Strong action verbs can help describe your career achievements.  Geospatial Connections recommends using words from this power verbs list in your resume submittal.  They will help start strong action oriented statements about the work that you have performed. 

A - B

accelerated; acclimated; accompanied; accomplished; achieved; acquired; acted; activated; actuated; adapted; added; addressed; adhered; adjusted; administered; admitted; adopted; advanced; advertised; advised; advocated; aided; aired; affected; allocated; altered; amended; amplified; analyzed; answered; anticipated; appointed; appraised; approached; approved; arbitrated; arranged; ascertained; asked; assembled; assigned; assumed; assessed; assisted; attained; attracted; audited; augmented; authored; authorized; automated; awarded; avail; balanced; bargained; borrowed; bought; broadened; budgeted; built

C

calculated; canvassed; capitalized; captured; carried; out; cast; cataloged; centralized; challenged; chaired; changed; channeled; charted; checked; chose; circulated; clarified; classified; cleared; closed; co-authored; cold; called; collaborated; collected; combined; commissioned; committed; communicated; compared; compiled; complied; completed; composed; computed; conceived; conceptualized; concluded; condensed; conducted; conferred; consolidated; constructed; consulted; contracted; contrasted; contributed; contrived; controlled; converted; convinced; coordinated; corrected; corresponded; counseled; counted; created; critiqued; cultivated; cut 

D - E

debugged; decided; decentralized; decreased; deferred; defined; delegated; delivered; demonstrated; depreciated; described; designated; designed; determined; developed; devised; devoted; diagrammed; directed; disclosed; discounted; discovered; dispatched; displayed; dissembled; distinguished; distributed; diversified; divested; documented; doubled; drafted; earned; eased; edited; effected; elected; eliminated; employed; enabled; encouraged; endorsed; enforced; engaged; engineered; enhanced; enlarged; enriched; entered; entertained; established; estimated; evaluated; examined; exceeded; exchanged; executed; exempted; exercised; expanded; expedited; explained; exposed; extended; extracted; extrapolated 

F - M

facilitated; familiarized; fashioned; fielded; figured; financed; fit; focused; forecasted; formalized; formed; formulated; fortified; found; founded; framed; fulfilled; functioned; furnished; gained; gathered; gauged; gave; generated; governed; graded; granted; greeted; grouped; guided; handled; headed; hired; hosted; identified; illustrated; illuminated; implemented; improved; improvised; inaugurated; indoctrinated; increased; incurred; induced; influenced; informed; initiated; innovated; inquired; inspected; inspired; installed; instigated; instilled; instituted; instructed; insured; interfaced; interpreted; interviewed; introduced; invented; inventoried; invested; investigated; invited; involved; isolated; issued; joined; judged; launched; lectured; led; lightened; liquidated; litigated; lobbied; localized; located; maintained; managed; mapped; marketed; maximized; measured; mediated; merchandised; merged; met; minimized; modeled; moderated; modernized; modified; monitored; motivated; moved; multiplied 

N - R

named; narrated; negotiated; noticed; nurtured; observed; obtained; offered; offset; opened; operated; operationalized; orchestrated; ordered; organized; oriented; originated; overhauled; oversawpaid; participated; passed; patterned; penalized; perceived; performed; permitted; persuaded; phased; out; pinpointed; pioneered; placed; planned; polled; prepared; presented; preserved; presided; prevented; priced; printed; prioritized; probed; processed; procured; produced; profiled; programmed; projected; promoted; promoted; prompted; proposed; proved; provided; publicized; published; purchased; pursued; quantified; quoted; raised; ranked; rated; reacted; read; received; recommended; reconciled; recorded; recovered; recruited; rectified; redesigned; reduced; referred; refined; regained; regulated; rehabilitated; reinforced; reinstated; rejected; related; remedied; remodeled; renegotiated; reorganized; replaced; repaired; reported; represented; requested; researched; resolved; responded; restored; restructured; resulted; retained; retrieved; revamped; revealed; reversed; reviewed; revised; revitalized; rewarded; routed 

S - W

safeguarded; salvaged; saved; scheduled; screened; secured; segmented; selected; sent; separated; served; serviced; settled; shaped; shortened; showed; shrank; signed; simplified; sold; solved; spearheaded; specified; speculated; spoke; spread; stabilized; staffed; staged; standardized; steered; stimulated; strategized; streamlined; strengthened; stressed; structured; studied; submitted; substantiated; substituted; suggested; summarized; superseded; supervised; supplied; supported; surpassed; surveyed; synchronized; synthesized; systematized; tabulated; tailored; targeted; taught; terminated; tested; testified; tightened; took; traced; traded; trained; transacted; transferred; transformed; translated; transported; traveled; treated; tripled; uncovered; undertook; unified; united; updated; upgraded; used; utilized; validated; valued; verified; viewed; visited; weighed; welcomed; widened; witnessed; won; worked; wrote