Most Useful Resume Writing

with 150+ Action Verbs

Studies says, hiring mangers usually spends less than 10

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Recruiters receives hundreds of resume for a single job positions but only few of them manages the
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attention for an interview call. It is not enough to have an outstanding design format only of a resume
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for a successful job hunting. You also need to write a powerful content with optimized keywords and

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phrases; and place them in the right place of your resume. Here we are going to explore “7 most useful
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resume writing tips and tricks” to maximize your chances of being called for an interview:

Start with Work Experience

When you have relevant work experience , start your resume with a focus of the targeted job

and make sure it underscores your interest in the type of work for which you are applying. You may

have several years of work experience which doesn’t match the category of the

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recruiting position. Unfortunately, they will not help! Concentrate only on those relevant positions you

have worked, particularly same category to the job you are interested to apply.

Don’t be too modest to show your success if you have any. Show what you have done to increase

the profitability for your previous employer and how you have contributed to the workflow. If you have

experience in supervising other employees or managing any particular project that are relevant to the

position you are applying, write them thoroughly, accurately and briefly. Be bold and sell yourself with

confident. But remember, your resume in not a call to justify your entire life, write the story in a short

and easy form of speech.

When you are a recent college or university graduate or do not have relevant work

experience to show , you should start your resume with your educational qualifications. Though,

employers actually interested in your work experience but when they consider fresher’s, a relevant

degree can show them the potential you have for the company growth. Starting with your obtaining

degree recruiters understand you are a fresher and starting a new career path. So, lead with your

best shot.

The educational qualifications list should be start from the highest degree you obtained. But if you are

not a graduate, attended a study program, list the years you attended and the credits you obtained.

You can include your result and graduations date only when you have a very good GPA and you are a

recent graduate. If your GPA is under 3.5 you should not include it on your resume. If you are currently

in a study program and applying for an internship, employers may want to know your GPA.

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TIPS NUMBER TWO Keywords Optimization

As like content is the most unique and important part of your resume, keyword is the king of that

content. Most recruiters use software to scan resumes for their targeted keywords to sort out

automatically the most relevant qualified applicants. If your resume content is not optimized by the

relevant keywords, software can reject your application at the primary stage of selection without a

human even seeing it!

So find the potential keywords recruiters used in their job description and make sure you have used

them carefully and frequently in your resume. Place those keywords prominently specially in your

introductory statement, work experience sections and skills sections of your resume.

Be Specific on Your
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Accomplishment

Hiring managers want to know specifically what task you have performed practically and what is the

result. It is not about the daily task or responsibilities you had in your current or previous job. To gain

their attention show your real talents and experiences. Include your accomplishments in that

particular positions and task. If you supervised a team, include the number of employee and their

positions. Answer specifically and honestly the universal question of recruiters, “What can you do for

us?”.

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TIPS NUMBER FOUR Use Action Verbs

Action verbs plays a magical roll in your resume as it inspires reactions from the recruiter, and

highlights your accomplishments. You should craft your resume using active language such as

“managed”, “earned”, “completed” or “achieved” instead of “was or were”. Your resume should be

easy to read and sentences should be shorter and consisted with power words. Action verbs helps to

highlight your abilities and achievements more effectively.

Use action verbs with quantifiable results to show how you have contributed to the growth of the

company or how you delivered value for them. Give a clear evidence in easy to understand manner

and at the same time in a powerful consisted sentence.

Here’s an example:

“I was a supervisor of ……….”

“I supervised a team of 10 employees in XYZ project.”

You can see how the second option Empowered and detailed the statement. Action verbs makes your

contribution clearer and impactful.

In the next page a list of useful action verbs given for your help.

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Expanded Expanded Achieved Endeavored

Finalized Finalized Created Established

Forged Forged Developed Exceeded

Guided Guided Established Sharpened

Handled Handled Ideas Shattered

Headed Headed Improved Sparked

Improved Improved Increased/decreased Spearheaded

Increased Increased Influenced Steered

Initiated Initiated Launched Stimulated

Implemented Implemented Managed Supervised

Instituted Instituted Negotiated Surpassed

Produced Produced Resolved Accelerated

Reached Reached Revenue/profits Accomplished

Simplified Simplified Trained/mentored Analyzed

Volunteered Volunteered Under budget Assembled

Collaborated Collaborated Volunteered Built

Conveyed Conveyed Achieved Founded

Enlivened Enlivened Capitalized Created

Instructed Instructed Deciphered Constructed

Performed Performed Discerned Delivered

Presented Presented Drove Developed

Spoke Spoke Enacted Executed

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Trained Translated Forecasted Minimized

Authored Visualized Fostered Recognized

Brainstormed Wrote Identified Secured

Briefed Captured Integrated Advanced

Communicated Conserved Leveraged Architected

Conceptualized Converted Reconciled Automated

Curated Earned Reduced Coded

Derived Generated Replaced Deployed

Designed Maximized Resolved Detected

Diagramed Negotiated Orchestrated Devised

Drafted Won Optimized Diagnosed

Edited Advised Predicted Discovered

Illustrated Arranged Renovated Formulated

Imagined Augmented Audited Installed

Influenced Centralized Classified Launched

Intensified Championed Collected Networked

Modeled Differentiated Equalized Planned

Proofread Directed Dispensed Programmed

Published Empowered Halted Rewrote

Researched Endorsed Investigated Refined

Strategized Enforced Lowered Tested

Storyboarded Ensured Maintained Troubleshoot

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TIPS NUMBER FIVE Add Other Achievements

Call attention to demonstrate your award, volunteer work, publications or affiliations if you have any

relevant achievements to show. Your resume is your advertisement and an employer has only this

paper to judge you whether you are potential for the position or not. So this is the opportunity for you

to sell yourself by adding valuable weight to your resume. Adding additional information will take your

resume to the next level and help you defining your character and creating a personal bond with the

prospective employer.

Don’t Copy Paste from Other or

This is a common mistake job seeker often do. Thousands of sample resume and cover letter is

available online, and you may find it easy to simply copy-and-paste them into your own content and

thinking who is going to know. You are wrong! You are just ruining your chances to highlight yourself

among thousands of others.

It is okay if you use a sample resume or cover letter for inspirations or ideas only. But if you are

tempting to copy from others or online resources it is a bad idea, because recruiting managers are

looking for your information’s in your unique style not someone else’s! So, use your own words to tell

your story.

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 Be Bold with Online Presence
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and Social Media Footprint

When recruiter’s find your resume potential they will do an online search to know more about you.

Having a professional up-to-date LinkedIn profile is a great plus to boost up your impression to the

prospective employer. Your resume profile should not be different from your LinkedIn information you

provided and it should have potential connections as well.

If you have your own active website or blog or professional social media account which is relevant to

the recruiting position, it will help you to gain the interview call more easily. Make sure your social

media account does not have any information that might be potentially damage your image.

Last but not the least, be honest and truthful to every word you put on your resume. keep these tips

and tricks in your mind when you are writing the most valuable document for your career change.

Good luck!