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Communications Skills |
Financial Skills |
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Creative Skills |
Management Skills |
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Helping Skills |
Research Skills |
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Organizational Skills |
Technical Skills |
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Teaching Skills |
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Communications Skills |
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Addressed
Advertised
Arbitrated
Arranged
Articulated
Authored
Clarified
Collaborated
Communicated
Composed
Condensed
Conferred
Consulted
Contacted
Conveyed
Convinced
Corresponded |
Debated
Defined
Developed
Directed
Discussed
Drafted
Edited
Elicited
Enlisted
Explained
Expressed
Formulated
Furnished
Incorporated
Influenced
Interacted
Interpreted |
Interviewed
Involved
Joined
Judged
Lectured
Listened
Marketed
Mediated
Moderated
Negotiated
Observed
Outlined
Participated
Persuaded
Presented
Promoted
Proposed |
Publicized
Reconciled
Recruited
Referred
Reinforced
Reported
Resolved
Responded
Solicited
Specified
Spoke
Suggested
Summarized
Synthesized
Translated
Wrote |
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Creative Skills |
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Acted
Adapted
Began
Combined
Composed
Conceptualized
Condensed
Created
Customized |
Designed
Developed
Directed
Displayed
Drew
Entertained
Established
Fashioned
Formulated |
Founded
Illustrated
Initiated
Instituted
Integrated
Introduced
Invented
Modeled
Modified |
Originated
Performed
Photographed
Planned
Revised
Revitalized
Shaped
Solved |
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Helping Skills |
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Adapted
Advocated
Aided
Answered
Arranged
Assessed
Assisted
Clarified
Coached
Collaborated |
Contributed
Cooperated
Counselled
Demonstrated
Diagnosed
Educated
Encouraged
Ensured
Expedited |
Facilitated
Familiarized
Furthered
Guided
Helped
Insured
Intervened
Motivated
Prevented |
Provided
Referred
Rehabilitated
Represented
Resolved
Simplified
Supplied
Supported
Volunteered |
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Organizational Skills |
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Approved
Arranged
Catalogued
Categorized
Charted
Classified
Coded
Collected
Compiled
Corrected
Corresponded |
Distributed
Executed
Filed
Generated
Incorporated
Inspected
Logged
Maintained
Monitored
Obtained
Operated |
Ordered
Organized
Prepared
Processed
Provided
Purchased
Recorded
Registered
Reserved
Responded
Reviewed |
Routed
Scheduled
Screened
Submitted
Supplied
Standardized
Systematized
Updated
Validated
Verified |
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Teaching Skills |
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Adapted
Advised
Clarified
Coached
Communicated
Conducted
Coordinated
Critiqued |
Developed
Enabled
Encouraged
Evaluated
Explained
Facilitated
Focused |
Guided
Individualized
Informed
Instilled
Instructed
Motivated
Persuaded |
Simulated
Stimulated
Taught
Tested
Trained
Transmitted
Tutored |
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Financial Skills |
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Administered
Adjusted
Allocated
Analyzed
Appraised
Assessed
Audited
Balanced |
Budgeted
Calculated
Computed
Conserved
Corrected
Determined
Developed
Estimated |
Forecasted
Managed
Marketed
Measured
Netted
Planned
Prepared |
Programmed
Projected
Qualified
Reconciled
Reduced
Researched
Retrieved
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Management Skills |
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Administered
Analyzed
Appointed
Approved
Assigned
Attained
Authorized
Chaired
Considered
Consolidated
Contracted
Controlled
Converted
Coordinated
Decided |
Delegated
Developed
Directed
Eliminated
Emphasized
Enforced
Enhanced
Established
Executed
Generated
Handled
Headed
Hired
Hosted
Improved |
Incorporated
Increased
Initiated
Inspected
Instituted
Led
Managed
Merged
Motivated
Navigated
Organized
Originated
Overhauled
Oversaw
Planned |
Presided
Prioritized
Produced
Recommended
Reorganized
Replaced
Restored
Reviewed
Scheduled
Secured
Selected
Streamlined
Strengthened
Supervised
Terminated |
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Research Skills |
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Analyzed
Clarified
Collected
Compared
Conducted
Critiqued
Detected
Determined |
Diagnosed
Evaluated
Examined
Experimented
Explored
Extracted
Formulated
Gathered |
Inspected
Interviewed
Invented
Investigated
Located
Measured
Organized
Researched |
Reviewed
Searched
Solved
Summarized
Surveyed
Systematized
Tested |
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Technical Skills |
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Adapted
Applied
Assembled
Built
Calculated
Computed
Conserved
Constructed
Converted |
Debugged
Designed
Determined
Developed
Engineered
Fabricated
Fortified
Installed
Maintained |
Operated
Overhauled
Printed
Programmed
Rectified
Regulated
Remodelled
Repaired |
Replaced
Restored
Solved
Specialized
Standardized
Studied
Upgraded
Utilized |
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