Top 100 Most Powerful Resume Words

In today's job market, your resume is the most important document you have to get your job application into the hands of the hiring manager. If you can't get your resume past the ATS, it doesn't matter how much experience you have or how good your cover letter is. That's why you need to be strategic and intentional about the words you include in your resume.

The Importance Of Powerful Resume Words

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When a hiring manager sees the same old resume time and time again (which includes the cliché words and phrases such as "highly dedicated individual" or "great team player") you are guaranteeing that your resume will be tossed. Not only is it probably not optimized with the right keywords, but by taking up space with subjective statements, you're missing out on the chance to quantify your experience, skills, and accomplishments on your resume.

Poorly chosen words and clichéd phrases can destroy the interest of the reader. Powerful words, when chosen correctly, can have the opposite effect—motivating and inspiring the reader.

Here are the most powerful resume words you should use to stand out from the competition and increase your chances of landing a job interview...

Top 100 Powerful Resume Words

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1. Advanced

2. Assigned

3. Assessed

4. Absorbed

5. Accelerated

6. Attained

7. Attracted

8. Announced

9. Appraised

10. Budgeted

11. Bolstered

12. Balanced

13. Boosted

14. Bargained

15. Benefited

16. Beneficial

17. Comply

18. Critiqued

19. Closed

20. Collaborated

21. Designed

22. Delegated

23. Demonstrated

24. Developed

25. Detected

26. Efficient

27. Enhanced

28. Excelled

29. Exceeded

30. Enriched

31. Fulfilled

32. Financed

33. Forecasted

34. Formulated

35. Generated

36. Guided

37. Granted

38. Helped

39. Hosted

40. Implemented

41. Investigated

42. Increased

43. Initiated

44. Influenced

45. Integrated

46. Innovated

47. Instituted

48. Justified

49. Listed

50. Logged

51. Maintained

52. Mentored

53. Measured

54. Multiplied

55. Negotiated

56. Observed

57. Operated

58. Obtained

59. Promoted

60. Presented

61. Programmed

62. Provided

63. Projected

64. Qualified

65. Quantified

66. Quoted

67. Recommended

68. Refine

69. Revamp

70. Reacted

71. Retained

72. Recovered

73. Reinstated

74. Rejected

75. Sustained

76. Skilled

77. Saved

78. Scheduled

79. Supported

80. Secured

81. Simplified

82. Screened

83. Segmented

84. Streamlined

85. Strengthened

86. Triumphed

87. Troubleshot

88. Taught

89. Tutored

90. Translated

91. Trained

92. Uncovered

93. United

94. Unified

95. Updated

96. Upgraded

97. Validated

98. Viewed

99. Worldwide

100. Witnessed

The next time you're writing your resume, be sure to include some of the powerful words above. The success of your job search depends on it!

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