Business Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Business Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Business role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Business job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 62% of Business job descriptions contained business development as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

business development
62%
sales
58%
telecommunications
39%
internal
39%
connectivity
39%
burton
39%
commission
15%
sales executive
15%
telesales
10%
relationship management
10%
new business opportunities
10%
new business development
10%
building relationships
10%
waste management
10%
account management
10%
waste
5%
manufacturing
5%
businesses
5%
new business generation
5%
recruitment
5%
outbound calls
5%
lead generation
5%
calls
5%
customer service
5%
lettings
5%
prospecting
5%
management
5%
field sales
5%
maintenance
5%
cold calling
5%
renewables
5%
internal sales
5%
energy
5%
call centre
5%
b2b
5%
account manager
5%
project management
5%
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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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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