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Active words that brighten up an investment banking résumé/CV

4/9/2012

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Your résumé/CV is normally the first contact that your potential employer has with you. Your objective is for the recruiter to see your résumé/CV and want to hire you.

Investment banks want someone that will get results. Using the correct words will make a difference; use a lot of words that show achievement, initiative and action. Here are some examples, the very best are in bold:

accelerated
accomplished
achieved
acquired
added
addressed
adjusted
administered
advised
advocated
aided
allotted
analysed
applied
appointed
appraised
approved
arranged
assembled
assessed
assigned
assimilated
assisted
assured
attained
attended
audited
authorised
awarded
balanced
began
briefed
budgeted
built
calculated
captained
chaired
coached
collected
combined
communicated
compiled
completed
composed
computed
concluded
conducted
consolidated
constructed
consulted
continued
contracted
controlled
convinced
corrected
corresponded
counselled
created
debated
delegated
delivered
demonstrated
described
designated
designed
determined
developed
devised
diagnosed
directed
discovered
distributed
drafted
drew up
earned
edited
educated
elected
eliminated
employed
enabled
encouraged
engaged
engineered
enjoyed
enlarged
enlisted
ensured
established 
estimated
evaluated
examined
expanded
expedited
explained
explored
extracted
facilitated
filed
financed
followed up
forecast
foresaw
formulated
fostered
founded
functioned
gained
galvanised
gathered
generated
graded
guided
handled
heightened
highlighted
hired
hunted
identified
illustrated
implemented
improvised
included
incorporated
increased
initiated
instituted
instructed
integrated
interpreted
interviewed
introduced
invented
investigated
involved
joined
launched
lectured
led
licensed
located
made
maintained
managed
mapped
marketed
maximised
mediated
met
moderated
modified
moulded
monitored
motivated
named
negotiated
netted
observed
opened
operated
organised
originated
overcame
oversaw
participated
perceived
placed
planned
policed
prepared
presented
prioritised
​
processed
produced
profited
programmed
projected
promoted
proofed
proposed
proved
provided
publicised
published
qualified
raised
ran
rated
realised
received
recognised
recommended
reconciled
recorded
recruited
reduced
re-evaluated
referred
rehabilitated
reinforced
renegotiated
renovated
reorganised
reported
represented
rescued
researched
resolved
revealed
reviewed
revised
saved
scheduled
scouted
selected
sent
served
set up
shaped
simplified
smoothed
sold
solved
sought
spearheaded
specified
started
stated
stimulated
structured
studied
submitted
succeeded
suggested
summarised
supervised
supplied
supported
surmounted
surveyed
systematised
tabulated
taught
tested
took over
transferred
transformed
translated
travelled
treated
tutored
umpired
uncovered
unearthed
updated
validated
won
worked
wrote

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P. J. Wesley
10/8/2016 01:39:48 pm

I would like to get feedback regarding a résumé?

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