Thinking of an action words to describe yourself while writing your resume / CV or cover letter

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accelerated, accomplished, accounted, achieved, acted, adapted, adjusted, administered, advised, advocated, analyzed, applied, appraised, approved, assembled, assigned, assisted, audited, budgeted, built, bought, calculated, carried, carved, cataloged, charted, checked, classified, coached, collected, commanded, compared, computed, compiled, completed, composed, confronted, conserved, constructed, consulted, contacted, contributed, controlled, converted, convinced, cooperated, coordinated, corresponded, counseled, counted, created, critiqued, defended, delegated, delivered, designed, detected, determined, developed, devised, diagnosed, directed, discovered, dispensed, displayed, distributed, diverted, doubled, drafted, dramatized, edited, eliminated, encouraged, enforced, entered, entertained, established, estimated, evaluated, examined, exchanged, executed, exercised, exhibited, expanded, experimented, explained, expressed, facilitated, fixed, followed, forecasted, formulated, gained, gathered, generated, guarded , guided, handled, healed, helped, increased, identified, influenced, imagined, implemented, improved, initiated, inspected, inspired, installed, instructed, interpreted, interviewed, introduced, invented, investigated, judged, launched, led, learned, listened, located, maintained, managed, measured, mediated, met, mentored, modeled, modified, monitored, motivated, moved, negotiated, obtained, operated, ordered, organized, packaged, packed, performed, persuaded, planned, prepared, prescribed, presented, prevented, printed, processed, produced, projected, promoted, proposed, protected, provided, purchased, quoted, raised, read, realized, received, recognized, recorded, recruited, redesigned, reduced, referred, registered, relieved, removed, reorganized, repaired, repeated, replaced, reported, represented, researched, restored, reviewed, revised, revitalized, saved, scheduled, selected, sold, sent, serviced, served, shaped, simplified, solved, sorted, started, streamlined, strengthened, stretched, structured, studied, succeeded, suggested, summarized, supervised, supplied, supported, surveyed, synthesized, tailored, taught, tested, traced, tracked, traded, trained, transferred, utilized, visualized, wrapped, wrote.

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