Here’s a list of the best verbs to use on a resume for managing and administering things in the workplace.
Use these words in the examples and stories you include to show your expertise and experience too.
Best management verbs to use on a resume
- add, adding (added)
- administer, administering (administered)
- advise, advising (advised)
- adjudicate, adjudicating (adjudicated)
- advance, advancing (advanced)
- advocate, advocating (advocated)
- approve, approving (approved)
- authorise, authorising (authorised/authorized)
- block, blocking (blocked)
- collaborate, collaborating (collaborated)
- contribute, contributing (contributed)
- co-produce, co-producing (co-produced)
- critique, critiquing (critiqued)
- delegate, delegating (delegated)
- determine, determining (determined)
- diagose, diagnosing (diagnosed)
- direct, directing (directed)
- dispatch, dispatching (dispatched)
- enforce, enforcing (enforced)
- ensure, ensuring (ensured)
- establish, establishing (established)
- formalise, formalising/formalizing (formalised/formalized)
- hire, hiring (hired)
- inspect, inspecting (inspected)
- instruct, instructing (instructed)
- institute, instituting (instituted)
- integrate, integrating (integrated)
- itemise, itemising/ itemizing (itemised/itemized)
- lecture, lecturing (lectured)
- moderate, moderating (moderated)
- monitor, monitoring (monitored)
- overhaul, overhauling (overhauled)
- oversee, overseeing (oversaw)
- preside, presiding (presided)
- recommend, recommending (recommended)
- recruit, recruiting (recruited)
- redirect, redirecting (redirected)
- resolve, resolving (resolved)
- revitalise, revitalising/ revitalizing (revitalised/revitalized)
- screen, screening (screened)
- scrutinise, scrutinising / scrutinizing (scrutinised / scrutinized)
- secure, securing (secured)
- sponsor, sponsoring (sponsored)
- summarise, summarising (summarised)
- supervise, supervising (supervised)
- trim, trimming (trimmed)
- train, training (trained)
- uphold, upholding (upheld)
- verify, verifying (verified)
- validate, validating (validated)
Where to use verbs in present tense in a resume
Use these verbs in present tense in the TRANSFERABLE SKILLS section to show that you maintain currency in these skills.
It’s a subtle way to communicate to hiring managers and recruiters that these skills are valid and up-to-date.
Where to use verbs in past tense in a resume
Use these verbs in the past tense in the EMPLOYMENT AND WORK HISTORY section, KEY ACHIEVEMENTS, and CONCRETE ACCOMPLISHMENTS sections (words in brackets).
Past tense verbs show proof and evidence of your expertise and experience.
Image credits:
- Management discussion: John on Unsplash
- Library file management system: Diego Marín on Unsplash
