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140 Power Verbs that Work

140 Power Verbs that Work

Use these power verbs to take your resume to the next level!

• achieved
• acquired
• administered
• advised
• aligned
• arranged
• assembled
• assessed
• assisted
• awarded
• balanced
• benchmarked
• boosted
• broadened
• calculated
• captured
• cemented
• championed
• collaborated
• commanded
• commissioned
• compiled
• composed
• conceived
• conducted
• configured
• consolidated
• constructed
• converted
• created
• cultivated
• customized
• decreased
• defined
• delivered
• demonstrated
• deployed
• designed
• determined
• developed
• devised
• discovered
• diversified
• documented
• drove
• earned
• eliminated
• enabled
• engineered
• enhanced
• established
• evaluated
• exceeded
• executed
• expedited
• extended
• facilitated
• formalized
• formulated
• generated
• guided
• heightened
• identified
• implemented
• improved
• incorporated
• increased
• initiated
• installed
• instituted
• instructed
• invented
• launched
• leveraged
• maintained
• managed
• mandated
• manufactured
• marketed
• merged
• met
• minimized
• mobilized
• modified
• negotiated
• optimized
• orchestrated
• organized
• outperformed
• overhauled
• oversaw
• penetrated
• perfected
• performed
• persuaded
• pioneered
• planned
• presented
• prevented
• promoted
• proved
• publicized
• quadrupled
• raised
• realigned
• rebuilt
• recognized
• reconstructed
• redesigned
• redirected
• reduced
• re-engineered
• refocused
• repaired
• revamped
• revised
• revitalized
• revolutionized
• rewarded
• salvaged
• secured
• seized
• solidified
• sourced
• spearheaded
• standardized
• strengthened
• succeeded
• trained
• transformed
• uncovered
• undertook
• unified
• updated
• upgraded
• upheld
• validated
• verified
• weathered
• yielded