Business Writing Tip #200—Action Verbs to Use in Job Applications (3)

My final post in this series of action verbs to use in job applications follows on from the  last two posts. In past posts I covered communication, management, finance, research, training, and technical skills. In this post we’ll look at words you can use to describe creative, helping and administrative skills.

Creative Skills

• conceptualise
• create
• design
• develop
• found
• illustrate
• shape
• revitalise
• introduce
• plan
• integrate
• fashion
• institute
• perform
• originate
• innovate
• direct
• establish

Helping Skills

• assist
• assess
• diagnose
• clarify
• refer
• rehabilitate
• expedite
• coach
• facilitate
• counsel
• diagnose
• guide
• educate

Administrative Skills

• approve
• dispatch
• operate
• retrieve
• arrange
• execute
• screen
• catalogue
• prepare
• generate
• implement
• classify
• collect
• inspect
• process
• tabulate
• purchase
• inspect
• monitor
• record
• validate
• specify
• generate