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Power Verbs
Demand your reader’s attention; keep them curious and interested in your CV by starting your sentences with power verbs. They will energise and brighten your achievements.
To help you, we have provided the following list:
| Accelerated |
Dealt |
improvised |
represented |
| accomplished |
debated |
included |
rescued |
| acquired |
decided |
incorporated |
researched |
| acted |
decreased |
increased |
resolved |
| added |
defined |
initiated |
revealed |
| addressed |
delegated |
inspected |
reviewed |
| adjusted |
delivered |
instituted |
revised |
| administered |
demonstrated |
instructed |
|
| advised |
described |
integrated |
Saved |
| advocated |
designated |
interpreted |
scheduled |
| aided |
designed |
interviewed |
scouted |
| allotted |
determined |
introduced |
screened |
| analysed |
developed |
invented |
scrutinised |
| applied |
devised |
investigated |
selected |
| appointed |
diagnosed |
involved |
sent |
| appraised |
diminished |
|
served |
| approved |
directed |
Joined |
setup |
| arbitrated |
discovered |
|
shaped |
| argued |
dispatched |
Laboured |
shipped |
| arranged |
distributed |
launched |
showed |
| assembled |
drafted |
lectured |
sifted |
| assessed |
drew up |
led |
simplified |
| assigned |
dropped |
licensed |
smoothed |
| assimilated |
|
located |
sold |
| assisted |
Earned |
looked |
solved |
| assumed |
edited |
|
sought |
| assured |
educated |
Made |
spearheaded |
| attained |
effected |
maintained |
specified |
| attended |
elected |
managed |
spoke |
| audited |
eliminated |
mapped |
started |
| authorised |
employed |
marketed |
stated |
| awarded |
enabled |
maximised |
stimulated |
| |
encouraged |
mediated |
stopped |
| Balanced |
engaged |
met |
straightened |
| began |
engineered |
moderated |
stripped |
| briefed |
enjoyed |
modified |
structured |
| brought |
enlarged |
moulded |
studied |
| budgeted |
enlisted |
monitored |
submitted |
| built |
ensured |
motivated |
succeeded |
| |
established |
moved |
suggested |
| Calculated |
estimated |
|
summarised |
| captained |
evaluated |
Named |
supervised |
| catalogued |
examined |
negotiated |
supplied |
| caused |
expanded |
netted |
supported |
| chaired |
expedited |
|
surmounted |
| changed |
expended |
Qualified |
surveyed |
| checked |
explained |
|
systemised |
| chose |
explored |
Raised |
|
| clarified |
extracted |
ran |
Tabulated |
| classified |
|
rated |
targeted |
| closed |
Facilitated |
realised |
taught |
| coached |
familiarised |
received |
tested |
| collected |
filed |
recognised |
tightened |
| combined |
financed |
recommended |
took |
| communicated |
followed up |
referred |
took over |
| compared |
forecast |
rehabilitated |
transferred |
| compiled |
foresaw |
reinforced |
transformed |
| completed |
formulated |
related |
translated |
| composed |
forwarded |
renegotiated |
travelled |
| computed |
fostered |
renovated |
treated |
| concluded |
found |
reorganised |
tutored |
| conditioned |
functioned |
reported |
typed |
| conducted |
|
represented |
|
| consolidated |
Gained |
rescued |
Umpired |
| constructed |
galvanised |
researched |
uncovered |
| consulted |
guided |
resolved |
unearthed |
| contacted |
|
revealed |
updated |
| continued |
Handled |
reviewed |
used |
| contracted |
heightened |
revised |
|
| controlled |
highlighted |
rehabilitated |
Validated |
| convinced |
hired |
reinforced |
|
| corrected |
hunted |
related |
Welcomed |
| corresponded |
|
renegotiated |
won |
| counselled |
Identified |
renovated |
worked |
| created |
illustrated |
reorganised |
wrote |
| |
implemented |
reported |
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