Friday, March 29, 2013

101 POSITIVE WORDS FOR YOUR CVs & LETTERS


Use action words when describing what you have done.
For maximum impact positive words should be used selectively.
Accelerated
Accomplished
Achieved
Activated
Approved
Attained
Budgeted
Built
Calculated
Conceived
Conducted
Completed
Consolidated
Contribution
Controlled
Core
Created
Delegated
Delivered
Demonstrated
Designed
Diagnosed
Directed
Doubled
Eliminated
Empowered
Established
Ended
Ensured
Exceeded
Extended
Finalised
Forecast
Foresaw
Generated
Headed
Increased
Implemented
Improved
Introduced
Invented
Launched
Led
Maintained
Motivated
Negotiated
Ordered
Operated
Perceived
Performed
Persuaded
Planned
Pioneered
Presented
Processed
Programmed
Positive
Profit
Promoted
Questioned
Rectified
Recognised
Reduced
Reorganised
Rescued
Researched
Revised
Revived
Saved
Scheduled
Set Up
Sold
Solved
Sorted
Started
Streamlined
Stressed
Strengthened
Stretched
Succeeded
Summarised
Superseded
Supervised
Terminated
Trained
Traded
Transformed
Translated
Tripled
Trimmed
Turned
Uncovered
Unified
Utilised
Verified
Waged
Won
Worked
Wrote
Other useful words and phrases include:- New, Key, Since adopted by, Well accepted.
But be careful of vague words like:- Co-ordinated, Liaised, Administered, Helped,
and phrases like:- Involved in, Assisted with, Knowledge of, Exposed to, Participated in.

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