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101 Positive Action Words for your C.V.

Use action words when describing what you have done.

Accelerated	Established	Planned	Stressed
Accomplished	Ended	Pioneered	Strengthened
Achieved	Ensured	Presented	Stretched
Activated	Exceeded	Processed	Succeeded
Approved	Extended	Programmed	Summarised
Attained	Finalised	Positive	Superseded
Budgeted	Finished	Profit	Supervised
Built	Forecast	Promoted	Terminated
Calculated	Foresaw	Questioned	Trained
Conceived	Generated	Rectified	Traded
Conducted	Headed	Recognised	Transformed
Completed	Increased	Redesigned	Translated
Consolidated	Implemented	Reduced	Tripled
Contribution	Improved	Reorganised	Trimmed
Controlled	Introduced	Rescued	Turned
Core	Invented	Researched	Uncovered
Created	Launched	Revised	Unified
Delegated	Led	Revived	Utilised
Delivered	Maintained	Saved	Verified
Demonstrated	Motivated	Scheduled	Waged
Designed	Negotiated	Set up	Won
Diagnosed	Ordered	Sold	Worked
Directed	Operated	Solved	Wrote
Doubled	Perceived	Sorted
Eliminated	Performed	Started
Empowered	Persuaded	Streamlined

For maximum impact positive words should be used selectively
Other useful words and phrases include:-
New, Key, Since adopted by, Well accepted
But be careful of vague words like:-
Co-ordinated, Liaised, Administered, Helped.
and phrases like:-
involved in, assisted with, knowledge of, exposed to, participated in
What do they mean?

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