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Communication

  • addressed
  • advised
  • aided
  • arranged
  • articulated
  • authored
  • clarified
  • communicated
  • completed
  • composed
  • conceived
  • conducted
  • consulted
  • contributed
  • cooperated
  • coordinated
  • corresponded
  • debated
  • defined
  • directed
  • displayed
  • drafted
  • edited
  • enlisted
  • explained
  • formulated
  • influenced
  • informed
  • inspired
  • interpreted
  • interviewed
  • lectured
  • marketed
  • mediated
  • moderated
  • motivated
  • persuaded
  • presented
  • promoted
  • recruited
  • represented
  • suggested
  • summarized
  • supervised
  • updated

Technical

  • administered
  • analyzed
  • assembled
  • built
  • calculated
  • computed
  • conducted
  • configured
  • constructed
  • created
  • designed
  • determined
  • developed
  • installed
  • led
  • maintained
  • manufactured
  • operated
  • overhauled
  • oversaw
  • programmed
  • simulated
  • tested
  • troubleshot
  • utilized

Teaching

  • adapted
  • advised
  • clarified
  • coached
  • coordinated
  • educated
  • explained
  • guided
  • influenced
  • informed
  • inspired 
  • instructed
  • served
  • trained
  • transformed

Financial

  • administered
  • allocated
  • analyzed
  • appraised
  • audited
  • balanced
  • budgeted
  • calculated
  • compiled
  • developed
  • doubled
  • earned
  • financed
  • forecasted
  • formulated
  • invested
  • managed
  • marketed
  • prepared
  • projected
  • targeted
  • tracked

Management

  • accomplished
  • acquired
  • achieved
  • administered
  • analyzed
  • appointed
  • assessed
  • assigned
  • chaired
  • coached
  • consulted
  • contracted
  • controlled
  • coordinated
  • delegated
  • developed
  • directed
  • established
  • evaluated
  • examined
  • exceeded
  • executed
  • implemented
  • improved
  • increased
  • initiated
  • led
  • managed
  • marketed
  • negotiated
  • organized
  • prepared
  • prioritized
  • produced
  • promoted
  • recommended
  • reconciled
  • recruited
  • reviewed
  • supervised
  • targeted
  • trained
  • transformed

Helping

  • accompanied
  • advised
  • assist
  • assessed
  • attended
  • cared for
  • clarified
  • coached
  • coordinated
  • counseled
  • delivered
  • demonstrated
  • developed
  • diagnosed
  • educated
  • engaged
  • facilitated
  • furnished
  • mentored
  • overcame
  • provided
  • referred
  • served

Administrative

  • accelerated
  • accomplished
  • administered
  • approved
  • arranged
  • classified
  • completed
  • correlated
  • delegated
  • developed
  • documented
  • maintained
  • managed
  • operated
  • organized
  • prepared
  • prioritized
  • provided
  • purchased
  • recorded
  • resolved
  • retrieved
  • screened
  • streamlined
  • structured
  • systematized

Creative

  • acted
  • adapted
  • composed
  • conceived
  • conceptualized
  • crafted
  • created
  • customized
  • designed
  • developed
  • directed
  • fashioned
  • founded
  • generated
  • illustrated
  • improvised
  • initiated
  • innovated
  • integrated
  • invented
  • marketed
  • originated
  • performed
  • problem solved
  • revitalized
  • shaped
  • synthesized
  • traveled

Research

  • calculated
  • cataloged
  • clarified
  • collected
  • computed
  • correlated
  • critiqued
  • diagnosed
  • discovered
  • evaluated
  • examined
  • experimented
  • extrapolated
  • gathered
  • identified
  • inspected
  • investigated
  • monitored
  • observed
  • organized
  • proved
  • surveyed
  • tested


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