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Action Verbs
Action Verbs give your resume POWER and DIRECTION. Pairing your transferable skill with a powerful action verb in describing your job duties brings attention to your unique talents. It will paint a picture of what skills you bring to a potential employer. Access the suggested list of action verbs
Action Verb + Transferable Skill + Job Duty = Result/Achievement
Before:
Volunteer Coordinator, XYZ Association, Grand Forks, ND Dec 2009 – Dec 2010
- Increase volunteerism
- Develop teamwork and community awareness
- Find more opportunities to volunteer throughout the area
After:
Volunteer Coordinator, XYZ Association, Grand Forks, ND Dec 2009 – Dec 2010
- Encouraged (action verb) community involvement through effective communications (transferable skill) by presenting group members with volunteer opportunities (job duty) while fostering (action verb) teamwork and awareness to increase volunteer hours by 5% (result/achievement)
Top 10 Skills Employers Are Seeking
- VERBAL COMMUNICATION: Able to communicate verbally in a clear, poised, and confident manner; Ability to ask questions to gather essential information
- STRONG WORK ETHIC: Strong sense of responsibility, punctual, ability to remain productive, having determination/drive or tenacity, strength in completing the tasks at hand well
- TEAMWORK/INTERPERSONAL: Ability to build effective teams, reduce conflict, put forth cooperative effort, build relationships with varying personalities and backgrounds, demonstrate professionalism, relate to others effectively
- ANALYTICAL: Ability to solve and/or understand complex problems/concepts, being able to evaluate and interpret data.
- INITIATIVE: A personal commitment to meet/exceed goals and objectives
- PROBLEM SOLVING: Ability to apply or participate in the problem solving process when faced with issues to include identifying the issue, gathering logical information to base decisions off of and formulate resolutions or potential solutions
- WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: Able to communicate in written form in a clear, professional manner
- INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: Ability to relate well with others
- COMPUTER SKILLS: Programs, software, platforms, and industry specific tools
- FLEXIBILITY/ADAPTABILITY: Resilience in responding to new challenges, changes, information, expectations, rules, and/or events. Ability to integrate change with ease.