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Staffordshire University Careers Centre July 2015 1 When explaining your achievements on your CV it is easy to develop writer’s block. The list below gives you a wide range of strong, positive action words suitable for all types of CV. Accelerated Accomplished Accumulated Achieved Acquired Administered Advised Analysed Appointed Appraised Arranged Attained Assessed Audited Avoided Bought Broadened Budgeted Built Calculated Captured Centralised Changed Checked Collated Collected Combined Compiled Completed Composed Conceived Conducted Constructed Contributed Controlled Consolidated Converted Coordinated Corrected Counselled Created Cut Decreased Defined Demonstrated Designed Despatched Determined Developed Devised Directed Discovered Diversified Diverted Doubled Downsized Edited Effected Eliminated Employed Encouraged Ended Enforced Engineered Enhanced Enlarged Ensured Eradicated Established Estimated Evaluated Evaded Exceeded Executed Expanded Extended Extracted Finished Forecasted Formed Formulated Founded Gained Generated Guided Halved Headed Highlighted Hired Identified Implemented Improved Increased Inducted Initiated Inspired Inspected Installed Instructed Interpreted Interviewed Introduced Invented Investigated Invigorated Joined Judged Launched Led Lengthened Lessened Liaised Lightened Lowered Maintained Managed Marketed Maximised Minimised Modernised Modified Monitored Motivated Negotiated Obtained Operated Optimised Ordered Organised Outlined Performed Piloted Pioneered Planned Positioned Prepared Presented Prevented Processed Procured

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 Staffordshire University Careers Centre July 2015 

   When explaining your achievements on your CV it is easy to develop writer’s block. The list below gives you a wide range of strong, positive action words suitable for all types of CV.  Accelerated Accomplished Accumulated Achieved Acquired Administered Advised Analysed Appointed Appraised Arranged Attained Assessed Audited Avoided Bought Broadened Budgeted Built Calculated Captured Centralised Changed Checked Collated Collected Combined Compiled Completed Composed Conceived Conducted Constructed Contributed Controlled 

Consolidated Converted Coordinated Corrected Counselled Created Cut Decreased Defined Demonstrated Designed Despatched Determined Developed Devised Directed Discovered Diversified Diverted Doubled Downsized Edited Effected Eliminated Employed Encouraged Ended Enforced Engineered Enhanced Enlarged Ensured Eradicated Established Estimated 

Evaluated Evaded Exceeded Executed Expanded Extended Extracted Finished Forecasted Formed Formulated Founded Gained Generated Guided Halved Headed Highlighted Hired Identified Implemented Improved Increased Inducted Initiated Inspired Inspected Installed Instructed Interpreted Interviewed Introduced Invented Investigated Invigorated 

Joined Judged Launched Led Lengthened Lessened Liaised Lightened Lowered Maintained Managed Marketed Maximised Minimised Modernised Modified Monitored Motivated Negotiated Obtained Operated Optimised Ordered Organised Outlined Performed Piloted Pioneered Planned Positioned Prepared Presented Prevented Processed Procured 

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 Staffordshire University Careers Centre July 2015 

Produced Programmed Promoted Proposed Proved Provided Publicised Published Purchased Rearranged Recommended Recruited Rectified Redesigned Redirected Reduced Refined Regulated Reinforced Rejected Rejuvenated 

Related Renewed Reorganised Repaired Replaced Represented Rescued Researched Resolved Restored Retained Restructured Revamped Reviewed Revised Revived Revitalised Saved Scheduled Secured Serviced 

Selected Set up Settled Shaped Shortened Simplified Solved Specified Stabilised Staffed Standardised Started Stimulated Stopped Streamlined Strengthened Structured Studied Succeeded Suggested Supervised 

Supported Surpassed Surveyed Taught Tested Tightened Trained Transferred Transformed Translated Travelled Uncovered Undertook Unified United Utilised Verified Visited Widened Won Wrote 

 

Take Away Points  

Employers want to learn about what you have achieved, not just what your responsibilities were.  

Use a range of words, all in past tense, to demonstrate a number of achievements and skills.                      

         

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 Staffordshire University Careers Centre July 2015 

Careers Network The Careers Network is here for students and graduates from the very moment you enrol at Staffordshire University, and forever after.    We can help you: 

Get part‐time work and work experience. 

Plan and make decisions about your future career. 

Prepare a fabulous, professional CV. 

Practice interview technique and prepare for interviews. 

Arrange a course‐related ‘sandwich’ placement. 

Meet employers. 

And lots more . . .  We do this through a range of services, including: 

eCoach, our online careers portal. 

Face to face, and email, Employability Coaching. 

Careers fairs and networking events. 

Unitemps, our on campus recruitment agency. 

Centralised sandwich placements team.  

eCoach Through eCoach, Staffordshire University’s career 

portal, you can access the latest career‐related 

advice, tutorials and tools, including: 

One‐to‐one career Coaching. 

Interactive CV builder and CV checking service. 

Interview simulator to help you practice your interview skills. 

Assessment Centre tool and practice aptitude tests. 

Learn about yourself using psychometric and personality tests. 

Watch 100s of inspiring real life career stories. 

Set your own career goals using Career Planner. 

Search millions of jobs from thousands of job sites ‐ all in one place. 

Research and network with thousands of companies in the employer database. 

 Go to www.staffs.ac.uk/careers/ecoach and either click on ‘log in to eCoach’ and sign in with your normal University username and password, or (if you have graduated) click on the ‘Request a username and password’ link to gain access. 

 Getting careers help There is a Careers Network on the Stoke and Stafford campuses.  We’re open daily, from 9am to 5pm.  Our Employability Coaches see students daily from 10am to 12pm and 2pm to 4pm.  You are welcome to call in at any time and see us.    Alternatively, if you prefer, we offer email Coaching via [email protected] – just drop us a line and we’ll allocate a Coach to you.    

Contact us: Online:  www.staffs.ac.uk/careers Email:  [email protected] Telephone:  Stoke Careers 01782 294991 Telephone:  Stafford Careers 01785 353233  

Locations: Stoke Careers Network Trent Building, Leek Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 2AR  Stafford Careers Network 

Ground Floor, Beacon Building (next to the 

Grumpy Mule), Beaconside, Stafford ST18 0ED