If you’re writing a covering letter and can’t quite find that ‘mot juste’, we’ve put together a list of the main verbs that you might need and categorised them to make it easy for you.
Employers get bored seeing the same old phrases on job applications. After a while they all begin to sound just like a child’s ‘summer holiday’ essay with their ‘I did this and then I did that and then I did the other’. Apart from screaming at an employer that you have nil writing skills, your application will also disappear into the general background ‘noise’ that happens when 200 people apply for one job.
So, throw away that thesaurus – everything you need’s here!
- Actioned
- Administered
- Adjusted
- Allocated
- Analysed
- Appraised
- Assessed
- Audited
- Balanced
- Budgeted
- Calculated
- Computed
- Conserved
- Corrected
- Determined
- Developed
- Estimated
- Forecasted
- Managed
- Marketed
- Measured
- Netted
- Planned
- Prepared
- Programmed
- Projected
- Qualified
- Reconciled
- Reduced
- Researched
- Retrieved
Analysing and researching
- Analysed
- Clarified
- Collated
- Collected
- Compared
- Conducted
- Critiqued
- Detected
- Determined
- Diagnosed
- Evaluated
- Examined
- Experimented
- Explored
- Extracted
- Formulated
- Gathered
- Hypothesised
- Inspected
- Interviewed
- Invented
- Investigated
- Located
- Measured
- Organised
- Researched
- Reviewed
- Sampled
- Searched
- Solved
- Summarised
- Surveyed
- Systematised
- Tested
Coaching and instructing
- Adapted
- Advised
- Clarified
- Coached
- Communicated
- Conducted
- Coordinated
- Critiqued
- Developed
- Enabled
- Encouraged
- Evaluated
- Explained
- Facilitated
- Focused
- Guided
- Individualised
- Informed
- Instilled
- Instructed
- Motivated
- Persuaded
- Simulated
- Stimulated
- Taught
- Tested
- Trained
- Transmitted
- Tutored
Creating and producing
- Acted
- Adapted
- Began
- Combined
- Composed
- Conceptualised
- Condensed
- Created
- Customised
- Delineated
- Designed
- Developed
- Directed
- Displayed
- Drew
- Entertained
- Established
- Fashioned
- Formulated
- Founded
- Illustrated
- Initiated
- Instituted
- Integrated
- Introduced
- Invented
- Modelled
- Modified
- Outlined
- Originated
- Performed
- Photographed
- Planned
- Revised
- Revitalised
- Shaped
- Sketched
- Solved
Dealing with people
- Addressed
- Arbitrated
- Arranged
- Articulated
- Collaborated
- Communicated
- Conferred
- Consulted
- Conveyed
- Debated
- Developed
- Directed
- Discussed
- Elicited
- Enlisted
- Explained
- Expressed
- Furnished
- Interacted
- Interpreted
- Interviewed
- Involved
- Joined
- Judged
- Lectured
- Listened
- Mediated
- Moderated
- Observed
- Participated
- Proposed
- Reconciled
- Recruited
- Referred
- Reinforced
- Resolved
- Responded
- Solicited
- Specified
- Spoke
- Suggested
Guiding and helping
- Adapted
- Advocated
- Aided
- Answered
- Arranged
- Assessed
- Assisted
- Clarified
- Coached
- Collaborated
- Contributed
- Cooperated
- Counselled
- Demonstrated
- Diagnosed
- Educated
- Encouraged
- Ensured
- Expedited
- Facilitated
- Familiarised
- Furthered
- Guided
- Helped
- Insured
- Intervened
- Motivated
- Prevented
- Provided
- Referred
- Rehabilitated
- Represented
- Resolved
- Simplified
- Supplied
- Supported
- Volunteered
Managing
- Administered
- Analysed
- Appointed
- Approved
- Assigned
- Attained
- Authorised
- Chaired
- Considered
- Consolidated
- Contracted
- Controlled
- Converted
- Coordinated
- Decided
- Delegated
- Developed
- Directed
- Eliminated
- Emphasised
- Enforced
- Enhanced
- Established
- Executed
- Generated
- Handled
- Headed
- Hired
- Hosted
- Improved
- Incorporated
- Increased
- Initiated
- Inspected
- Instituted
- Led
- Managed
- Merged
- Motivated
- Navigated
- Organised
- Originated
- Overhauled
- Oversaw
- Planned
- Presided
- Prioritised
- Produced
- Recommended
- Reorganised
- Replaced
- Restored
- Reviewed
- Scheduled
- Secured
- Selected
- Streamlined
- Strengthened
- Supervised
- Terminated
Marketing
- Advertised
- Bargained
- Contacted
- Convinced
- Corresponded
- Formulated
- Haggled
- Incorporated
- Influenced
- Marketed
- Negotiated
- Persuaded
- Promoted
- Publicised
Organising
- Approved
- Arranged
- Catalogued
- Categorised
- Charted
- Classified
- Coded
- Collected
- Compiled
- Corrected
- Corresponded
- Distributed
- Executed
- Filed
- Generated
- Incorporated
- Inspected
- Logged
- Maintained
- Monitored
- Obtained
- Operated
- Ordered
- Organised
- Prepared
- Processed
- Provided
- Purchased
- Recorded
- Registered
- Reserved
- Responded
- Reviewed
- Routed
- Scheduled
- Screened
- Submitted
- Supplied
- Standardised
- Systematised
- Updated
- Validated
- Verified
Report writing
- Authored
- Clarified
- Composed
- Condensed
- Defined
- Drafted
- Edited
- Outlined
- Presented
- Reported
- Summarised
- Synthesised
- Translated
- Wrote
Technology
- Adapted
- Applied
- Assembled
- Built
- Calculated
- Computed
- Conserved
- Constructed
- Converted
- Debugged
- Designed
- Determined
- Developed
- Engineered
- Fabricated
- Fortified
- Installed
- Maintained
- Operated
- Overhauled
- Printed
- Programmed
- Rectified
- Regulated
- Remodelled
- Repaired
- Replaced
- Restored
- Solved
- Specialized
- Standardized
- Studied
- Upgraded
- Utilised
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