Chapter 3. Hard Skills
Accounting and Finance
ADJUST
{also use in Accountability, Common Sense, Cross-Cultural Competency, Flexibility, and Work Ethic}
(1) accommodate; alter; amend; attune; bend; change; correct; fine-tune; fix; modify; pacify; rectify; regulate; resolve; settle; tune up; tweak
Résumé bullet points:
• Adjusted to Sage accounting software
ADMINISTER
{also use in Accountability, HARD SKILLS: Administrative, Organizational, Planning and Time Management, Reliability, and Self-Manageable}
(1) control; deal out; direct; dispense; furnish a benefit; give out; govern; hand out; manage; mete out; order; oversee a process; run; supervise
Résumé bullet points:
• Administered accounts payable system
AUDIT
{also use in Attention to Detail, Computational Thinking, and Design Mind-Set}
(1) appraise; assess; check; count; examine; inspect; review; verify the accounting records of
Résumé bullet points:
• Audited corporate client reports containing equities, fixed income, and derivatives
BALANCE
(1) assess; calculate; collate; compare; consider; evaluate; even out; equalize; keep upright; offset; settle; square; stabilize; stay poised; steady; tally; total; weigh; weight up
Résumé bullet points:
• Balanced all books and completed state and federal tax forms
CALCULATE
{also use in Accountability, Computational Thinking, Engineering, and R&D}
(1) account; coax; compute; consider; deem; determine something; entice; enumerate; figure; persuade; rate
Résumé bullet points:
• Calculated P/E ratios, DCF, EPS, NPV, and beta for equity security analysis
COLLECT
(1) accumulate; amass; assemble; bring together; gather; pull together
(2) have a passion for; hoard; save; stockpile
Résumé bullet points:
• Collected 90 percent of 180-day past due accounts
COMPUTE
{also use in Critical Thinking, HARD SKILLS: Computational Thinking, and Software Developing}
(1) calculate; determine a number; equate; figure
Résumé bullet points:
• Computed midcap investment options using free float market capitalization weighted method
MAXIMIZE
{also use in Accomplishments and Achievements, SOFT SKILLS: Accountability, and Drive, Passion and Tenacity}
(1) make best use of; make as great or as large as possible; raise to the highest possible degree
Résumé bullet points:
• Maximized limited advertising budget by using coop ads and sponsors
(1) make the best or most effective use of a situation or resource
PROJECT
{also use in SOFT SKILLS: Design Mind-Set}
(1) estimate; expect; forecast; plan; propose; scheme
(2) extend outward toward something else
Résumé bullet points:
• Projected five-year cash flow
QUANTIFY
{also use in Attention to Detail, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, and HARD SKILLS: Analytical, Research, and Computational}
(1) express something in quantifiable terms
(2) express or explain something numerically
(3) determine, express, or explain the quantity of, numerical measure of, or extent of
RATIOCINATE
{also use in SOFT SKILLS: Attitude and Design Mind-Set}
(1) work toward a solution through logical thinking and reason
REALLOCATE
(1) distribute; newly allocate; opportune; set apart
RECALCULATE
(1) calculate again; refigure
RECAPITALIZE
(1) convert debt into stock or shares
RECTIFY
{also use in Accountability and HARD SKILLS: Accounting and Finance}
(1) amend; correct; fix; put right; resolve; set right
(2) adjust; cure; mend; remedy; repair
(3) convert
REMIT
(1) pay what is due
(2) abate; cancel; decrease; diminish; forgive or pardon; lessen; reduce
(3) cancel
(4) dispatch; forward; pay; send
(5) pass on; refer; submit
REMUNERATE
(1) settle debt or other financial obligations
(2) pay or compensate for work done
RESTRUCTURE
{also use in HARD SKILLS: Business and Business Sense}
(1) downsize; reorganize; resize
(2) plan or provide for new structure
(3) change the terms of a loan to reduce the burden on the debtor
SOLVE
{also use in Accomplishments, Creativity, and Design Mind-Set}
(1) find a solution; settle
(2) provide or find a suitable answer to a problem
TABULATE
{also use in Attention to Detail, Computational Thinking, and HARD SKILLS: Analytical, Research, and Computational}
(1) add up; chart; count; put facts in a table or column tally; total
Administrative, Organizational, Time, and Planning Skills
ACCELERATE
{also use in Accomplishments and Achievements, Commitment and Dedication, Motivated, Self-Manageable, and HARD SKILLS: Time and Organizational Management}
(1) gather speed; go faster; grow; hurry; increase speed of; pick up the pace; quicken; rush; speed up
(2) cause to occur sooner
ACCREDIT
{also use in Accountability, Attention to Detail, Customer Awareness, and Reliable}
(1) approve; attribute; authorize; credit to; endorse; recognize; sanction
(2) certify; supply with credentials or authority
ACT ON
{also use in Attention to Detail and HARD SKILLS: Time and Organizational Management}
(1) specific course of action; respond to
ACTIVATE
{also use in Commitment and Dedication, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving}
(1) acetify; become active; energize; galvanize; get going; initiate; make active; set in motion; set off; start; stimulate; trigger; turn off
ADMINISTER
{also use in Accountability, Reliability, HARD SKILLS: Accounting and Finance, and Self-Manageable}
(1) control; deal out; direct; dispense; furnish a benefit; give out; govern; hand out; manage; mete out; order; oversee a process run; supervise
Résumé bullet points:
• Administered National Windows NT 4.0/Exchange Server 4.0 with 3,000 users
AGGREGATE
{also use in Computational Thinking and Social Intelligence}
(1) accumulate; amass; collect; combine; gather together; sum; total; whole
ARRANGE
{also use in Accountability and Creativity}
(1) array; authorize; catalogue; classify; fix; order; organize; position; set up
(2) make plans for something to be done
(1) allocate; allot; choose; consign; dispense; dole out; give; hand over; pick; select; transfer
(2) appoint; delegate; designate; detail; name
CACHE
(1) accumulate; collect; hide; hoard; store; supply
CENTRALIZE
{also use in Attention to Detail and Design Mind-Set}
(1) bring power of something to the central organization; consolidate
CHOREOGRAPH
(1) arrange; compose; direct
COLLOCATE
(1) arrange; catalog; set up
CONTROL
{also use in Accomplishments and Achievements and Self-Manageable}
(1) be in charge of; be in command; direct; dominate; govern; have influence or power over; manage; organize; oversee; rule; run
COORDINATE
{also use in Accomplishments and Achievements, Attention to Detail, Critical Thinking, and Problem Solving}
(1) bring together; combine; direct; harmonize; manage; match up; organize; synchronize; work together
Résumé bullet points:
• Coordinated with industry compliance consultants and product managers to verify applications and meet regulatory compliance
DELIBERATE
{also use in Critical Thinking and Time Management}
(1) confer; consider; consult; debate; meditate; mull over; plan; ponder; reflect; think carefully; weigh carefully
FACILITATE
(1) aid; assist; ease; help
FINESSE
(1) be adroit; outmaneuver; skillfully handle
FOSTER
(1) advance; encourage; promote; support
HANDLE
{also use in Accountability and Self-Manageable}
(1) carry out; come to grips with; conduct; control; cope with; deal with; have overall influence; manage; manipulate; ply; process; run; see to; sort out; supervise; take responsibility for; undertake; wield
(2) feel; finger; hold; manage with the hands; touch
Résumé bullet points:
• Handled online reservations and answered reference inquires
IMPLEMENT
{also use in Accomplishments and Achievements and Accountability}
(1) accomplish; apply; carry out; complete; effect; employ; enforce; execute; finish; fulfill; instigate; put into action; put into operation; put into place; put into practice; put into service; realize; use
MAINTAIN
{also use in Reliable}
(1) cause or enable something to continue; keep something in good condition; keep up; provide with the necessities for life and existence; support; sustain
Résumé bullet points:
• Maintained document sets and all revisions for four mid-range servers
(1) administer; be in charge of; conduct or direct affairs; oversee; regulate; run; supervise
(2) do; fare; fend; get along; get by; make do; muddle through
(3) control the behavior of; handle; succeed in dealing with
(4) succeed despite difficulties
Résumé bullet points:
• Managed successful launch of branch location
OPERATE
(1) be in effect; bring about a desired or appropriate effect; control the function of; have a certain influence
Résumé bullet points:
• Operated crane, backhoes, conveyer belts, bends, and loaders in multifaceted work
ORGANIZE
(1) arrange systematically; categorize; make arrangements, plans, or preparations for; order; put in order; sort out; systematize
(2) control; coordinate; fix; manage; take charge
Résumé bullet points:
• Organized workforce for large hotel
OVERSAW
{also use in Accountability and HARD SKILLS: Business and Business Sense}
(1) administer; control; direct; keep an eye on; manage; run; supervise
Résumé bullet points:
• Oversaw sales force and house accounts fee calculation for slow-moving product, increasing sales by 50 percent in one year
PLAN
{also use in Critical Thinking and Problem Solving}
(1) arrange; design; have in mind a project or purpose; intend; prepare; set up
(2) arrange strategic ideas in diagrams, charts, sketches, graphs, tables, maps, and other documents
Résumé bullet points:
• Planned and implemented server moves to brand new data center in Utah, including specifications, implementation, and support for EMC Clarion SAN storage solution
Advertising, Branding, Public Relations, Sales, and Marketing (Also See Branding, Marketing, Sales Experience)
BENCHMARK
{also use in Attention to Detail, Design Mind-Set, HARD SKILLS: Business and Business Sense, Learn, and Professional Demeanor}
(1) commence; identify and learn from the best business practices; level a point of reference; standard; target
Résumé bullet points:
• Benchmarked a number of industrial calls to close
BIRD DOG
(1) follow; observe; watch for the purpose of learning
CLICK STREAM
(1) count and observe consumer behavior on Web sites
Résumé bullet points:
• Click streamed Web site traffic for market growth, product optimization, increased profitability, and enhanced customer satisfaction
CO-BRAND
(1) advertise, market, promote in conjunction with another brand
Résumé bullet points:
• Co-branded credit card with American Express
COLLABORATE
(1) act as a team; assist; cooperate; pool resources; team up; work jointly with; work together
Résumé bullet points:
• Collaborated with other stakeholders to create a customer-centric value chain
Résumé bullet points:
• Conducted needs analysis for new franchise territories
CROWD SOURCE
{also use in Common Sense}
(1) identify a group with common demographic or psychographic characteristics and determine how to best make contact with them to deliver a message such as a sales or advertising message
Résumé bullet points:
• Crowd sourced three start-up firms
DIRECT MARKET
(1) use a database to target and market selected products, services, or concepts to individuals with an identifiable need or desire through interactive multimedia marketing channels
Résumé bullet points:
• Direct marketed previously low-margin products sold by sales force, increasing overall profits for line by 23 percent
E-TAIL
{also use in New Media Literacy and HARD SKILLS: Business and Business Sense}
(1) sell retail and conduct business activities online
HYPERLINK/HOT LINK
(1) connect by a hyperlink or hotlink; join a digital community, blog, Web site, or other social media
Résumé bullet points:
• Hyperlinked Web site with partners and sponsors, increasing site traffic by 40 percent
MARKET
(1) advertise; offer to sell; promote
Résumé bullet points:
• Marketed new products into new markets, achieving profitability in 18 months
MASS MARKET
(1) produce, market, and distribute a large volume of a single product, idea, concept, or service to one consumer marketplace
Résumé bullet points:
• Mass marketed high-ticket aspirational goods, successfully employing saturation pricing
MERCHANDIZE
{also use in HARD SKILLS: Business and Business Sense}
(1) market goods; promote selling of goods
Résumé bullet points:
• Merchandised electronics and communications equipment
STORYBOARD
(1) create; lay out; plan; strategize
(2) make a storyboard
Résumé bullet points:
• Storyboarded creative troubleshooting problems
TEST MARKET
{also use in HARD SKILLS: Business and Business Sense}
(1) sample; try something in limited scope
Résumé bullet points:
• Test marketed product appeal prior to launch
Analytical/Research, Computational, and Math
ACCOUNT FOR
{also use in Attendance and Punctuality, Attention to Detail and HARD SKILLS: Business Sense}
(1) have available; have at hand; consider; analyze; explain
(2) know the state of or whereabouts of something or someone
ANALYZE
{also use in Attention to Detail, Critical Thinking, and HARD SKILLS: Gather Data and Convert into Information}
(1) consider; dissect; evaluate; examine; explore; interpret; investigate; probe; question; scrutinize; study
Résumé bullet points:
• Analyzed quantitative data
ARRAY
{also use in Attention to Detail and Design Mind-Set}
(1) gamut; place in an orderly arrangement; set out for display or use
(2) marshal troops; parade; place an order
(3) dress in fine or showy attire
Résumé bullet points:
• Arrayed data in JavaScript
ASSERT
{also use in Design Mind-Set}
(1) affirm; allege; aver; avow; claim; contend; declare; emphasize; protest; state strongly; stress
(2) champion; defend; establish; insist upon; maintain; make a claim for; stand up for; support; uphold
BETA TEST
{also use in Design Mind-Set, Leadership, and Risk Tolerant}
(1) field test; road test; sample prior to rollout
Résumé bullet points:
• Beta tested cloud accounting software
CALCULATE
{also use in Accountability, Accounting and Finance, Computational Thinking, and Accounting and Finance}
(1) account; coax; compute; consider; deem; determine something; entice; enumerate; figure; persuade
Résumé bullet points:
• Calculated statistical significance and confidence of polls
CIPHER
(1) ascertain by mathematics; calculate
(1) calculate; determine a number; equate; figure; make a mathematical calculation
(1) I computed the cost of the new material in just minutes.
Résumé bullet points:
• Computed tomography angiograms
CONVEY
{also use in Communication}
(1) conduct; express; lead; make known; pass; put into words
(2) bring; carry; move; take from one place to another; transfer
CORRELATE
{also use in Attention to Detail, Computational Thinking, and Cross-Cultural Competency}
(1) associate; bring into mutual relation; calculate or show the reciprocal relation between; come together; correspond; parallel
Résumé bullet points:
• Correlated subquery (also known as a synchronized subquery)
DELINEATE
{also use in Accountability, Attention to Detail, and Communication}
(1) describe accurately; determine; draw an outline; identify or indicate by marking with precision; fix boundaries; represent something
ELUCIDATE
{also use in Accountability, Cognitive Load Management, Communication, Social Intelligence, and Take Direction}
(1) be lucid; clarify; explain; explicate; expound; expose; illuminate; make something clear; reveal; throw light on it
EXPERIMENT
{also use in Risk Tolerant}
(1) research; test; trial
(2) make or conduct an experiment
(3) try something new
EXTRAPOLATE
{also use in Cogitative Load Management and Critical Thinking}
(1) construct an image; estimate; infer
(2) arrive at conclusion or results by hypothesizing from known facts or observations
HYPOTHESIZE
{also use in Cogitative Load Management and Critical Thinking}
(1) make educated guess of some outcome
(2) be lucid clarify; explain; make something clear; explicate; expose; expound; illuminate; reveal; throw light on it
OBSERVE
{also use in Design Mind-Set, Gather Data and Convert into Information, and Take Direction}
(1) examine; make a remark; monitor; notice; perceive; say; scrutinize; study; survey; view; watch attentively
POSIT
{also use in Accountability, Attention to Detail, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving}
(1) assume; conceive; conjecture; hypothesize; imagine; postulate; put forward; speculate; state or assume as fact; suggest; theorize
POSTULATE
{also use in Communication}
(1) assume; claim; guess; hypothesize; look for a reason or take for granted without proof; propose; put forward; suggest
QUANTIFY
{also use in Attention to Detail, Critical Thinking, and HARD SKILLS: Accounting and Finance}
(1) express something in quantifiable terms
(2) express or explain numerically
(3) determine, express, or explain the quantity of, numerical measure of, or extent of
RESEARCH
(1) make an inquiry; survey; investigate thoroughly
Résumé bullet points:
• Researched, analyzed, and recommended new technology
• Researched proper components for clients, ensuring value, reliability, and substantial savings
RUMINATE
{also use in Communications and Critical Thinking}
(1) chew over; cogitate; contemplate; mull over; ponder; reflect on; think over
(2) mediate; turn over in one’s mind
SIMULATE
(1) imitate; model; pretend
(2) use a computer simulation to represent
SURMISE
(1) assume; conclude; conjecture; construe; deduce; gather; guess; hypothesize; imagine; postulate; presume; speculate; suppose; suspect; theorize; work out
TABULATE
{also use in Attention to Detail, Computational Thinking, and HARD SKILLS: Accounting and Finance}
(1) add up; chart; count; put facts in a table or column; tally; total
Business and Business Sense
ACCOUNT FOR
{also use in Analytical, Research, and Computational, Attendance and Punctuality, Attention to Detail, and HARD SKILLS: Business Sense}
(1) analyze; consider; explain; have available; have at hand
(2) know the state of or whereabouts of something or someone
(2) privately fund a capital investment
Résumé bullet points:
• Bankrolled two entrepreneurial start-ups
BENCHMARK
{also use in Attention to Detail, HARD SKILLS: Advertising, Branding, PR, Sales, and Marketing, HARD SKILLS: Business and Business Sense, Learn, and Professional Demeanor}
(1) commence; identify and learn from the best business practices; level a point of reference; standard; target
Résumé bullet points:
• Benchmarked the start-up costs for a small business
BRAND
(1) identify differently; separate by some identity
CONSIGN
(1) agree; dispatch; entrust; pack off; relegate; submit
(2) deliver; send; transfer
CROWD FUND
(1) raise money from multiple individuals online for a start-up business
DIVERSIFY
{also use in Cross-Cultural Competency and Flexibility}
(1) branch out; expand; spread out; vary
DOWN SCOPE
(1) downsize a project; reevaluate whether a project should be done
Résumé bullet points:
• Down scoped low-volume business units
DOWNSCALE
(1) cut back in size or scope; economize; rationalize; scale back; slim down; trim
(1) We employed dynamic pricing to deal with the rapid increase in the fall in consumer demand.
E-TAIL
{also use in HARD SKILLS: Advertising and New Media Literacy}
(1) conduct retail business activities online
FAST TRACK
{also use in Drive, Passion, Tenacity, and Work Ethic}
(1) move someone or something in an accelerated manner, past normal requirements, time limitations, and experience
(2) bypass others; move rapidly; speed up
Résumé bullet points:
• Fast tracked database projects
FRANCHISE
(1) control; own; trademark
GLOBALIZE
(1) make worldwide in scope or application
HIRE
(1) grant the personal service of someone; take or offer employment
KICK THE TIRES
(1) be first to investigate; check for early warning signs; look into something by checking the obvious things
(1) As the economic conditions worsened, I kicked the tires of all new funding requests.
LICENSE
(1) accredit; allow; authorize; certify; grant permit
Résumé bullet points:
• Licensed the firm’s products in 15 global markets
(1) administer; be in charge of; conduct or direct affairs; oversee; regulate; run; supervise
(2) do; fare; fend; get along; get by; make do; muddle through
(3) control the behavior of; handle; succeed in dealing with
(4) succeed despite difficulties
Résumé bullet points:
• Managed the in-house key accounts, accounting for 25 percent of total sales
MERCHANDIZE
{also use in Advertising, Branding, PR, Sales, Marketing}
(1) market goods; promote selling of goods
MERGE
(1) blend gradually into something else; combine two or more organizations into one; mix
(1) The second and third largest firms merged and became the industry leader.
NEARSHORE
(1) move business operations such as manufacturing, customer service, and human resources back to the home country; reshore
Résumé bullet points:
• Nearshored half of firm’s previously international manufacturing operations, creating 4,000 US jobs
NETWORK
{also use in Professional Demeanor and Presence and Team Player}
(1) complex; exchange ideas; interact with others to exchange information and develop contacts; make contacts; meet people; set up; use system of contacts
(1) I networked my way into several great job interviews.
(1) administer; control; direct; keep an eye on; manage; run; supervise
Résumé bullet points:
• Oversaw the merger and acquisition that accounted for tripling the size of the firm in four years
PROMOTE
(1) help bring about the growth or popularity of something or someone
Résumé bullet points:
• Promoted to section chief
PROTOTYPE
{also use in Creativity}
(1) create models and replicas of what is to be produced
RECHANNEL
(1) reassign resources or attention; redirect along a desired path
Résumé bullet points:
• Rechanneled $20 million of value channel partnership resources into developing just in time parts allocation system for new products
RESHORE
(1) move business operations such as manufacturing, customer service, and human resources back to the home country; nearshore
RESTRUCTURE
{also use in HARD SKILLS: Accounting and Finance}
(1) downsize; reorganize; resize
(2) plan or provide for new structure
(3) change the terms of a loan to reduce the burden on the debtor
Résumé bullet points:
• Restructured the firm’s long-term debt, saving $33 million in interest payments
(2) adapt; rethink the plan to meet new conditions
Résumé bullet points:
• Retooled 170,000 square foot plant in less than 30 days, allowing production to resume before that of top competitors
ROLL OUT
(1) start a campaign after a test; start a new product
(2) begin a process from one point with ongoing plans to complete
(3) flatten into sheets by rolling
Résumé bullet points:
• Rolled out $35 million rebranding campaign to relaunch firm under new ownership
SET GOALS
(1) create targets and objectives; make plans
STOVE PIPE
{also use in Design Mind-Set}
(1) stack strategies, ideas, or plans
Résumé bullet points:
• Stove piped marketing, communications, and financial ideas to have them ready to implement on short notice
SUPERVISE
(1) administer; control; direct; handle; observe; organize; oversee; manage; run; take charge of; watch
Résumé bullet points:
• Supervised, instructed, and scheduled nine staff members
• Supervised six paralegal and secretarial staff
TEST MARKET
{also use in Advertising, Branding, PR, Selling, and Marketing}
(1) sample; try something in limited scope
Résumé bullet points:
• Test marketed beta test products
Résumé bullet points:
• Analyzed evaluation data
COMPUTERIZE
(1) operate or produce by means of a computer
(2) equip with computers
CONVERT
(1) change for equal value; change from one form to another; commute; lead; metamorphose; mutate; transfer; transfigure; transform; transmute; turn
CYBERNATE
{also use in New Media Literacy}
(1) control a function, process, or creation by a computer
DROPBOX
{also use in New Media Literacy}
(1) connect all of one’s computers by software so that content such as photos, graphics, and files are automatically transferred from one to another
E-SOURCE
{also use in New Media Literacy}
(1) process and tools that electronically allow all activities in digital sourcing process
{also use in Communications and New Media Literacy}
(1) connect with someone online on the social network Facebook
{also use in New Media Literacy}
(1) check a reference on a Google site; search online for word or phrase
(2) gaze; see; look intently
(2) brew or infuse
(3) combine two or more Web sites into a single site
STYLEFLEX
{also use in Communications}
(1) deliberate attempt to adjust one’s communications style to accommodate others
(1) Too many people have styleflexed their communications styles.
Engineering, Research, and Development, Including Software, New Products, and Services
ADAPT
{also use in Accomplishments and Achievements, Attention to Detail, Commitment and Dedication, Common Sense, Creativity, Cross-Cultural Competency, and Flexibility}
(1) acclimate; accommodate; adjust; change; conform; fashion; fit; get used to; make suitable; reconcile; square; suit; tailor
(2) make fit, often by modification
(3) cause something to change for the better
Résumé bullet points:
• Adapted unified communications solutions which increased organizational agility, saving businesses time and money
ANALYZE EVALUATION DATA
(1) interpret results from research, testing, or lab work
Résumé bullet points:
• Analyzed evaluation data
ASSEMBLE
(1) accumulate; combine; convene; group; mass produce; produce standardized goods in large volumes; unite
Résumé bullet points:
• Assembled PCBA prototyping process output
ASSESS EMPLOYEE AND CLIENT TRAINING NEEDS
(1) analyze, audit, examine, and evaluate employee and client needs for training and education
Résumé bullet points:
• Assessed employee and client training needs and developed in-house training and development solution which accomplished all objectives and saved firm $250,000 annually
BUILT
{also use in Accountability and Customer Awareness}
(1) construct; erect; put up; raise; rear
(2) grow; improve; increase
Résumé bullet points:
• Built IE 6 computers from board level, installed operating systems and software, and configured systems
CALCULATE
{also use in Accountability, Accounting and Finance, and Computational Thinking}
(1) account; coax; compute; consider; deem; determine something; entice; enumerate; figure; persuade
Résumé bullet points:
• Calculated P/E ratios, DCF, EPS, NPV, and beta for equity security analysis
CONDUCT NEEDS ANALYSIS
(1) audit, examine, and analyze gap between needs and delivered goods/services
Résumé bullet points:
• Conducted needs analysis for major accounts
DESIGN
{also use in Accomplishments and Achievements, Creativity, and HARD SKILLS: Computer Literate, Engineering, and Research}
(1) aim; contrive; devise; intend; make designs; mean; plan; propose; set apart for some purpose
(2) conceive; construct; create; draw up blueprints or plans; fabricate; invent; originate
(3) blueprint; cast; chart; contrive; draw up; frame; intent; map; project; set out
Résumé bullet points:
• Designed and implemented global Windows 2008 production/test environment for firm’s six locations
DEVELOP AND DELIVER
{also use in Accomplishments and Achievements and Creativity}
(1) create, invent, put together, and produce output
(2) achieve; advance; build up; evolve; expand; exploit; expound; extend; gain; generate; grow; increase; mature; strengthen; unfold; widen
Résumé bullet points:
• Developed and delivered online engineering fluid flow simulator
ENGINEER
{also use in Critical Skills and Time Management}
(1) cause; coax; make happen
(2) plan, construct, and manage as an engineer
(3) guide; plan and direct skillfully; superintend
Résumé bullet points:
• Engineered, troubleshot, and fully documented IIS solutions
FIX
{also use in Accomplishments and Achievements and Critical Thinking}
(1) mend; replace; restore
Résumé bullet points:
• Fixed challenging electrical engineering problems to avoid the high risk and repercussions from downtime
IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS
(1) accomplish; apply; carry out; complete; effect; employ; enforce; execute; finish; fulfill; instigate; put into action; put into operation; put into place; put into practice; put into service; realize; use
Résumé bullet points:
• Implemented solutions for corporate network architecture of 2,500 person firm with 6 locations
IMPROVE
{also use in Accomplishments and Achievements, Accountability, and HARD SKILLS: Research and R&D}
(1) ameliorate; amend; better; build up; develop; employ; enhance in value; enrich; expand; further; get better; help; increase; make better; meliorate; perfect; raise to a better quality; upgrade use
Résumé bullet points:
• Improved operations that were adopted and made benchmarks by the industry trade association
INNOVATE
{also use in Creativity}
(1) begin with something new; create; derive; devise; coin; commence; instigate; invent; make; modernize; originate; remodel; renew; renovate; transform; update; revolutionize
Résumé bullet points:
• Innovated solutions for unique problems with mechanical, electrical, and fluid systems
INSTALL
(1) establish in an indicated place; position; put into use; set up for service or use
Résumé bullet points:
• Installed aggressive materials improvement and equipment refurbishing program
INVENT
(1) concoct; contrive; cook up; create; devise; dream up; fabricate; formulate; hatch; imagine; make up; think up
Résumé bullet points:
• Invented core technologies
MAKE
{also use in Accomplishments and Achievements}
(1) assemble; become; build; cause; compose; construct; create; develop; do; enact; erect; execute; fabricate; fashion; forge; form; frame; manufacture; mold; prepare; produce; put together; require; shape
• Made Industry “Top Ten Performers” five consecutive years (2007–2012)
MANAGE DEVELOPMENT
(1) oversee, manage, and supervise process of creating or developing an asset
Résumé bullet points:
• Managed development of 3D prototyping
MANUFACTURE
{also use in Take Direction}
(1) assemble; build; construct; create; develop; make; produce
(2) concoct; fabricate; invent; make up
Résumé bullet points:
• Manufactured with six-axis robots
Gather Data and Convert to Information
ACQUIRE
{also use in Accomplishments, Customer Mind-Set, Design Mind-Set, and Risk Tolerant}
(1) attain; buy; come to possess; earn; gain; get; hold; obtain; purchase; receive
Résumé bullet points:
• Acquired census tract data and merged it into customer database
ANALYZE
{also use in Attention to Detail, Critical Thinking, and HARD SKILLS: Analytical, Research, and Computational}
(1) consider; dissect; evaluate; examine; explore; interpret; investigate; probe; question; scrutinize; study
Résumé bullet points:
• Analyzed customer data
(1) arrange; assort; catalog; categorize; class; distribute into groups; grade; group; list by some order or sequence; organize; sort
Résumé bullet points:
• Classified datasets
CODIFY
{also use in Computational Thinking}
(1) organize into a system of rules, codes, or principles to make clear and coherent
Résumé bullet points:
• Codified data to prompt diagnosticians
• Codified rating system to rank the industry’s more efficient logistics systems
COLLATE
{also use in Accomplishments and Achievements, Cogitative Load Management, Design Mind-Set, and Team Player}
(1) assemble or collect to compare; bring together; gather; pool; pull together
Résumé bullet points:
• Collated binary search or half-interval search algorithms
COLLECT
{also use in Leadership and Management and HARD SKILLS: Gather Data and Convert into Information}
(1) accumulate; amass; assemble; bring together; gather; pull together
Résumé bullet points:
• Collected customer retention data
COMPILE
{also use in Computational Thinking and Self-Manageable}
(1) collect and edit something; gather and put together in an orderly form
Résumé bullet points:
• Compiled data on cycle time for plant closings
DISCOVER
{also use in Accomplishments and Achievements, Common Sense, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, and Intelligence}
(1) ascertain; be first to learn something; determine; expose; find out; hear; learn; realize, see, or uncover something
Résumé bullet points:
• Discovered the level of personal identifiable information consumers would be willing to give up in exchange for more personalized products
GATHER
(1) accumulate; assemble; collect; come together; garner; group; harvest
Résumé bullet points:
• Gathered detailed data on competitors
OBSERVE
{also use in Design Mind-Set, Gather Data and Convert into Information, Take Direction}
(1) examine; make a remark; monitor; notice; perceive; say; scrutinize; study; survey; view; watch attentively
VERIFY
(1) check; prove; validate
(2) confirm or substantiate; prove to be true by demonstration, evidence, or testimony
(3) check or confirm the accuracy of
Résumé bullet points:
• Verified trades and hedges