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Action Words: Career and Employment Service

The document provides a list of action words to use in CVs, cover letters, applications, and interviews to highlight one's skills and accomplishments. Using active, positive words draws attention to what the applicant has achieved and what they are capable of doing for an employer. The words are grouped into categories including communication, leadership, initiative, interpersonal skills, organizational abilities, results orientation, creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving. Employers are impressed by applicants who can articulate their strengths and value through the strategic use of powerful action verbs.

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Action Words: Career and Employment Service

The document provides a list of action words to use in CVs, cover letters, applications, and interviews to highlight one's skills and accomplishments. Using active, positive words draws attention to what the applicant has achieved and what they are capable of doing for an employer. The words are grouped into categories including communication, leadership, initiative, interpersonal skills, organizational abilities, results orientation, creativity, critical thinking, and problem solving. Employers are impressed by applicants who can articulate their strengths and value through the strategic use of powerful action verbs.

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Career and Employment Service

Action words
By using active and positive words in your CV; cover letter; application forms and in interviews youll be enhancing your impact and making a stronger impression on potential employers. They highlight what you have achieved in all aspects of your life - not just the tasks you have carried out. To be effective they should convey what you have done and therefore what you are capable of doing for an employer. They imply a range of skills, capabilities, achievements, responsibilities, and experience that you have and that you can offer to an employer. If you are unsure of the meaning of a word, check the dictionary before you use it. Some words listed will be applicable to more than one of the categories below. Please also refer to Transferable skills.

Communication
Addressed Advertised Circulated Clarified Coached Communicated Corresponded Displayed Distributed Edited Emphasised Explained Identified Instructed Lectured Oriented Prescribed Presented Promoted Publicised Recommended Represented Reported Responded Showed Spoke Summarised Surveyed Translated Transmitted Tutored Wrote

Leadership
Activated Allocated Appointed Approved Assigned Authorised Awarded Chaired Conducted Controlled Conducted Convinced Dealt with Delegated Designated Directed Encouraged Enforced Evaluated Executed Governed Hired Headed Influenced Inspired Integrated Led Managed Mentored Navigated Oversaw Piloted Presided Projected Regulated Selected Settled Spearheaded Specified Sponsored Stipulated Supervised Trained Transformed

Initiative
Attended Automated Collected Compiled Considered Contracted Delivered Discharged Engaged Engineered Ensured Established Examined Expedited Founded Handled Implemented Increased Inspected Instituted Interviewed Launched Maintained Monitored Moved Operated Packaged Participated Performed Processed Proposed Received Recruited Reviewed Shipped Solicited Sorted Staffed Submitted Supplied Systematised Trained Utilised Verified

Interpersonal
Accommodated Adjusted Advised Agreed Assisted Consulted Contributed Co-operated Counselled Facilitated Guided Harmonised Influenced Listened Mediated Modified Motivated Negotiated Personalised Persuaded Provided Reconciled Related Requested Respected Served Shared Taught

Organisational
Arranged Administered Anticipated Assembled Budgeted Calculated Catalogued Charted Consolidated Co-ordinated Dispatched Drafted Decided Decreased Enlisted Gathered Introduced Ordered Organised Programmed Planned Prepared Purchased Recorded Reorganised Reported Required Retrieved Scheduled Specified Structured Synthesized

Results-oriented
Accomplished Accounted Achieved Advanced Altered Attained Attracted Awarded Benefited Built Changed Combined Completed Constructed Dismantled Earned Eliminated Expanded Finished Generated Identified Improved Manufactured Marketed Obtained Predicted Prevented Produced Profited Reduced Repaired Replaced Solved Tested Turned around Upgraded

Creativity
Acted Adapted Authored Composed Conceived Conceptualised Created Designed Developed Devised Established Estimated Forecasted Formulated Illustrated Initiated Invented Perceived Proposed Researched Revised Shaped Studied Sketched

Critical thinking / Problem-solving


Analysed Applied Appraised Arbitrated Assessed Checked Compared Contrasted Defined Diagnosed Discovered Interpreted Investigated Judged Observed Problem-solved Reasoned Resolved Restored Traced

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