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TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Transferable skills are those that can be applied in multiple work settings. Consider incorporating them, in addition to those
that are specific to your intended career field, by providing examples of when you have successfully used them in your bulleted
accomplishment statements. Some examples of transferable skills include the following:
HUMAN RELATIONS
MANAGEMENT
CLERICAL
COMMUNICATION
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Advising
Communicating
Bookkeeping
Editing
Conducting
Assisting
Consulting
Classifying
Explaining
Consulting
Counseling
Coordinating
Collecting
Influencing
Informing
Empathizing
Delegating
Compiling
Interpreting
Planning
Facilitating
Directing
Computing
Listening
Presenting
Guiding
Evaluating
Examining
Mediating
Promoting
Listening
Leading
Filing
Promoting
Representing
Motivating
Negotiating
Organizing
Speaking
Responding
Representing
Persuading
Recording
Translating
Researching
Serving
Planning
Word processing
Writing
Writing
PROBLEM
RESEARCH
TECHNICAL
TRAINING
CREATIVE
FINANCIAL
Assessing
Adjusting
Adapting
Designing
Accounting
SOLVING
Analyzing
Calculating
Aligning
Communicating
Developing
Administering
Appraising
Collecting
Assembling
Demonstrating
Establishing
Allocating
Diagnosing
Diagnosing
Drafting
Enabling
Illustrating
Auditing
Examining
Evaluating
Engineering
Encouraging
Imagining
Balancing
Executing
Examining
Installing
Evaluating
Improvising
Calculating
Planning
Extrapolating
Observing
Explaining
Inventing
Forecasting
Proving
Interviewing
Operating
Instructing
performing
Investing
Reasoning
Investigating
Programming
Planning
Revitalizing
Projecting
Recognizing
Synthesizing
Repairing
Stimulating
Visualizing
Validating
ACTION VERBS
Beginning each bulleted accomplishment statement with a strong action verb helps to highlight your successes and allows a
reader to get a sense of your skills by scanning the page prior to reading each individual bullet point. It is a good idea to vary
the action verbs on your resume in order to appeal to different audiences. Below is a list of verbs to help get you started.
Combined
Guided
Cultivated
Integrated
Operated
Recorded
Solved
A
Achieved
Communicated
H
D
Intended
Orchestrated
Recruited
Specified
Acted
Compiled
Handled
Decided
Interviewed
Ordered
Redesigned
Started
Adapted
Composed
Headed
Decreased
invented
Organized
Reduced
Strategized
Adjusted
Computed
Hired
Defined
Investigated
Originated
Referred
Streamlined
Administered
Conducted
Delivered
Oversaw
Removed
Strengthened
I
L
Advanced
Configured
Identified
Demonstrated
Launched
P
Reorganized
Studied
Advised
Consolidated
Illustrated
Designed
Lectured
Performed
Repaired
Summarized
Altered
Constructed
Implemented
Detected
Led
Persuaded
Reported
Supervised
Analyzed
Evaluated
Improved
Determined
Liaised
Planned
Represented
Supplied
Appraised
Examined
Increased
Developed
Logged
Posted
Researched
Supported
Arranged
Executed
Influenced
Devised
Prepared
Resolved
M
T
Assembled
Expanded
Informed
Diagnosed
Maintained
Prescribed
Restructured
Tested
Assessed
Expedited
Initiated
Differentiated
Managed
Presented
Revamped
Tracked
Audited
Inspected
Distributed
Manufactured
Priced
Reviewed
Trained
F
Facilitated
Installed
Documented
Marketed
Processed
Revised
Transformed
B
Balanced
Filed
Instituted
Doubled
Measured
Produced
Revitalized
Translated
Budgeted
Filled
Instructed
Drafted
Mediated
Promoted
Routed
Troubleshot
Built
Forecasted
Consulted
E
Mentored
Proposed
S
U
C
Formulated
Contrasted
Edited
Migrated
Protected
Scheduled
Updated
Calculated
Fostered
Controlled
Eliminated
Minimized
Provided
Selected
Upgraded
Calibrated
Fulfilled
Converted
Encouraged
Monitored
Purchased
Separated
V
Categorized
G
Convinced
Engineered
Motivated
R
Served
Verified
Charted
Gained
Coordinated
Enhanced
Realized
Serviced
N
W
Classified
Gathered
Counseled
Ensured
Negotiated
Received
Set up
Weighed
Coached
Generated
Counted
Established
O
Recommended
Simplified
Wired
Collected
Grew
Created
Estimated
Obtained
Reconciled
Sold
Won

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