Some ‘action verbs’ that can demonstrate your functional skills:
| Acted | Calculated | Decided | Evaluated | Guided | Judged | Monitored |
| Adapted | Chartered | Defined | Examined | Handled | Kept | Multiplied |
| Addressed | Checked | Delegated | Expanded | Headed | Learned | Negotiated |
| Administered | Classified | Delivered | Experimented | Helped | Lectured | Officiated |
| Advised | Coached | Designed | Extracted | Identified | Led | Offered |
| Allocated | Collected | Detected | Facilitated | Illustrated | Lifted | Operated |
| Analyzed | Communicated | Directed | Filed | Imagined | Listened | Overhauled |
| Approved | Compared | Documented | Financed | Implemented | Logged | Performed |
| Arranged | Ascertained | Complemented | Computed | Drove | Dug | Fixed |
| Followed | Improved | Improvised | Made | Maintained | Received | Reviewed |
| Assisted | Conceived | Edited | Formulated | Increased | Managed | Trained |
| Attained | Coordinated | Eliminated | Founded | Indexed | Manipulated | Updated |
| Audited | Copied | Empathized | Gathered | Initiated | Mediated | Validated |
| Brought | Counseled | Enforced | Gave | Inspected | Memorialized | Valued |
| Budgeted | Created | Established | Generated | Interpreted | Mobilized | Visualized |
| Built | Dealt | Estimated | Governed | Investigated | Modeled | Wrote |
Some ‘adaptive skill words’ that can reflect your functional skills:
| Active | Creative | Efficient | Firm | Mature | Positive | Sensitive |
| Adaptable | Dependable | Energetic | Honest | Methodical | Productive | Sincere |
| Adept | Determined | Enterprising | Innovative | Objective | Reliable | Successful |
| Broad-minded | Diplomatic | Experienced | Instrumental | Outgoing | Resourceful | Tactful |
| Competent | Disciplined | Fair | Logical | Personable | Self-reliant | Versatile |
| Conscientious | Discreet | Forceful | Loyal | Pleasant |
Some 'Skill verbs' that can describe your functional skills:
| Achieve | Act | Deliver | Draw | File | Finance | Make |
| Manage | Produce | Promote | Repair | Research | Take | Instruction |
| Administer | Edit | Imagine | Manipulate | Publicize | Schedule | Talk |
| Analyze | Elicit | Implement | Motivate | Purchase | Select | Teach/Train |
| Assemble | Eliminate | Improve | Negotiate | Question | Sell | Tell |
| Build | Emphasize | Improvise | Observe | Raise | Sense | Troubleshoot |
| Calculate | Enforce | Increase | Organize | Read | Separate | Tutor |
| Communicate | Establish | Influence | Originate | Realize | Serve | Type |
| Compose | Estimate | Interview | Paint | Reason | Service | Umpire |
| Consult | Evaluate | Invent | Perceive | Receive | Set | Understand |
| Control | Examine | Judge | Perform | Recommend | Sew | Unify |
| Coordinate | Expand | Keep | Preserve | Record | Speak | Upgrade |
| Copy | Experiment | Lead | Persuade | Record | Speak | Use |
| Count | Explain | Learn | Photograph | Recruit | Study | Utilize |
| Debate | Extract | Listen | Plan | Refer | Supervise | Weigh |
| Define | Figure | Maintain | Remember | Supply | Work | Write |