Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Human Resources

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Sales Skills List in Human Resources

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, 30% of Sales job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
30%
hr administrator
26%
recruitment
26%
human resources
23%
sales manager
23%
manager
23%
hr
23%
hr advisor
23%
hr partner
19%
human resources advisor
19%
operations manager
19%
retail manager
19%
administrative support
19%
training
19%
hr consultant
19%
compliance
15%
admin
15%
l&d
15%
hr support
15%
trainer
12%
hr admin
12%
sales training
12%
medical
12%
learning and development
12%
talent development administrator
12%
assurance
8%
insurance
8%
human resources assistant
8%
operations
8%
social media
8%
vacancies
8%
work autonomously
8%
hr officer
8%
hr assistant
8%
human resources administrator
8%
business development
8%
e learning
4%
talent management
4%
new business development
4%
resourcing
4%
engineering
4%
consultant
4%
bristol
4%
account
4%
timber
4%
salesperson
4%
cipd
4%
moodle
4%
articulate
4%
organisational leadership
4%
learning
4%
sales executive
4%
sales advisor
4%
internal recruiter
4%
office administrator
4%
recruitment administrator
4%
recruitment consultant
4%
production
4%
environmental
4%
account manager
4%
works councils
4%
senior
4%
somerset
4%
south west
4%
tech
4%
technical
4%
trainee
4%
emea
4%
head of hr
4%
hr director
4%
software
4%
technology
4%
transformation
4%
progression
4%
principal
4%
junior
4%
finance
4%
graduate
4%
management
4%
account management
4%
resourcer
4%
stakeholder management
4%
corporate trainer
4%
development
4%
learning & development
4%
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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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