Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Customer Service

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Sales Skills List in Customer Service

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 57% of Sales job descriptions contained customer service as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

customer service
57%
sales
30%
world class customer service
27%
storage
27%
sales opportunities
27%
rental services
27%
customer sales
27%
call centre
17%
contact centre
10%
orders
10%
communication skills
10%
attention to detail
7%
marketing
7%
telesales
7%
account manager
7%
automotive
7%
computer systems
7%
databases
7%
enquiries
7%
invoicing
7%
retail
7%
parts
7%
trade
7%
sales order processing
7%
warehouse
7%
sales administration
7%
administrative
4%
account management
4%
personal development plans
4%
motivation
4%
adaptability
4%
training
4%
promotions
4%
networking
4%
desire
4%
computer literate
4%
customer services
4%
sales order processor
4%
outbound
4%
upselling
4%
accurate data entry
4%
presentation
4%
administration
4%
negotiation
4%
order processing
4%
business development
4%
hospitality
4%
property
4%
administration duties
4%
automotive industry
4%
booking
4%
time management
4%
customer contact
4%
inside sales
4%
internal sales
4%
team player
4%
management
4%
customers
4%
inbound calls
4%
outbound calls
4%
stock control
4%
problem solving
4%
multitask
4%
highly organised
4%
confident communicator
4%
complaints
4%
events
4%
incentives
4%

While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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