How should I start bullet points in my resume

Make sure you are using action words to spruce up your resume!  

Action verbs to showcase accomplishments:

• Achieved 
• Amplified
• Attained
• Capitalized 
• Chaired
• Consolidated
• Deciphered 
• Decreased
• Discerned 
• Drove 
• Enacted 
• Endeavored 
• Established 
• Exceeded 
• Founded
• Pioneered
• Outperformed
• Overhauled
• Sharpened 
• Shattered 
• Sparked 
• Spearheaded 
• Steered 
• Stimulated 
• Streamlined
• Strengthened
• Supervised 
• Surpassed

Action verbs to explain responsibilities:

• Accelerated 
• Accomplished 
• Analyzed 
• Assembled 
• Built 
• Charted
• Created 
• Constructed 
• Coordinated
• Delivered 
• Developed 
• Executed 
• Expanded 
• Facilitated
• Finalized 
• Forged 
• Guided 
• Handled 
• Headed 
• Improved 
• Increased 
• Initiated 
• Implemented 
• Instituted 
• Operated
• Organized
• Produced 
• Reached 
• Simplified 
• Volunteered

Action verbs to express communication skills:

• Briefed 
• Campaigned 
• Collaborated
• Composed
• Conveyed 
• Convinced
• Documented
• Enlivened 
• Instructed 
• Performed 
• Presented 
• Promoted
• Spoke 
• Trained

Action verbs for creative experience:

• Authored 
• Brainstormed 
• Communicated 
• Conceptualized 
• Curated 
• Customized
• Derived 
• Designed 
• Diagramed 
• Drafted 
• Edited 
• Illustrated 
• Imagined 
• Influenced 
• Inspired
• Intensified 
• Modeled 
• Proofread 
• Published
• Redesigned 
• Researched 
• Strategized 
• Storyboarded 
• Translated
• Transformed 
• Visualized 
• Wrote

Action verbs for sales experience:

• Acquired
• Boosted
• Captured 
• Conserved 
• Converted 
• Earned 
• Gained
• Generated 
• Maximized 
• Negotiated 
• Outpaced
• Won
• Yielded

Action verbs for leadership and management:

• Advised 
• Aligned
• Arranged 
• Augmented 
• Centralized 
• Championed 
• Cultivated
• Differentiated 
• Directed 
• Empowered 
• Enabled
• Endorsed 
• Enforced 
• Ensured 
• Forecasted 
• Formalized
• Formed
• Fostered 
• Furthered
• Hired
• Identified 
• Implemented 
• Integrated 
• Leveraged
• Mentored
• Merged
• Motivated 
• Orchestrated 
• Optimized 
• Predicted 
• Reconciled 
• Reduced 
• Refocused
• Renovated
• Reorganized
• Replaced 
• Resolved 
• Restructured
• Revitalized
• Shaped
• Supervised
• Sustained
• Trained

Action verbs for experience with finance:

• Audited
• Calculated 
• Classified 
• Collected 
• Equalized 
• Evaluated
• Dispensed 
• Halted 
• Investigated 
• Lowered 
• Maintained 
• Minimized 
• Recognized 
• Secured

Action verbs for technical experience:

• Advanced 
• Architected 
• Automated 
• Coded 
• Deployed 
• Detected 
• Devised 
• Diagnosed 
• Discovered 
• Engineered
• Enhanced
• Expedited
• Formulated 
• Installed 
• Launched 
• Modified
• Networked 
• Planned 
• Programmed
• Remodeled
• Rewrote 
• Refined 
• Tested 
• Troubleshoot 
• Updated
• Upgraded