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Powerful language
for cover letters
Your language should be assertive and easy to understand. Make your cover letter interesting by using action verbs such as “designed,” “implemented” and “increased,” rather than passive verbs like “was” and “did.” Use simple, common language and avoid abbreviations and slang.
| accelerated | designed | innovated | recruited |
| accomplished | developed | instructed | regulated |
| achieved | devised | integrated | reorganized |
| administered | directed | interpreted | represented |
| advised | edited | launched | researched |
| analyzed | educated | maintained | resolved |
| appointed | encouraged | managed | restored |
| arranged | established | marketed | restructured |
| assisted | evaluated | mediated | retrieved |
| attained | examined | monitored | reviewed |
| balanced | executed | negotiated | revised |
| budgeted | expanded | operated | scheduled |
| built | expedited | organized | shaped |
| calculated | extracted | performed | sold |
| catalogued | facilitated | persuaded | solved |
| chaired | formulated | planned | streamlined |
| collaborated | founded | prepared | summarized |
| compiled | generated | presented | supervised |
| composed | headed | prioritized | taught |
| computed | helped | processed | trained |
| conducted | identified | produced | upgraded |
| constructed | illustrated | programmed | utilized |
| consulted | implemented | promoted | worked |
| created | improved | proposed | wrote |
| delegated | increased | provided | |
| demonstrated | initiated | published | |
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