Start your resume bullets with action words and try to avoid repeating the same words frequently. When you use descriptive action words, you are less likely to need boring job descriptions. Your actions inply your job responsibilities. Potential employers are looking for people to "do" important things for them.
...amounting to a total savings of... | Delegate | Index | Present |
...on an ongoing/regular basis... | Delivered... | Influence | Preside |
...to ensure maximum/optimum... | Demonstrate | Initiate | Process |
Accomplish/Accomplished | Design | Innovate | Produce |
Achieve | Detail | Innovation resulted in... | Proficient/competent at... |
Acquire | Determine | Inspect | Program |
Act/Acted/Functioned as | Develop | Install | Serve |
Acted as liaison for/between... | Devise | Institute | Provide |
Adapt | Direct | Instruct | Provided technical assistance... |
Adept at... | Direct/Indirect control... | Instrumental in... | Publicize |
Administer | Directed... | Insure | Publish |
Advertise | Distribute | Integrate | Qualify |
Advise | Double | Interaction with... | Raise |
Aid | Draft | Interpret | Recipient of... |
Analyzed/Assessed | Edit | Interview | Recommend |
Apply | Employ | Introduce | Reconcile |
Approach | Encourage | Invent | Record |
Approve | Engage | Investigate | Recruit |
Arrange | Engineered… | Knowledge of/experienced as... | Represent |
Assemble | Enlarge | Lead | Research |
Assess | Enlist | Maintain | Resolve |
Assign/Assigned to | Establish | Manage | Resulted in... |
Assist/Assisted with | Estimate | Market | Review |
Attain | Evaluate | Mediate | Revise |
Balance | Examine | Moderate | Sales quota accountability... |
Budget/Budgeted | Exchange | Modify | Scan |
Build | Execute | Monitor | Schedule |
Calculate | Exhibit | Motivate | Screen |
Catalogue | Expand | Negotiate | Select |
Chair | Expedite | Obtain | Sell |
Clarify | Experience involved/included... | Operate | Served/Operated as... |
Collaborate | Experienced in all facets/phases... | Promote | Settle |
Communicate | Expertise and demonstrated skills... | Promoted to/from... | Solve |
Compare | Extensive training/involvement... | Propose | Speak |
Compile | Facilitate | Order | Specialize in... |
Complete | Familiar with... | Organize | Staff |
Composed | Forecast | Rectify | Standardize |
Conceive | Formulate | Redesign | Stimulate |
Conciliate | Found | Reduce | Successful in/at... |
Conduct | Gathered... | Regulate | Summarize |
Consult | Generate | Relate | Supervise |
Contract | Govern | Renew | Support |
Contribute | Guide | Reorganize | Survey |
Control | Handle | Organized... | Synthesize |
Cooperate | Head | Originate | Systematize |
Coordinated... | Hire | Oversee | Teach |
Correct | Honored as... | Participate | Train |
Counsel | Identify | Perceive | Transmit |
Create | Implement | Perform | Travel |
Create | Improve | Persuade | Update |
Decide | In charge of... | Plan | Worked closely with... |
Define | Increase | Prepare | Write |