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Vocab/Verb Bags
Use the words below to apply them to your CV/Resume, your Artist bio and other applications etc. when applying for jobs or opportunities.
Analytical/Critical Thinking:
These verbs are great for you to show you as an analytical and critical thinker. Instead of repeating their words for when applying for an opportunity, it is useful to use synonyms (different words that mean the same thing) to show your meticulous and calculating skills you possess and how you apply them on a daily basis or towards certain projects. They are particularly useful if you work in industries or are applying to work on projects that require complex analytical thinking.
Astute Intelligent Inquisitive Analytical Critical thinker Perceptive
Complex strategist Calculating Logical Practical Complex Methodical
Shrewd Discerning Meticulous Strategic Insightful Objective
Thoughtful
Creativity & Innovation:
Demonstrating that you are a creative innovator has never been easier with this Verb bag to help you show future collaborators, clients, buyers or organisations what your professional experience offers them.
Cutting-edge Ingenious Robust Eloquent Innovative Sophisticated
First-class Novel Unique Groundbreaking Progressive Unprecedented
Imaginative Inventive Revolutionary World-class Original Productive
Effectiveness:
These verbs can help those you want to work with see how effective you are when you apply your skills and expertise. If you use these words, they will help to show how your skills are more impressive.
Accomplished Active Compelling Competent Direct Forceful Powerful
Practical Fluent Significant Adept Ideal Smooth Advanced
Industrious Skilled Competent Influential Skillful Constructive Instrumental
Strong Cost-effective Productive Economical Proficient
Qualified Expert Profitable Quality Effective
Hard-working and Motivated:
Do you work tirelessly through the night to complete a key project because you care? Emphasise this desirable personal trait with the list of key professional skills and vocabulary to use in your artist bio below:
Enterprising Attentive Focused Motivated Tireless
Studious Thorough Concerted Driven Persistent Vigorous
Versatility:
These are great words for those of you who work in fast-paced environments. Use these words to show that you are the master of multitasking.
Adaptable Countless Flexible Agile
Multifaceted Capable Diverse Deep
Resourceful Comprehensive Extensive Vast
Versatile Functional Gifted Talented
Organisation and Methodical:
Organizational skills are needed for anyone in assistant or managerial positions. These words will help you describe your expertise in accomplishing tasks in an orderly and practical manner.
Businesslike Methodical Step-by-step Controlled Orderly Structured
Detailed Precise Systematic Detail-oriented Smooth Timely
Meticulous Scrupulous Efficient Disciplined
Reliability:
Being dependable is key to certain job roles but we have a little leeway in the arts industry to be a bit more flexible, still, it’s important we show we understand the importance of being reliable and as a ND we are often excellent at hyper-focusing and getting the work done to a high level. It’s important that we acknowledge we might need a break or short breaks after each burst of energy.
Accurate Exact Professional Consistent Fastidious Punctual Dependable Honest
Resilient Diligent Impartial Steadfast Disciplined Loyal Sustainable
Teamwork & Communication:
Ultimately, this can be difficult for Neurodivergents so showing how you can communicate and work as part of a team can be an important skill to emphasise. You might not do it in the same way as a neurotypical artist, but you might display certain traits or skills that emphasise the characteristics they are still after. You can also show how your neurodivergent communication and teamwork skills can also show how effective you will be when running projects etc.
Articulate Conscientious Persuasive Calm Cooperative Pleasant
Charming Cordial Positive Cheerful Courteous Respectful
Clear Diplomatic Team-minded
Interested – use another word to show you are interested or fascinated by something.
1. Showing curiosity or concern about something or someone; having a feeling of interest.
Similar Attentive Intent Focused Absorbed Engrossed Fascinated Riveted Gripped Captivated Rapt Agog Intrigued Inquiring Inquisitive Curious Burning with curiosity
2. Having an interest or involvement; not impartial
Concerned Involved Implicated Affected Connected Related