Frequently Used Action Words for KSA Descriptions

A

• accomplished
• 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

B

• based
• bought
• briefed
• budgeted
• built

C

• catalogued
• 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

D

• dealt
• debated
• decided
• defended
• defined
• delegated
• delivered
• demonstrated
• described
• designated
• designed
• developed
• devised
• diagnosed
• directed
• discovered
• disseminated
• distributed
• documented
• drafted
• duplicated

E

• earned
• edited
• educated
• eliminated
• employed
• enabled
• encouraged
• endorsed
• enforced
• engineered
• enlarged
• enlisted
• ensured
• equipped
• established
• estimated
• evaluated
• exercised
• experimented
• explained

F

• facilitated
• filed
• financed
• finished
• focused
• forecasted
• formed
• formulated
• fostered
• founded
• fulfilled

G

• gathered
• generated
• graded
• granted
• guided

H

• handled
• helped
• hired
• hosted

I

• identified
• illustrated
• implemented
• improved
• incorporated
• indexed
• indicated
• informed
• influenced
• initiated
• innovated
• inspected
• installed
• instructed
• insured
• integrated
• interacted
• interpreted
• interviewed
• introduced
• invested
• investigated
• involved
• issued

J

• judged
• justified

L

• launched
• lead
• lectured
• linked
• located
• logged

M

• maintained
• managed
• mandated
• marketed
• measured
• mediated
• minimized
• modified
• monitored
• motivated

N

• negotiated
• notified
• nullified

O

• observed
• obtained
• opened
• operated
• ordered
• originated
• organized
• outlined
• oversaw

P

• participated
• performed
• persuaded
• pioneered
• planned
• prepared
• predicted
• presented
• prevented
• priced
• printed
• processed
• procured
• produced
• programmed
• projected
• promoted
• proposed
• protected
• provided
• publicized
• published
• purchased
• pursued

Q

• quantified
• questioned

R

• ranked
• rated
• recognized
• recommended
• reconciled
• recruited
• reduced
• referred
• regulated
• rejected
• released
• reorganized
• replaced
• replied
• reported
• represented
• requested
• required
• researched
• resolved
• responded
• reevaluated
• reviewed
• revised
• rewarded

S

• scheduled
• screened
• selected
• separated
• serviced
• set up
• settled
• simplified
• simulated
• solicited
• solved
• sorted
• specified
• staffed
• structured
• studied
• submitted
• substituted
• succeeded
• suggested
• summarized
• supervised
• surveyed
• synthesized

T

• tabulated
• targeted
• taught
• tested
• testified
• trained
• transcribed
• transferred
• translated
• transmitted
• triggered
• turned

U

• updated
• upgraded
• utilized

V

• validated
• volunteered

W

• weighed
• wrote