Inspiring words for strong skills statements

Communication Skills

addressed 

advertised 

advocated

answered

arbitrated 

arranged   

articulated 

authored 

clarified 

collaborated 

communicated 

composed 

condensed 

conferred 

connected

contacted 

conveyed 

convinced 

corresponded 

debated 

defined

demonstrated 

described 

developed 

directed 

discussed 

drafted 

edited 

elicited 

enlisted 

explained 

expressed 

formulated 

furnished 

influenced 

interacted 

interpreted 

interviewed 

involved 

joined 

listened 

marketed 

mediated 

moderated 

negotiated 

observed 

outlined 

participated 

persuaded 

presented 

promoted 

proofread

proposed 

publicized 

published

reconciled 

recruited 

referred 

reinforced 

reported 

resolved 

responded 

solicited 

specified 

spoke 

suggested 

summarized 

synthesized 

translated 

wrote

Creative skills

acted 

adapted 

authored

began

brainstormed   

combined 

composed 

conceptualized 

condensed 

created 

curated

customized 

derived

designed 

developed 

diagrammed

directed

displayed 

drew 

edited 

entertained 

established 

fashioned 

formulated  

illustrated 

imagined

initiated 

instituted 

integrated 

introduced 

invented 

modeled 

modified 

originated 

performed 

photographed 

planned 

revised 

revitalized 

shaped 

solved 

storyboarded

visualized

wrote

Data/financial skills

administered 

adjusted 

allocated 

analyzed 

appraised 

assessed 

audited 

balanced 

budgeted 

calculated 

classified

collected

computed 

conserved 

corrected 

determined 

developed 

estimated 

forecasted

investigated   

lowered

maintained

minimized

managed 

measured 

planned 

prepared 

programmed 

projected 

reconciled 

reduced 

researched 

retrieved 

saved

Leadership skills

Acted

advised 

achieved 

administered 

analyzed 

appointed 

approved 

arranged

assigned 

attained 

augmented

centralized

authorized 

chaired 

championed

considered 

consolidated 

contracted 

controlled 

converted 

coordinated 

decided 

delegated 

developed 

differentiated

directed 

drove

eliminated 

emphasized 

empowered

enacted

energized

endeavored

enforced 

enhanced 

ensured

established 

evaluated 

executed 

expanded 

facilitated

fostered

generated 

guided

handled 

headed 

hired 

hosted 

identified

improved 

incorporated 

increased 

initiated 

inspected 

inspired

instituted 

integrated

led 

leveraged

managed 

merged 

motivated 

optimized

orchestrated

organized 

originated 

overhauled   

oversaw 

pioneered 

planned 

predicted

presided 

prioritized 

produced 

recognized

recommended 

reduced (losses) 

reorganized 

replaced  

resolved 

restored 

scheduled 

secured 

selected

sparked

spearheaded 

steered

streamlined 

strengthened 

supervised 

surpassed 

terminated

Organizational skills

administered

analyzed 

applied

approved 

arranged 

catalogued 

categorized 

charted 

classified 

coded 

collected 

compiled 

coordinated

corrected   

corresponded 

designed

developed

distributed 

established 

executed 

filed 

formulated

initiated promoted

generated 

implemented 

improved

incorporated 

indexed 

initiated

inspected  

instituted 

inventoried 

logged 

maintained 

monitored 

obtained 

operated 

ordered 

organized 

planned

prepared 

processed 

provided 

purchased 

recorded 

registered 

reserved 

responded 

retrieved 

reviewed 

routed 

scheduled 

screened 

set up 

submitted 

supplied 

supported 

standardized 

surveyed 

systematized 

tabulated 

updated 

validated 

verified 

Problem-solving skills

addressed

analyzed 

clarified 

collected 

compared 

conducted 

critiqued 

deciphered

detected 

determined 

diagnosed 

evaluated 

examined 

experimented 

explored 

extracted

finalized

fixed

formulated 

gathered 

handled

identified 

improved

interpreted 

invented 

investigated 

located 

measured 

mediated

negotiated

organized 

researched 

reviewed 

searched 

simplified

solved 

summarized 

surveyed 

tested 



Sales skills

captured

conserved

converted 

earned

generated

increased

marketed

maximized

negotiated

secured

won

Teaching skills

adapted 

advised 

assisted

clarified 

coached 

communicated 

conducted 

coordinated 

critiqued 

developed 

educated

enabled 

encouraged 

evaluated 

explained 

facilitated 

focused 

guided 

helped

informed 

instilled 

instructed 

motivated 

persuaded 

simulated 

stimulated

supported

taught 

tested 

trained 

transmitted 

tutored

Technical skills

adapted 

applied 

architected

assembled 

automated

built 

calculated 

coded

computed 

connected

conserved 

constructed 

converted 

debugged

deployed 

designed 

detected

determined 

developed 

diagnosed

discovered

engineered 

fabricated

formulated

fortified 

installed 

launched

maintained 

networked

operated 

overhauled 

planned

programmed 

project-managed

rectified

refined 

regulated 

remodeled 

repaired 

replaced 

restored 

solved 

specialized 

spearheaded 

standardized 

studied 

tested

troubleshot

upgraded 

utilized

Action verbs for any accomplishments

Accelerated

accomplished

achieved 

capitalized

completed 

delivered

expanded 

exceeded 

improved 

increased

initiated

implemented

pioneered 

produced

reached

spearheaded 

succeeded 

surpassed 

transformed 

won