
Resume Power Word 'H'
headed hired
Resume Power Word 'I'
identified initiated interpreted
ignited innovated interviewed
implemented inspected invented
improved installed inventoried
increased instituted
influenced instructed
Resume Power Word 'J'
justified
Resume Power Word 'L'
lectured lobbied logged
led
Resume Power Word 'M'
maintained mediated motivated
managed modified
manufactured monitored
Resume Power Word 'N'
negotiated
Resume Power Words 'O'
obtained ordered overhauled
operated organized
Resume Power Word 'P'
patented prepared programmed
performed presented promoted
persuaded presided proposed
placed processed provided
planned produced purchased
posted proficient
Resume Power Word 'Q'
quantified qualified
Resume Power Word 'R'
recognized reorganized researched
recommended repaired restored
reconciled replaced reviewed
reduced reported revised
referred represented
regulated rescued
Resume Power Word 'S'
scheduled sold suggested
screened solved supervised
selected steered supplied
served streamlined systematized
simplified studied
Resume Power Word 'T'
taught tracked transcribed
tested trained translated
traced
Resume Power Word 'U'
updated utilized
Resume Power Words 'V'
vended validated
Resume Power Word 'W'
won wrote