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  1. able
  2. above average
  3. accomplished
  4. accurate
  5. active
  6. adaptable
  7. adept
  8. advanced
  9. aggressive
  10. ambitious
  11. analytical
  12. appreciative
  13. approachable
  14. articulate
  15. astute
  16. attentive
  17. attuned
  18. best
  19. better-than-the-rest
  20. busy
  21. candid
  22. capable
  23. careful
  24. committed
  25. competent
  26. comprehensive
  27. confident
  28. conscientious
  29. consistent
  30. corporate
  31. creative
  32. credible
  33. curious
  34. customer-oriented
  35. decisive
  36. dedicated
  37. dependable
  38. detail-oriented
  1. intelligent
  2. knowledgeable
  3. level-headed
  4. logical
  5. loyal
  6. masterful
  7. mature
  8. methodical
  9. meticulous
  10. moral
  11. motivated
  12. not afraid
  13. open
  14. open-minded
  15. organized
  16. outgoing
  17. outstanding
  18. passionate
  19. patient
  20. perceptive
  21. persistent
  22. personable
  23. persuasive
  24. pleasant
  25. positive
  26. practiced
  27. precise
  28. prepared
  29. proactive
  30. problem-solving
  31. productive
  32. professional
  33. proficient
  34. progressive
  35. prolific
  36. proven
  37. prudent
  38. punctual
  1. determined
  2. diligent
  3. diplomatic
  4. discreet
  5. diversified
  6. driven
  7. dynamic
  8. easy-to-get-along-with
  9. easygoing
  10. effective
  11. efficient
  12. eloquent
  13. energetic
  14. enterprising
  15. enthusiastic
  16. ethical
  17. even-tempered
  18. excellent
  19. executive
  20. exemplary
  21. experienced
  22. extraordinary
  23. fair
  24. familiar
  25. fast-learning
  26. friendly
  27. hands-on
  28. happy
  29. hard-working
  30. helpful
  31. honest
  32. imaginative
  33. impressive
  34. independent
  35. indispensable
  36. industrious
  37. innovative
  38. instrumental
  1. quality-conscious
  2. quick-to-learn
  3. rational
  4. ready
  5. reasonable
  6. receptive
  7. reliable
  8. resilient
  9. resourceful
  10. responsible
  11. responsive
  12. savvy
  13. self-confident
  14. self-reliant
  15. self-starter
  16. serious
  17. skilled
  18. smarter
  19. specialized
  20. stable
  21. strategic
  22. successful
  23. talented
  24. tenacious
  25. thorough
  26. tolerant
  27. trustworthy
  28. unique
  29. useful
  30. versatile
  31. visionary
  32. warm
  33. well-educated
  34. well-rounded
  35. well-spoken
  36. willing
  1. a foot in the door
  2. a good fit
  3. a great addition
  4. ability
  5. accountability
  6. achievement
  7. action
  8. application
  9. approachability
  10. attitude
  11. background
  12. business
  13. callback
  14. candidate
  15. candor
  16. capacity
  17. career
  18. career choice
  19. career move
  20. challenge
  21. co-workers
  1. intelligence
  2. interpersonal skills
  3. interview
  4. job
  5. job search
  6. job seeker
  7. know-how
  8. knowledge
  9. leadership
  10. occupation
  11. organization
  12. pay
  13. position
  14. problem solver
  15. product
  16. project
  17. prospect
  18. proven track record
  19. quality
  20. references
  21. resourcefulness
  1. communication
  2. company
  3. competence
  4. consistency
  5. contribution
  6. corporation
  7. creativity
  8. diversity
  9. doer
  10. education
  11. effort
  12. employee
  13. employer
  14. employment
  15. expert
  16. faculty
  17. finalist
  18. finished product
  19. industry
  20. initiative
  21. innovation
  1. resume
  2. salary
  3. second interview
  4. sense of humor
  5. skill
  6. skill set
  7. specialist
  8. staying power
  9. talent
  10. team player
  11. thinker
  12. track record
  13. versatility
  14. vigor
  15. wage
  16. wit
  17. work experience
  18. work history
  19. workforce
  20. workplace
  1. acclimate
  2. accomplish
  3. achieve
  4. actuate
  5. adapt
  6. adjust
  7. administer
  8. advance
  9. affect
  10. analyze
  11. apply
  12. assist
  13. attract
  14. balance
  15. believe
  16. believe in
  17. budget
  18. capitalize
  19. carry out
  20. carry through
  21. challenge
  22. change
  23. collaborate
  24. communicate
  25. conceptualize
  26. conduct
  27. consult
  28. contribute
  29. convey
  30. cooperate
  31. coordinate
  32. create
  33. dedicate
  1. increase
  2. initiate
  3. innovate
  4. integrate
  5. interview
  6. invent
  7. invest
  8. know
  9. labor
  10. launch
  11. lead
  12. learn
  13. market
  14. master
  15. mediate
  16. motivate
  17. negotiate
  18. operate
  19. organize
  20. participate
  21. pay attention
  22. perform
  23. persuade
  24. plan
  25. prepare
  26. problem-solve
  27. produce
  28. project
  29. provide
  30. publish
  31. pursue
  32. push myself
  33. recruit
  1. demonstrate
  2. design
  3. develop
  4. diagnose
  5. direct
  6. discover
  7. earn
  8. employ
  9. encourage
  10. ensure
  11. establish
  12. evaluate
  13. exceed
  14. excel
  15. execute
  16. exhibit
  17. expand
  18. expedite
  19. figure out
  20. finish
  21. follow
  22. follow directions
  23. formulate
  24. generate
  25. get results
  26. handle
  27. help
  28. highlight
  29. hire
  30. identify
  31. implement
  32. impress
  33. improve
  1. research
  2. resolve
  3. respect
  4. restore
  5. retain
  6. revitalize
  7. satisfy
  8. seek
  9. share
  10. sign on
  11. simplify
  12. solve
  13. specialize
  14. stand out
  15. strengthen
  16. strive
  17. study
  18. succeed
  19. supervise
  20. surpass
  21. teach
  22. tighten
  23. train
  24. transform
  25. trim
  26. troubleshoot
  27. try
  28. unify
  29. update
  30. upgrade
  31. utilize
  32. win
  33. work
  1. accelerated
  2. accomplished
  3. achieved
  4. acquired
  5. acted
  6. activated
  7. adapted
  8. addressed
  9. administered
  10. adopted
  11. advised
  12. altered
  13. analyzed
  14. anticipated
  15. applied
  16. appointed
  17. appraised
  18. approved
  19. arbitrated
  20. arranged
  21. ascertained
  22. assembled
  23. assessed
  24. assigned
  25. assisted
  26. assured
  27. attained
  28. audited
  29. authored
  30. briefed
  31. budgeted
  32. built
  33. calculated
  34. cared
  35. cataloged
  36. charged
  37. charted
  38. checked
  39. clarified
  40. classified
  41. closed
  42. coached
  43. collaborated
  44. collected
  45. commanded
  46. communicated
  47. compared
  48. compiled
  49. completed
  50. composed
  51. computed
  52. conceived
  53. conceptualized
  54. concluded
  55. conducted
  56. confronted
  57. conserved
  58. consolidated
  59. constructed
  60. consulted
  61. continued
  62. contracted
  63. controlled
  64. converted
  65. coordinated
  66. corrected
  67. correlated
  68. counseled
  69. created
  70. critiqued
  71. dealt
  72. decided
  73. defined
  74. delegated
  75. delivered
  76. demonstrated
  77. depended
  78. designed
  79. detailed
  80. detected
  81. determined
  82. developed
  83. devised
  84. diagnosed
  85. directed
  86. discovered
  87. dispensed
  1. launched
  2. learned
  3. lectured
  4. led
  5. licensed
  6. lifted
  7. listened
  8. located
  9. logged
  10. maintained
  11. managed
  12. manipulated
  13. manufactured
  14. mapped
  15. marketed
  16. measured
  17. mediated
  18. memorized
  19. mentored
  20. modeled
  21. modified
  22. monitored
  23. motivated
  24. named
  25. navigated
  26. negotiated
  27. nominated
  28. normalized
  29. noted
  30. nourished
  31. nursed
  32. observed
  33. obtained
  34. offered
  35. officiated
  36. operated
  37. ordered
  38. organized
  39. oriented
  40. originated
  41. overcame
  42. oversaw
  43. painted
  44. participated
  45. perceived
  46. perfected
  47. performed
  48. persuaded
  49. photographed
  50. piloted
  51. pinpointed
  52. pioneered
  53. placed
  54. planned
  55. played
  56. praised
  57. predicted
  58. prepared
  59. prescribed
  60. presented
  61. presided
  62. printed
  63. processed
  64. procured
  65. produced
  66. professed
  67. programmed
  68. progressed
  69. projected
  70. promoted
  71. proofread
  72. proposed
  73. prospected
  74. protected
  75. proved
  76. provided
  77. publicized
  78. purchased
  79. qualified
  80. questioned
  81. raised
  82. ranked
  83. rated
  84. realigned
  85. realized
  86. reasoned
  87. received
  1. disproved
  2. dissected
  3. distributed
  4. diverted
  5. doubled
  6. drafted
  7. dramatized
  8. drew
  9. drove
  10. earned
  11. edited
  12. educated
  13. effected
  14. eliminated
  15. enacted
  16. encouraged
  17. endured
  18. enforced
  19. engineered
  20. enhanced
  21. enlisted
  22. ensured
  23. entertained
  24. escalated
  25. established
  26. estimated
  27. evaluated
  28. examined
  29. exceeded
  30. executed
  31. exhibited
  32. expanded
  33. expedited
  34. experimented
  35. explained
  36. expressed
  37. extracted
  38. facilitated
  39. filed
  40. finalized
  41. financed
  42. fixed
  43. followed
  44. formalized
  45. formatted
  46. formed
  47. formulated
  48. found
  49. founded
  50. gathered
  51. generated
  52. governed
  53. graduated
  54. guided
  55. handled
  56. headed
  57. helped
  58. hired
  59. hypothesized
  60. identified
  61. illustrated
  62. imagined
  63. impacted
  64. implemented
  65. improved
  66. improvised
  67. increased
  68. induced
  69. influenced
  70. informed
  71. initiated
  72. innovated
  73. inspected
  74. inspired
  75. installed
  76. instituted
  77. instructed
  78. insured
  79. integrated
  80. intensified
  81. interpreted
  82. interviewed
  83. introduced
  84. invented
  85. inventoried
  86. investigated
  87. judged
  1. recommended
  2. reconciled
  3. recorded
  4. recruited
  5. reduced
  6. referred
  7. regulated
  8. rehabilitated
  9. reinforced
  10. related
  11. rendered
  12. reorganized
  13. repaired
  14. reported
  15. represented
  16. researched
  17. resolved
  18. responded
  19. restored
  20. restructured
  21. retained
  22. retrieved
  23. reviewed
  24. revised
  25. revitalized
  26. risked
  27. satisfied
  28. scheduled
  29. secured
  30. selected
  31. sensed
  32. separated
  33. served
  34. serviced
  35. set up
  36. shaped
  37. shared
  38. showed
  39. simplified
  40. sketched
  41. sold
  42. solved
  43. sorted
  44. specified
  45. spoke
  46. stimulated
  47. streamlined
  48. structured
  49. studied
  50. succeeded
  51. suggested
  52. summarized
  53. supervised
  54. supplied
  55. supported
  56. symbolized
  57. synthesized
  58. systemized
  59. tabulated
  60. talked
  61. targeted
  62. taught
  63. tested
  64. trained
  65. transcribed
  66. transferred
  67. transformed
  68. translated
  69. traveled
  70. treated
  71. troubleshot
  72. tutored
  73. typed
  74. unified
  75. united
  76. updated
  77. upgraded
  78. used
  79. utilized
  80. verbalized
  81. verified
  82. weighed
  83. won
  84. worked
  85. wrote
  1. always right
  2. backstabbing
  3. behind-the-times
  4. burnt out
  5. can
  6. common
  7. cost money
  8. cowardly
  9. destructive
  10. dismiss
  11. disorganized
  12. fire
  13. frail
  14. hard-to-get-along-with
  1. powerless
  2. reliant
  3. routine
  4. self-centered
  5. slacker
  6. sneaky
  7. spineless
  8. steal
  9. thief
  10. thievery
  11. tired
  12. unable
  13. uncooperative
  14. unemployment
  1. inadequate
  2. incapable
  3. incompetence
  4. incompetent
  5. inconsistent
  6. ineffective
  7. joblessness
  8. lacking
  9. lay off
  10. lazy
  11. let go
  12. messy
  13. not qualified
  14. ordinary
  1. unmotivated
  2. unorganized
  3. unprepared
  4. unprincipled
  5. unprofessional
  6. unqualified
  7. unstable
  8. untrustworthy
  9. useless
  10. vague
  11. waste your time
  12. wishy-washy
  13. worn out
  1. [] samples available upon request
  2. a man/woman of action
  3. a self-starter
  4. a track record of success
  5. always give my best
  6. failure is not an option
  7. help to find solutions/answers
  8. I am a go-to person
  9. I am a good candidate for the job because []
  10. I am adaptable and willing to learn
  1. I promise to []
  2. I rise to the challenge
  3. I truly want to work hard for []
  4. let me exceed your expectations
  5. let me help you to []
  6. my applicable skills are []
  7. my resume reveals that I am []
  8. my resume speaks for itself
  9. please contact me with any questions
  10. please feel free to contact my references
  1. I am seeking a [] job
  2. I anxiously await your response
  3. I believe I am the best candidate for the position because []
  4. I believe in your company's product
  5. I designed and implemented []
  6. I get along with others
  7. I increased revenue/decreased costs/reduced material costs by []%
  8. I look forward to hearing from you
  9. I manage my time well
  10. I posses leadership/motivational/inspirational/communication skills
  1. put my [] into action
  2. qualified for the position
  3. streamline success
  4. strong communication skills
  5. strong customer service and organizational skills
  6. to the best of my ability
  7. try my hardest
  8. what differentiates me from the rest is my approachability/versatility/ability
  9. you won't be disappointed
  10. your search for a [] is over