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Action Words and Power Verbs for KSAs
National Institutes of Health
Aaccomplished achieved acquired acted adapted added adjusted administered advanced allocated allotted allowed analyzed anticipated applied appointed appraised arbitrated arranged assessed assigned assisted assured attained audited authorized awarded Bbased bought briefed budgeted built Ccatalogued calculated caused centralized certified chaired changed clarified classified closed collaborated collected combined commended communicated compared competed computed compiled completed composed computed conceived conceptualized concluded conducted conferred confirmed considered consolidated constructed consulted continued contracted controlled convened converted conveyed convinced cooperated coordinated corrected correlated counseled created critiqued cultivated |
Ddealt debated decided defended defined delegated delivered demonstrated described designated designed developed devised diagnosed directed discovered disseminated distributed documented drafted duplicated Eearned edited educated eliminated employed enabled encouraged endorsed enforced engineered enlarged enlisted ensured equipped established estimated evaluated exercised experimented explained Ffacilitated filed financed finished focused forecasted formed formulated fostered founded fulfilled Ggathered generated graded granted guided Hhandled helped hired hosted |
Iidentified illustrated implemented improved incorporated indexed indicated informed influenced initiated innovated inspected installed instructed insured integrated interacted interpreted interviewed introduced invested investigated involved issued Jjudged justified Llaunched lead lectured linked located logged Mmaintained managed mandated marketed measured mediated minimized modified monitored motivated Nnegotiated notified nullified Oobserved obtained opened operated ordered originated organized outlined oversaw Pparticipated performed persuaded pioneered planned prepared predicted presented prevented priced printed processed procured produced programmed projected promoted proposed protected provided publicized published purchased pursued |
Qquantified questioned Rranked rated recognized recommended reconciled recruited reduced referred regulated rejected released reorganized replaced replied reported represented requested required researched resolved responded reevaluated reviewed revised rewarded Federal KSA Writing Guide
Sscheduled screened selected separated serviced set up settled simplified simulated solicited solved sorted specified staffed structured studied submitted substituted succeeded suggested summarized supervised surveyed synthesized Ttabulated targeted taught tested testified trained transcribed transferred translated transmitted triggered turned Uupdated upgraded utilized Vvalidated volunteered Wweighed wrote |
jyl
4 months ago
8 comments
Excellent writing KSA recommendations especially the selection of Action words.
Thank you.
MUHAMMAD758
6 months ago
24 comments
jenell44, you can print them I just had someone show me how to get it. You have to paste it from microsoft word select landscape and review and then print.
brianyeakley
10 months ago
16 comments
It looks like IT fixed the issue...I can see all of the words. Thanks!
jenell44
10 months ago
2 comments
Great words, but it would be nice if I could print them for reference.
duardonme
10 months ago
10 comments
I want to give both a thumbs up and down as only half the words are legible. They are hidden behind the advertisement....I.T. ...a little help please!
ESzurgyi
10 months ago
2 comments
It would have been better if it was contained in the 'box' - as it is, most of the words in the 'I', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S' column were not legible