Whether you’re adding achievements to your CV, describing them in an interview or discussing them during a networking meeting, the P-A-R (Problem-Action-Result) method is a great approach to adopt.
But finding the words to describe the “Action” taken to achieve the “Result” can be challenging. This excerpt from "A Bend in The Road - A Guide to Career Transition" provides 468 verbs to consider using. Some may remind you of other achievements as well:
A
accelerated accompanied accomplished achieved acquired acted activated actuated adapted added addressed adhered adjusted administered admitted adopted advanced advertised advised advocated aided aired affected allocated altered amended amplified analysed answered anticipated appointed appraised approached approved arbitrated arranged ascertained asked assembled assigned assumed assessed assisted attained attracted audited augmented authored authorised automated awarded availed
B
balanced bargained borrowed bought broadened budgeted built
C
calculated canvassed capitalised captured carried out cast catalogued centralised challenged chaired changed channeled charted checked chose circulated clarified classified cleared closed co-authored cold-called collaborated collected combined commissioned committed communicated compared compiled complied completed composed computed conceived conceptualised concluded condensed conducted conferred consolidated constructed consulted contracted contrasted contributed contrived controlled converted convinced coordinated corrected corresponded counselled counted created critiqued cultivated cut
D
debugged decided decentralised decreased deferred defined delegated delivered demonstrated depreciated described designated designed determined developed devised devoted diagrammed directed disclosed discounted discovered dispatched displayed distinguished distributed diversified divested documented doubled drafted
E
earned eased edited effected elected eliminated employed enabled encouraged endorsed enforced engaged engineered enhanced enlarged enriched entered entertained established estimated evaluated examined exceeded exchanged executed exempted exercised expanded expedited explained exposed extended extracted extrapolated
F-H
facilitated familiarised fashioned fielded figured financed fit focused forecasted formalised formed formulated fortified found founded framed fulfilled functioned furnished gained gathered gauged gave generated governed graded granted greeted grouped guided handled headed hired hosted
I
identified illustrated illuminated implemented improved improvised inaugurated indoctrinated increased incurred induced influenced informed initiated innovated inquired inspected inspired installed instigated instilled instituted instructed insured interfaced interpreted interviewed introduced invented invested investigated invited involved isolated issued
J-L
joined judged launched lectured led lightened liquidated litigated lobbied localised located
M
maintained managed mapped marketed maximised measured mediated merchandised merged met minimised modelled moderated modernised modified monitored motivated moved multiplied
N-O
named narrated negotiated noticed nurtured observed obtained offered offset opened operated orchestrated ordered organised oriented originated overhauled oversaw
P
paid participated passed patterned penalised perceived performed permitted persuaded phased out pinpointed pioneered placed planned polled prepared presented preserved presided prevented priced printed prioritised probed processed procured produced profiled programmed projected promoted prompted proposed proved provided publicised published purchased pursued
Q
quantified quashed queried questioned quickened qualified quoted
R
raised ranked rated reacted read received recommended reconciled recorded recovered recruited rectified redesigned reduced referred refined regained regulated rehabilitated reinforced reinstated rejected related remedied remodelled renegotiated reorganised replaced repaired reported represented requested researched resolved responded restored restructured resulted retained retrieved revamped revealed reversed reviewed revised revitalised rewarded routed
S
safeguarded salvaged saved scheduled screened secured segmented selected sent separated served serviced settled shaped shortened showed shrank signed simplified sold solved spearheaded specified speculated spoke spread stabilised staffed staged standardised steered stimulated strategised streamlined strengthened stressed structured studied submitted substantiated substituted suggested summarised superseded supervised supplied supported surpassed surveyed synchronised synthesised systematised
T
tabulated tailored targeted taught terminated tested testified tightened took traced traded trained transacted transferred transformed translated transported travelled treated tripled
U
uncovered undertook unified united updated upgraded used utilised
V-W
validated valued verified viewed visited weighed welcomed widened witnessed won worked wrote
Topics covered in DMA Group’s outplacement and career transition programmes include practical advice on all aspects of career transition, from identifying achievements to describing them in your CV, on a covering letter or in an interview. For more information, visit www.dma-group.co.za, email info@dma-group.co.za or call +2711 888 9009. We would be happy to discuss how we can assist.
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