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When designing your resume, it is important to showcase your accomplishments and use strong verbs. Using “power verbs” to showcase your accomplishments will help place you above other job-seekers. For example, if you are seeking to move into a management position, use management oriented verbs - directed, assigned, managed, and so forth. This works on a psychological level and helps the interviewer to visualize you in a management position.

Tips to remember:

• Create a vivid image by using strong examples. “Oriented seven new trainees in five months” is better than “Responsible for training new employees”
• Use verbs that suit the job you’re seeking - educational verbs for teachers, management verbs for management candidates, and so on
• Use psychology to your advantage! Use action verbs to help the interviewer see you as a strong candidate for the job

Your job, as a resume writer, is to create a vivid image in the mind of the interviewer. You want the interviewer to visualize you as a strong candidate for your desired job. Using passive words defeats the purpose, and could lose you the interview. Be sure that the words you are using are strong, and be sure to use specific examples.