175 Power Verbs and Phrases for Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviews

While you're revamping your resume or cover letter or constructing your proof-by-example stories for interviews, you'll find you need to watch your word choice. Why? Communication is powerful if the words we use to communicate are powerful. That's not all it takes, but the right words make for a good beginning.
So as you craft achievement statements or write paragraphs that sell your skills or draft interview responses to knock the employers' socks off, consider these suggestions:
Use verbs in active tense, not passive tense. Use verbs that convey power and action. Use verbs that claim the highest level of skill or achievement you can legitimately claim. Use verbs to accurately describe what you have done on the job. Use adjectives and adverbs sparingly, but when you use them, use them well. Use nouns that are as specific and as descriptive as possible. Use numbers whenever possible. Use the most impressive (and still honest) form of the number you use. Never lie! It IS NOT worth it. It WILL catch up with you. Proofread all your verbs and nouns for agreement, tense and appropriateness. Here, then, are 175 powerful verbs and phrases to make use of in resumes, cover letters and interviews:
abated abolished accelerated accomplished achieved actively participated administered advanced advised aggressively analyzed applied assumed a key role authored automated built hired closed coached co-developed codirected co-founded cold called collected co-managed communicated completed computerized conceptualized conducted consolidated contained contracted contributed controlled convinced coordinated cost effectively created critiqued cut dealt effectively decreased defined delivered designed developed developed and applied directed doubled earned eliminated emphasized enforced established evaluated exceeded executed exercised expanded expedited facilitated filled focused formulated fostered founded gained generated ground-breaking headed up helped identified implemented improved increased initiated innovated instituted instructed integrated interviewed introduced investigated lectured led leveraged maintained managed marketed motivated negotiated orchestrated organized outmaneuvered overcame oversaw penetrated performed permitted persuaded planned played a key role positioned prepared presented prevented produced profitably project managed promoted proposed prospected protected provided published quadrupled ranked received recommended recruited reduced removed renegotiated replaced researched resolved restored restructured reversed satisfied saved scheduled scoped out selected self-financed set up sold solved staffed started stopped streamlined substituted supervised taught tightened took the lead in trained trimmed tripled troubleshooted turned around upgraded yielded While you certainly can use the list anytime you're looking to say something in a more powerful way, you can also use it to help jog your memory about accomplishments on present and past jobs that you might otherwise overlook. Also, consider using the list to help you refine your resumes and cover letters to be more powerful in their presentation and communication.

175 Power Verbs and Phrases for Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviews

175 Power Verbs and Phrases for Resumes, Cover Letters, and Interviews
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Interviews - Strengths and Weaknesses

When considering Strengths and Weaknesses in the world of Job Interviews we are most often considering the two common questions, What is your Greatest Weakness and What is your Greatest Strength.

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When working with candidates that are preparing for interviews these are strangely enough the area where we most often end up with rambling, incoherent and unfocused answers or the 1000 yd stare into the distance.

Let us think about the objectives from both sides of the table. Your objectives are to impress the interviewer with your skills, knowledge, capabilities and suitability for the position or to put it another way, get a job offer. The objectives of the interviewer are similar but in reverse and they are enhanced by the fact that a hiring mistake can be expensive, not only in the time it takes to find out that there is a mistake but also in the costs involved in finding a replacement down the line.

Interviews - Strengths and Weaknesses

The logic behind these questions is as much to see how you handle them as  to the answers that you give. So with that in mind we will start with the question about weakness. Why would any interviewer expect someone to give an answer that places them in a bad light, you would be surprised at how many candidates make this mistake without considering their actions and the results that stem from it.

It is OK to have a weakness just make sure that it does not impact on your ability to do the job. Explaining the weakness may be handled in a number of ways, a couple of examples are:

Using a strength as a weakness is very common and needs to be used carefully so that you do not appear rehearsed. This is typically something like attention to detail but most interviewers have heard this far too many times.

Demonstrate a past weakness or deficiency that does not relate directly to the job, this could be as simple as not having learnt a programming language or reporting tool that may have hurt you in the past but it now gives you the opportunity to demonstrate how you overcame that by taking classes in your own time.

A strength on the other hand should be directly related to the position you are interviewing for and explained in context with a story if at all possible. You can sometimes link both the strength and weakness in a single answer thus taking away the need for the second question.

If the opportunity arises and you may even want to consider raising both of these issues in advance. When answering an earlier question there may be a moment where you have the chance to mention your strength/weakness. For example management candidates are often asked how they might handle a situation with an employee who needs to be counseled. You could explain how you would deal with this and state that dealing one on one with employees is a strength you have developed although in the early stages one might have considered it a weakness but time and mentoring earlier in your career have now turned the situation around for you.

In summary, strengths and weaknesses are questions that can be answered in so many different ways and in this article we have only touched on the subject. Be positive and consider your words carefully. As a manager of mine once said God gave you two ears and one mouth so you can listen twice as much as you talk, a piece of advice I cheerfully pass on.

Good hunting

Interviews - Strengths and Weaknesses

Barry Simpson
- Your personal job-search assistant.

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Extensive experience of working with people at all levels in Fortune 500 companies and other organizations with the goal to help them land a new and rewarding position. I am, with my colleagues translating much of that expertise and knowledge into our offering at Virtual Job Coach

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