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Resume synonyms: stronger words for 19 tired verbs
Recruiters read “managed”, “responsible for” and “helped” in almost every resume, and those words do not say what changed because of you. Pick the word you keep repeating: each page lists better ones by what you actually did, with an example line that has a number.
Pick the word you overuse
- Instead of “managed”24 words
- Instead of “led”24 words
- Instead of “helped”24 words
- Instead of “created”24 words
- Instead of “developed”24 words
- Instead of “worked on”24 words
- Instead of “responsible for”24 words
- Instead of “improved”24 words
- Instead of “handled”24 words
- Instead of “organized”24 words
- Instead of “supported”24 words
- Instead of “collaborated”24 words
- Instead of “communicated”24 words
- Instead of “increased”24 words
- Instead of “reduced”24 words
- Instead of “implemented”24 words
- Instead of “analyzed”24 words
- Instead of “trained”24 words
- Instead of “assisted”24 words
Write the whole line
A strong resume line has three parts: an action verb, what you did it to, and a result with a number. The free resume bullet builder helps you write one, and resume examples for 143 kinds of work show whole resumes written this way.