POWER WORDS

Many companies are using resume scanners to cypher through the hundreds of applicants they receive for one particular job. If your resume is lacking key action or power words, you may find your resume being discarded in their system. The following is a list of words that should be utilized in your resume and cover letters. Take a careful look in the job description, using words they have already used will also give you a leg up. Remember, be creative and stand out!

 A

accelerated, acclimated, accompanied, accomplished, achieved, acquired,

acted, activated, actuated, adapted, added, addressed, adhered,

adjusted, administered, admitted, adopted, advanced, advertised,

advised, advocated, aided, aired, affected, allocated, altered, amended,

amplified, analyzed, answered, anticipated, appointed, appraised,

approached, approved, arbitrated, arranged, ascertained, asked,

assembled, assigned, assumed, assessed, assisted, attained, attracted,

audited, augmented, authored, authorized, automated, awarded, avail


B
balanced, bargained, borrowed, bought, broadened, budgeted, built

C
calculated, canvassed, capitalized, captured, carried, out, cast,

cataloged, centralized, challenged, chaired, changed, channeled,

charted, checked, chose, circulated, clarified, classified, cleared,

closed, co-authored, cold, called, collaborated, collected, combined,

commissioned, committed, communicated, compared, compiled, complied,

completed, composed, computed, conceived, conceptualized, concluded,

condensed, conducted, conferred, consolidated, constructed, consulted,

contracted, contrasted, contributed, contrived, controlled, converted,

convinced, coordinated, corrected, corresponded, counseled, counted,

created, critiqued, cultivated


D
debugged, decided, decentralized, decreased, deferred, defined,

delegated, delivered, demonstrated, depreciated, described, designated,

designed, determined, developed, devised, devoted, diagrammed, directed,

disclosed, discounted, discovered, dispatched, displayed, dissembled,

distinguished, distributed, diversified, divested, documented, doubled,

drafted


E
earned, eased, edited, effected, elected, eliminated, employed, enabled,

encouraged, endorsed, enforced, engaged, engineered, enhanced, enlarged,

enriched, entered, entertained, established, estimated, evaluated,

examined, exceeded, exchanged, executed, exempted, exercised, expanded,

expedited, explained, exposed, extended, extracted, extrapolated


F
facilitated, familiarized, fashioned, fielded, figured, financed, fit,

focused, forecasted, formalized, formed, formulated, fortified, found,

founded, framed, fulfilled, functioned, furnished,


G
gained, gathered, gauged, gave, generated, governed, graded, granted,

greeted, grouped, guided


H
handled, headed, hired, hosted


I
identified, illustrated, illuminated, implemented, improved, improvised,

inaugurated, indoctrinated, increased, incurred, induced, influenced,

informed, initiated, innovated, inquired, inspected, inspired,

installed, instigated, instilled, instituted, instructed, insured,

interfaced, interpreted, interviewed, introduced, invented, inventoried,

invested, investigated, invited, involved, isolated, issued


J
joined, judged,


L
launched, lectured, led, lightened, liquidated, litigated, lobbied,

localized, located


M
maintained, managed, mapped, marketed, maximized, measured, mediated,
merchandised, merged, met, minimized, modeled, moderated, modernized,

modified, monitored, motivated, moved, multiplied



N
named, narrated, negotiated, noticed, nurtured


O
observed, obtained, offered, offset, opened, operated, orchestrated,

ordered, organized, oriented, originated, overhauled, oversaw


P
paid, participated, passed, patterned, penalized, perceived, performed,

permitted, persuaded, phased, out, pinpointed, pioneered, placed,

planned, polled, prepared, presented, preserved, presided, prevented,

priced, printed, prioritized, probed, processed, procured, produced,

profiled, programmed, projected, promoted, prompted, proposed, proved,

provided, publicized, published, purchased, pursued


Q
quantified, quoted



R
raised, ranked, rated, reacted, read, received, recommended, reconciled,

recorded, recovered, recruited, rectified, redesigned, reduced,

referred, refined, regained, regulated, rehabilitated, reinforced,

reinstated, rejected, related, remedied, remodeled, renegotiated,

reorganized, replaced, repaired, reported, represented, requested,

researched, resolved, responded, restored, restructured, resulted,

retained, retrieved, revamped, revealed, reversed, reviewed, revised,

revitalized, rewarded, routed


S
safeguarded, salvaged, saved, scheduled, screened, secured, segmented,

selected, sent, separated, served, serviced, settled, shaped, shortened,

showed, shrank, signed, simplified, sold, solved, spearheaded,

specified, speculated, spoke, spread, stabilized, staffed, staged,

standardized, steered, stimulated, strategized, streamlined,

strengthened, stressed, structured, studied, submitted, substantiated,

substituted, suggested, summarized, superseded, supervised, supplied,

supported, surpassed, surveyed, synchronized, synthesized, systematized


T
tabulated, tailored, targeted, taught, terminated, tested, testified,

tightened, took, traced, traded, trained, transacted, transferred,

transformed, translated, transported, traveled, treated, tripled


U
uncovered, undertook, unified, united, updated, upgraded, used, utilized


V
validated, valued, verified, viewed, visited


W
weighed, welcomed, widened, witnessed, won, worked, wrote