Resume Writing Synonyms

Add variety to the language on your resume with resume synonyms and attract employers. In addition to the keywords employers are looking for and the power words that will gain their interest use synonyms for mundane common words. HR employees see hundreds of resumes weekly. Using synonyms is an easy way to stand out.

Look at these synonyms for energy:

· Drive

· Fortitude

· Potency

· Vitality

· Vivacity

· Zeal

· Zest

Instead of:

Led team with high energy which resulted in a 21% sales increase.

Use synonyms:

Led team with zeal and vivacity which resulted in a 21% sales increase.

Energy and high energy are two of the many words and phrases that have become overused or “tired” on resumes and should be avoided or replaced with synonyms. Other tired words include “synergy, responsibilities, and duties.

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Resume Writing Words and Relevant Synonym Replacements:

duty: accountableness, allegiance, amenability, answerability, answered for business, calling, charge, charged with,

chore, commission, commitment, committal, contract, deference, engagement, function, liable for, mission, obligation, occupation, onus, part, pledge, role, service, station, taking care of business, task, trouble, trust, undertaking, weight, work accountability, work load

efficient: able, accomplished, adept, adroit, capable, competent, consummate, deft, dexterous, expert, handy, imaginative, ingenious, practiced, proficient, resourceful, sharp, skillful, smart about, trained, well versed in

employer: boss, businessperson, capitalist, CEO, chief, CO, company, corporation, director, entrepreneur, establishment, executive, firm, head, management, manager, manufacturer, organization, outfit, overseer, owner, president, proprietor, superintendent, supervisor

energy: ardor, burn, dash, drive, dynamism, efficacy, electricity, endurance, exertion, fire, force, forcefulness, fortitude, gravity, get-up-and-go, go, heat, initiative, intensity, juice, life, liveliness, magnetism, might, moxie, muscle, pep, pizzazz, potency, power, punch, spirit, spontaneity, stamina, steam, strength, toughness, vehemence, verve, vim, virility, vitality, vivacity, zeal, zest, zing, zip

experience: acquainted, background, doing, evidence, existence, exposure, familiarity, intimately familiar with, involvement, know-how, maturity, observation, participation, patience, perspicacity, practicality, practice, proof, seasoned, training, understanding, wisdom

job: action, assignment, business, care, charge, commission, concern, contribution, deed, duty, effort, engagement, enterprise, errand, function, matter, mission, obligation, office, operation, profession, project, province, pursuit, responsibility, role, stint, task, tour of duty, undertaking, venture, work. Consider checking the most powerful resume writing tips to standout of the crowd. Do you know what is resume?

knowledge: accomplishments, acumen, acquaintance, awareness, cognition, comprehension, consciousness, discernment, doctrine, dogma, education, enlightenment, expertise, facts, familiarity, grasp, insight, instruction, intelligence, judgment, know-how, learning, observation, philosophy, proficiency, recognition, schooling, smarts, wisdom

responsibility: amenability, answerability, authority, capacity, care, charge, culpability, engagement,

time period: afterward, again, also, and then, as long as, at last, at length, at that time, before, besides, earlier, finally, formerly, further, furthermore, in addition, in the first place, in the past, last, later, lately, meanwhile, moreover, much later, next, now, often, presently, previously, second, shortly, simultaneously, since, so far, soon, still, subsequently, then, thereafter, too, until, until now, when, within minutes/hours/days/weeks/months or years.