Harvard School of Public Health Career Guide

Action Verbs

When describing functional skills, it is recommended that you choose action verbs.

Defined

Helped

Offered Operated Ordered Organized Originated

Delegated Delivered

Hired

Identified Illustrated

Accelerated

Allocated Analyzed

Assisted Attained Audited Averted Bought Briefed Augmented Broadened Calculated Interviewed Introduced Built

Demonstrated

Achieved

Designed Detected

Implemented Improvised Increased Indexed Influenced Initiated Inspected Instituted Instructed Interpreted Repaired Reported Represented Researched Insured Scheduled Searched Selected Separated Serviced Settled Shaped Simplified Stimulated Streamlined Stretched Structured Summarized Supervised Studied Served Solved Staffed Started Resolved Restored Reversed Reviewed Revised Revitalized Saved

Accomplished

Anticipated Appointed Apprised Approved Arranged Ascertained Assembled

Painted

Acted

Determined Developed

Participated Perceived Performed Persevered Persuaded Photographed

Activated Adapted

Devised

Added

Diagnosed

Addressed

Directed

Administered

Documented

Advised Changed Chartered Checked Clarified Classified Coached

Assessed

Doubled

Piloted

Edited

Drove Earned

Pioneered

Effected Elicited

Planned

Invented Invested

Predicted Prepared Presented Prevented Processed Procured Produced

Supported Supplied Surpassed Surveyed Synthesized Systematized

Eliminated Employed Enforced Engineered Established Estimated Evaluated Examined Executed Expanded Expedited Explained Extracted Facilitated Financed Experimented

Investigated

Judged

Collaborated

Kept

Collected

Launched Learned Lectured

Communicated

Talked Taught

Combined Compared Competed Compiled Completed Composed Computed Conceived Concluded Conducted Constructed Contacted Controlled

Programmed

Led

Promoted Proposed

Terminated

Lifted

Tested

Listened Located Logged

Proved

Tightened

Provided Publicized Published Purchased Questioned

Traced Traded Trained

Made

Maintained

Translated Trimmed

Managed

Manipulated Marketed Measured Mediated Minimized Mobilized Modernized Monitored Negotiated Networked Met Modeled

Raised

Tutored

Fixed

Read

Uncovered Understood

Followed Forecast

Realized Reasoned

Unified

Copied

Formulated Founded Framed Gathered Generated Governed

Recommended Reconciled Recorded Recruited Redesigned Reduced Regulated Referred Renegotiated Reorganized

Used

Counseled

Utilized

Crafted Created

Verbalized

Verified

Cultivated

Visualized Vitalized Widened

Dealt

Debated

Guided Halved Handled Headed

Decentralized

Won

Decided

Observed Obtained

Worked

Decreased

Wrote

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