Salesperson Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Salesperson Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Salesperson role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Salesperson job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 72% of Salesperson job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
72%
business development
20%
cold calling
15%
b2b sales
15%
account management
15%
telesales
10%
unified communications
10%
audio visual
10%
sales executive
10%
cross selling
10%
wholesale
10%
technical
5%
electrical
5%
electronics
5%
exhibitions
5%
fordingbridge
5%
plans
5%
selling
5%
shows
5%
career progression
5%
technical sales
5%
microsoft office
5%
business sales
5%
automotive
5%
car
5%
closing
5%
specifications
5%
sales manager
5%
regional manager
5%
medical
5%
healthcare
5%
bdm
5%
resilience
5%
sales recruitment
5%
spanish
5%
new clients
5%
sports
5%
new business
5%
field sales
5%
teamwork
5%
technology recruitment
5%
telephone manner
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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