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Skill Verb Examples

Communication
Creative
Financial
Human Relations
Leadership
Problem Solving
Research
Technical
Training

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
  • 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