Insurance Recruiting Specialists

DYNAMIC VERBS FOR RESUMES

Under each job title in a resume, include a dynamic description or your responsibilities. Its important to remember that your reader has neither the time nor the inclination to sift through tedious details. Simplicity is paramount. Four or five short sentences should be the maximun length for each description. Starting each sentence with a dynamic verb will grab your readers attention and present you as an action-oriented achiever. Words like "initiated," "designed" and "directed" give an authoritative ring of achievement to your resume. Using a dash(-) or bullet before each sentence makes for easier reading because it breaks up the solid prose that can make reading seem more tedious.

Dynamic verbs
achieved established originated added evaluated oversaw

addressed executed performed administered expanded pioneered

analyzed expedited planned arranged experienced prepared

assembled facilitated presented assessed formed procured

assisted formulated produced appeared founded promoted

automated gained provided built generated recommended

clarified handled reduced conceived identified reorganized

conducted implimented researched constructed improved resolved

consulted increased selected contributed initiated served

controlled innovated simplified converted inspired simulated

coordinated installed sold correlated integrated solved

counseled interviewed structured created introduced succeeded

delegated invented supervised demonstrated justified synchronized

designed keynoted synthesized detailed launched systematized

developed lectured tailored devised maintained taught

directed managed trained discovered marketed transformed

doubled motivated united earned negociated verified

edited operated won engineered organized wrote

**Dynamic verbs**
achieved	established	originated	added	evaluated	oversaw
addressed	executed	performed	administered	expanded	pioneered
analyzed	expedited	planned	arranged	experienced	prepared
assembled	facilitated	presented	assessed	formed	procured
assisted	formulated	produced	appeared	founded	promoted
automated	gained	provided	built	generated	recommended
clarified	handled	reduced	conceived	identified	reorganized
conducted	implimented	researched	constructed	improved	resolved
consulted	increased	selected	contributed	initiated	served
controlled	innovated	simplified	converted	inspired	simulated
coordinated	installed	sold	correlated	integrated	solved
counseled	interviewed	structured	created	introduced	succeeded
delegated	invented	supervised	demonstrated	justified	synchronized
designed	keynoted	synthesized	detailed	launched	systematized
developed	lectured	tailored	devised	maintained	taught
directed	managed	trained	discovered	marketed	transformed
doubled	motivated	united	earned	negociated	verified
edited	operated	won	engineered	organized	wrote

Excerpted with permission from "How to get the job you want in tough times" by Julianne Fowler, who manages professional development at a fortune 100 corporation and teaches graduate courses at UCLA and USC. Published by lowell House, 1875 Century Park East, Suite220, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

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