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CV Power Words / Power Verbs

The use of action words / power verbs, are essential in the promotion of your skills and experience. Using these words at the start of each bullet point under the details of your employment will assist the reader in noticing your key achievements.

The words you use will obviously depend upon your experience / industry so try not to just stuff your CV full of power words in the hope that this will look good. For example, a candidate applying for a managerial position will want to make use of words such as "oversaw, developed, improved and reduced", whereas someone looking for a more creative role will want to use words such as "designed, compiled and created".

Power verbs to accentuate organisational skills:

Arranged

Categorised

Collected

Compiled

Corrected

Distributed

Filed

Incorporated

Logged

Maintained

Monitored

Observed

Ordered

Organised

Prepared

Recorded

Registered

Reserved

Responded

Reviewed

Scheduled

Screened

Supplied

Updated

Power verbs used to highlight achievements:

Achieved

Built

Created

Developed

Established

Expanded

Founded

Identified

Implemented

Increased

Initiated

Instigated

Launched

Lead

Managed

Reduced

Solved

Streamlined

Other power verbs:

Administered

Advised

Analysed

Approved

Completed

Conducted

Controlled

Coordinated

Defined

Delivered

Demonstrated

Designed

Instructed

Introduced

Maintained

Negotiated

Oversaw

Performed

Planned

Presented

Supervised

Supported


Related Pages:

  • How do you write a CV?
  • What makes a good CV?
  • Functional / Chronological CVs
  • How do I explain gaps in employment in my CV?
  • What details can be left out of a CV?
  • Why was my CV rejected?
  • Common CV writing mistakes
  • Writing a personal profile for a CV
  • Writing a student / graduate CV

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