Pondering the future? Agonizing over your resume?

Updated July 1, 2009

Resumes for moms

Think about adding strong verbs to your resume to get hired.

My view: Many women underplay their successes, hesitant to make strong statements about their achievements. Career coach Catherine Palmiere of  Adam Personnel says many people submit lame resumes that don’t use strong verbs to show their achievement or they undersell their abilities.

Don’t pay the   “resume penalty” and miss out on a job. Here’s part two of our series (read part one here, “131 action verbs to beef up your resume” ) of strong resume verbs:

M:  Made, Maintained, Managed, Marketed, Maximized, Mentored, Merged, Met

N: Navigated, Necessitated, Negotiated, Notified, Numbered, Nurtured

O: Observed, Obtained, Offered, Officiated, Opened, Operated, Ordered, Organized, Oversaw

P: Paced, Participated, Performed, Placed, Planned, Prepared, Presented, Produced, Provided, Printed, Proofread, Pursued

Q: Qualified, Questioned, Quoted

R: Ran, Read, Reasoned, Received, Researched, Reported, Resolved, Responded, Retained

S: Spoke, Stared, Submitted, Suggested, Summarized, Supervised

T: Tackled, Talked, Tested, Timed, Trained, Translated, Treated, Trusted, Typed

U: Undertook, Updated, Upgraded, Urged, Used, Utilized

V: Valued, Verified, Viewed, Voiced, Volunteered

W: Weighed, Withstood, Worked, Wrapped, Wrote

X: X Rayed, X-rated and X-cited (joke!)

Y:  Yielded

Z: Zoomed

Catherine Palmiere, is president of HR company Adam Personnel. These action verbs were included in her newest book, Unlocking the Door to Your Career.