The Chronicle of Higher Education Pumps Up Your Resume With Strong Verbs
Though we’re pretty sure this isn’t what the career experts had in mind:
Disrupted schedules
* Insulted supervisors
* Laughed at urgent requests
* Created chaos in office
* Crushed hopes
* Exemplified idleness
* Took frequent breaks
* Broke confidences
* Wrote ransom notes
* Gave away trade secrets
* Forgot important papers
* Drove colleagues crazy
Actually, there’s a linguistics lesson in this list. According to Jacob Grimm, half of the Brothers Grimm (yes really), the second half of those words (starting at “Took”) are the true strong words, because they don’t come with “-ed” endings.
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