Effective Words to Be Used in Resume

I was going through the article that how your adjectives and verbs can enhance your chances of being interviewing, I found this article really very interesting, I am just giving here a brief summary of this article, however you can read the full article by clicking on the link below. 

1-Saying it With Impact

Using verbs and adjectives effectively adds impact to your resume. Read this section again carefully just before you actually begin writing.

2-Describing Results-Going Beyond the duties

The typical resume merely lists duties and does little else to sell the person. One of the best ways to sell yourself is to describe accomplishments in terms of results. Duties are often covered by “Responsible for …” Results are generally covered by using the verb developed, such as “Developed a secretary’s manual which explained hundreds of procedures and significantly reduced clerical errors.” This person’s duties were typing, filing, and answering phones, so to show that she stood above the rest, she demonstrated results.


3-The Words to Be Used
 
While develop is an excellent word, when used three or four times in a resume it becomes overworked. You’ll need substitutes. The most common are:

  Created -------->Instituted

  Designed  -------->Introduced

  Established ---------->Set up

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Significantly/Substantially 

“Increased sales substantially through creative marketing.”

“Absenteeism was reduced significantly by instituting a system of flexible work hours.”

When you have no idea by what percentage you increased or decreased something, the words significantly and substantially will provide the reader with the feeling you are trying to get across. When you use these words, you are saying that what you did really had an impact. The word extensive can also be used in similar contexts.

4-Adverbs to Be Used 

A list of adverbs and adjectives is given below. Review the list and check the ones you feel may be useful to you. Try to include them but don’t force it. Don’t use a word or phrase unless it really fits your personality and strengthens your resume. After writing each draft, go back through the list to see if still another word or two might be useful.

  Accurate/accurately ------Decisive/decisively

  Active/actively-------- Deep (insight)

  Adept/adeptly --------Deft/deftly
 
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5-Use Verb Tenses

Describe your current job in the present tense. For all previous jobs, write in the past tense. In your current job, you may need to describe an event, such as a project, which has already been completed. In that case, use the past tense to describe the project, while using the present tense in the remaining portions of your current job.

Developed (instituted, introduced, designed) new operating procedures which reduced labor costs 24% of gross revenues to 14%.

Instituted a preventive maintenance program which increased a combat readiness of a unit by 10%
  
6-Use Action Verbs

A resume should sound alive and vigorous. Using action verbs helps achieve that feeling. “I changed the filing system” lacks punch and doesn’t really indicate if the system was improved. “I reorganized and simplified the filing system” sounds much better and provides more accurate information. Review the sentences below to get a feel for action words. Then quickly scan the words in the following list and check any you think you might want to use in your resume. Don’t try to force them in, use them when they feel right.

Conducted long-range master planning for the Portland water supply system.

Monitored enemy radio transmissions, analyzed information, and identified enemy strategic and tactical capabilities.

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