Below is an example of some active words you can use to describe your experience on a CV, covering letter, application form or LinkedIn profile.

Organizational skill words

  • Categorized
  • Filed
  • Incorporated
  • Organized
  • Prepared
  • Recorded
  • Registered

 Achievement words

  • Achieved
  • Built
  • Created
  • Developed
  • Established
  • Expanded
  • Solved
  • Streamlined

 
Creative words

  • Adapted
  • Combined
  • Composed
  • Conceptualized
  • Condensed
  • Created
  • Customized
  • Designed
  • Developed
  • Revised
  • Revitalized
  • Shaped
  • Solved

 

 Management words

  • Administered
  • Appointed
  • Approved
  • Consolidated
  • Contracted
  • Controlled
  • Implemented
  • Negotiated
  • Produced
  • Recommended
  • Reorganized
  • Strengthened
  • Supervised

 

And some more words…

  • Assist
  • Able
  • Action
  • Analysis
  • Achievement
  • Accomplished
  • Advanced
  • Conduct
  • Consult
  • Committed
  • Conducted
  • Contributed
  • Coordinated
  • Delegated
  • Develop
  • Deliver
  • Design
  • Defined
  • Diversified
  • Devoted
  • Distinguished
  • Encourage
  • Earned
  • Enhance
  • Evaluate

 
  • Examined
  • Facilitate
  • Formulate
  • Fulfilled
  • Forecasted
  • Generated
  • Gained
  • Gathered
  • Gave
  • Headed
  • Hosted
  • Identified
  • Implemented
  • Improved
  • Improvised
  • Influenced
  • Launched
  • Lobbied
  • Maintained
  • Managed
  • Marketed
  • Maximized
  • Mediated
  • Modernized
  • Motivated
  • Negotiated
  • Observed
  • Obtained
  • Operated
  • Organized
  • Originated
  • Overhauled
  • Oversaw
  • Participated
  • Performed
  • Pioneered
  • Planned
  • Prepared
  • Presented
  • Promoted
  • Provided
  • Published
  • Pursued
  • Quantified
  • Ranked
  • Received
  • Recommended
  • Redesigned
  • Reengineered
  • Reorganized
  • Represented
  • Restructured
  • Revised
  • Safeguarded
  • Secured
  • Selected
  • Specified
  • Spearheaded
  • Standardized
  • Strengthened
  • Structured
  • Suggested
  • Superseded
  • Supervised
  • Targeted
  • Taught
  • Tested
  • Trained
  • Transcended
  • Unified
  • Upgraded
  • Utilized
  • Validated
  • Valued
  • Wrote