50 Action Phrases You Can Customize and Use in Your Resume
- Cut costs by X amount/% within Y amount of time
- Managed company/department annual/quarterly budget of X (large) amount
- Stayed under budget for X quarters/years
- Were promoted
- Were promoted after only X months in the role
- Directed a team/group/organization (something difficult to manage)
- Managed a project spanning X countries/continents/employees
- Multiplied donations by X amount/%
- Launched X new websites/products/campaigns
- Increased portfolio earnings by X amount/%
- Integrated an extremely complex system for the company
- Finished sales quota X amount of time early
- Trained X new employees
- Built a new team/division (not just hiring, also managing the workflow) for the company
- Redesigned and implemented more effective company procedures which e.g. decreased time-to-market by X amount/%
- Met deadlines consistently
- Supervised large/complex project in attaining goal X
- Grew customer base by X amount/%
- Reduced client/reader attrition by X amount/%
- Met X national/global/industry standard within Y amount of time
- Streamlined team/department operations
- Improved ties with country/industry association/union
- Boosted earnings by X amount/%
- Published X articles/white papers/reports/books
- Received X award/designation
- Won X award/competition for Y consecutive years
- Attained X certification
- Finished in the top X percentile of your class/course
- Reached X objective(s) every quarter for Y quarters in a row
- Reached X objective(s) faster than competitor (internal/external)
- Discovered X new drugs/species/trends
- Coined well-known buzzword or industry term
- Created X program/course/methodology
- Founded X company/non-profit/association/club
- Solved X disputes (for a negotiator)
- Resolved X internal conflicts
- Received score of X (high) on known customer satisfaction survey/poll
- Received score of X (high) on standardized testing/exam
- First person to achieve X (or led first team to achieve X) internally/externally
- Something you created won an award/was a bestseller/fan favorite
- Voted best/most something by association/club/group
- Featured in website/magazine/newspaper/book
- Held a perfect attendance record
- Introduced company products to X new markets
- Audited X number of clients in only Y amount of time
- Piloted X program with a Y % participant completion rate
- Advanced (non-profit) organization policy
- Fixed X amount / % of bugs in company software/open-source project
- Presented at well-known conference/seminar/workshop
- Achieved/Surpassed company/team goal of doing X by Y amount / %