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Communication
Collaborated
Conducted
Consulted
Disseminated
Drafted
Edited
Explained
Influenced
Interacted
Interpreted
Introduced
Mediated
Planned
Presented
Proposed
Reported
Researched
Promoted
Translated
Wrote

Creative
Adapted
Conceived
Composed
Created
Designed
Developed
Devised
Established
Forecasted

Illustrated
Imagined
Improvised
Improved

Originated
Invented
Performed
Publicized
Published
Updated
Visualized

Financial

Accounted
Allocated
Audited
Balanced
Budgeted
Calculated
Estimated
Forecasted
Formulated
Invested
Projected

Human Relations

Advised
Assisted
Counseled
Encouraged
Empowered
Facilitated
Helped
Guided
Joined
Listened
Leadership
Achieved
Administered
Assigned
Chaired
Coached
Contracted
Coordinated
Delegated
Directed
Enforced
Evaluated
Expedited
Formed
Founded
Generated
Governed
Hired
Initiated
Implemented
Judged
Led
Managed
Motivated
Negotiated
Persuaded
Produced
Provided
Recruited
Scheduled
Staffed
Supervised

Problem Solving
Adjusted
Analyzed
Anticipated
Changed
Completed
Converted
Determined
Diagnosed
Discovered
Doubled
Eliminated
Examined
Executed
Expanded
Identified
Planned
Prepared
Recommended
Reconciled
Reorganized
Resolved
Reviewed
Selected
Set up
Simplified
Solved
Tested
Verified
Utilized

Research
Assessed
Compared

Compiled
Defined

Drafted
Interviewed
Organized
Solved
Surveyed
Summarized

Technical
Assembled
Built
Coded
Drafted
Engineered
Inspected
Installed
Maintained
Mapped
Operated
Programmed
Repaired
Surveyed
Tested

Training
Demonstrated
Evaluated
Instructed
Taught
Tutored
Trained

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This document is maintained by: Kathleen Bristow (kbristow@csuchico.edu)
Last Updated: September 27, 2007