Communication
Skills (cont’d)
Mediated
Moderated
Negotiated
Persuaded
Promoted
Publicized
Management Skills Reconciled
Administered
Recruited
Analyzed
Spoke
Assigned
Translated
Attained
Wrote
Chaired
Consolidated
Research Skills
Contracted
Clarified
Coordinated
Collected
Delegated
Critiqued
Developed
Diagnosed
Evaluated
Evaluated
Executed
Examined
Improved
Extracted
Increased
Identified
Organized
Inspected
Oversaw
Interpreted
Planned
Interviewed
Prioritized
Investigated
Produced
Organized
Recommended
Reviewed
Reviewed
Summarized
Scheduled
Surveyed
Strengthened
Systematic
Supervised
Technical Skills
Communication
Assembled
Skills
Built
Addressed
Calculated
Arbitrated
Computed
Arranged
Designed
Authored
Devised
Collaborated
Engineered
Convinced
Fabricated
Corresponded
Maintained
Developed
Operated
Directed
Overhauled
Drafted
Programmed
Edited
Remodeled
Enlisted
Repaired
Formulated
Solved
Influenced
Upgraded
Interpreted
Lectured
Skill
Related
Action
Verbs
Teaching Skills
Adapted
Advised
Clarified
Coached
Communicated
Coordinated
Demystified
Developed
Enabled
Encouraged
Evaluated
Explained
Facilitated
Guided
Informed
Instructed
Persuaded
Set goals
Stimulated
Trained
Financial Skills
Administered
Allocated
Analyzed
Appraised
Audited
Balanced
Budgeted
Calculated
Computed
Developed
Forecasted
Managed
Marketed
Planned
Projected
Researched
Creative Skills
Acted
Conceptualized
Created
Customized
Designed
Developed
Directed
Established
Fashioned
Founded
Creative Skills
(cont’d)
Illustrated
Initiated
Instituted
Integrated
Introduced
Invented
Originated
Performed
Planned
Revitalized
Shaped
Helping Skills
Assessed
Assisted
Clarified
Coached
Counseled
Demonstrated
Diagnosed
Educated
Expedited
Facilitated
Familiarized
Guided
Motivated
Referred
Rehabilitated
Represented
Clerical or Detail
Skills
Approved
Arranged
Catalogued
Classified
Collected
Compiled
Dispatched
Executed
Generated
Implemented
Inspected
Monitored
Operated
Organized
Prepared
Processed
Clerical or Detail
Skills (cont’d)
Purchased
Recorded
Retrieved
Screened
Specified
Systematized
Tabulated
Validated
Verbs for
Accomplishments
Achieved
Expanded
Improved
Pioneered
Reduced (losses)
Resolved (problems)
Restored
Spearheaded
Transformed
Career Development & Experiential Learning
Student Affairs & Services
Memorial University of NL
St. John’s, NL A1C 5S7
(709) 864-2033
cdel@mun.ca
www.mun.ca/cdel/career/