Assess Your Resume
When you read your resume, are you proud to say that it represents you? Does your resume need a makeover? Review it with these tips in mind…
- Does your resume target your audience?
- Is your resume attractive, consistent, error-free and easy to read?
- Do you DEMONSTRATE what you have to offer?
If your resume is TARGETED, ATTRACTIVE and DEMONSTRATES what you have to offer, it will be more than a TAD above the rest!
Skills List
A
accelerated, accomplished, achieved, acquired, acted, adapted, added, adjusted, administered, advanced, advised, advocated, allocated, altered, amended, amplified, analyzed, anticipated, appointed, appraised, approved, appointed, arbitrated, arranged, assembled, assessed, assigned, assessed, assured, attracted, audited, augmented, authored, authorized, automated, awarded
B
balanced, bargained, bought, briefed, broadened, brought, budgeted, built
C
calculated, capitalized, captured, cataloged, centralized, challenged, chaired, changed, charted, chose, circulated, clarified, classified, cleared, closed, co-authored, collaborated, collected, combined, commissioned, committed, communicated, compared, compiled, complied, completed, composed, computed, conceived, conceptualized, concluded, condensed, conducted, conferred, considered, consolidated, constructed, consulted, contracted, contrasted, contributed, contrived, controlled, converted, convinced, coordinated, corrected, corresponded, counseled, counted, created, critiqued, cultivated
D
dealt, decentralized, decided, decreased, defined, delegated, demonstrated, described, designated, designed, determined, developed, devised, devoted, diagrammed, diagnosed, directed, discovered, discussed, dispatched, displayed, dissembled, distinguished, distributed, diversified, divested, documented, doubled, drafted
E
earned, edited, elected, eliminated, employed, enabled, encouraged, endorsed, enforced, engaged, engineered, enhanced, enlarged, enlisted, enriched, ensured, established, estimated, evaluated, examined, exceeded, exchanged, executed, exercised, expanded, expedited, explained, explored, exposed, extended, extracted, extrapolated
F
facilitated, fashioned, fielded, figured, financed, forecasted, formalized, formed, formulated, fortified, founded, framed, fulfilled, functioned, furnished
G
gained, gathered, gauged, gave, generated, governed, graded, granted, greeted, grouped, guided
H
halved, handled, headed, hired
I
identified, illustrated, illuminated, implemented, improved, improvised, inaugurated, incorporated, increased, incurred, indexed, influenced, informed, initiated, innovated, inquired, inspected, inspired, installed, instigated, instilled, instituted, instructed, interfaced, interpreted, interviewed, introduced, invented, inventoried, invested, investigated, invited, isolated, issued
J, K, L
joined, judged, kept, launched, learned, leased, lectured, led, licensed, logged
M
made, maintained, managed, mapped, marketed, matched, maximized, measured, mediated, merged, minimized, modeled, modified, modernized, monitored, motivated, moved, multiplied
N, O
named, navigated, negotiated, noticed, nurtured, offset, opened, operated, orchestrated, ordered, organized, oriented, originated, overhauled, oversaw
P
paid, participated, passed, patterned, penalized, perceived, performed, permitted, persuaded, pinpointed, pioneered, placed, planned, polled, prepared, presented, preserved, presided, prevented, priced, printed, prioritized, probed, processed, procured, produced, profiled, programmed, projected, promoted, prompted, proposed, proved, provided, publicized, published, purchased, pursued
Q
quantified, questioned, quoted
R
raised, ranked, rated, received, recommended, reconciled, recorded, recovered, recruited, rectified, redesigned, reduced, referred, refined, regulated, reinforced, reinstated, rejected, related, remedied, remodeled, renegotiated, reorganized, replaced, repaired, reported, represented, requested, researched, resolved, responded, restored, restructured, resulted, retained, retrieved, revamped, revealed, reversed, reviewed, revised, revitalized, rewarded, routed
S
safeguarded, saved, scheduled, screened, secured, segmented, selected, separated, settled, shaped, showed, signed, simplified, sold, solved, sorted, sparked, spearheaded, specified, speculated, spoke, spread, stabilized, staffed, staged, standardized, steered, stimulated, strategized, streamlined, strengthened, stressed, structured, studied, succeeded, substantiated, substituted, summarized, superseded, supervised, supplied, supported, surpassed, surveyed, synchronized, synthesized, systematized
T
tabulated, tackled, tailored, targeted, taught, tested, testified, tightened, traded, trained, transacted, transcribed, transferred, transformed, translated, traveled, treated, trimmed, tripled, turned, tutored
U, V, W
uncovered, undertook, unified, united, updated, upgraded, used, validated, valued, verbalized, verified, viewed, visited, waged, weighed, widened, won, worked, wrote
Soft Skills List
approachable
business acumen
charisma
communication
composure
conflict management
creativity
crisis management
critical thinking
decision making
dedication
empathy
energetic
ethical
flexibility
hard working
honesty
humor
ideas
initiative
inspire others
instincts
integrity
interpersonal skills
leadership
listening
management
morale building
motivational
multicultural sensitivity
multi-task
organizational
passionate
personality
planning
poise
problem solving
professional
public speaking
reasoning
research
respect for others
self confident
self-motivated
sensitivity
supervisory
take constructive criticism
team building
team leadership
team player
time management
verbal
visionary
work well under pressure
writing