Telesales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Telesales Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Telesales role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Telesales job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 71% of Telesales job descriptions contained telesales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

telesales
71%
sales
46%
cold calling
36%
lead generation
30%
telesales executive
22%
call centre
22%
telemarketing
17%
telesales consultant
17%
appointment setter
17%
b37
17%
birmingham
17%
customer service
17%
leads
14%
business development
14%
outbound calls
14%
clients
11%
ms office
11%
it literate
11%
pa
11%
customer
11%
crm
11%
selling
11%
client
11%
commission
11%
call handler
11%
assistant
11%
sales executive
11%
appointments
11%
appointment making
11%
agent
11%
b2b
9%
telecommunications
9%
calls
9%
sales representative
9%
existing clients
9%
training
9%
kpi management
6%
sales development representative
6%
business development executive
6%
warm calling
6%
account management
6%
order processing
6%
sales advisor
6%
sales management
6%
coaching
6%
contact centre
6%
manager
6%
client liaison
3%
upsell
3%
written communication
3%
b2c
3%
client services
3%
inbound leads
3%
appointment scheduling
3%
heathrow
3%
logistics
3%
benefits
3%
slough
3%
telesales agent
3%
junior telesales agent
3%
poyle
3%
west drayton
3%
renewals
3%
telephone manner
3%
annual salary reviews
3%
relationship management
3%
saas
3%
inbound
3%
outbound
3%
account manager
3%
consultative approach
3%
consultative sales
3%
new clients
3%
prospecting
3%
communication skills
3%
linkedin
3%
negotiation
3%
executive
3%
pipeline
3%
bonus scheme
3%
career progression
3%
free parking
3%
leeds
3%
retail
3%
shops
3%
advisor
3%
pharmaceutical
3%
calling
3%
call center
3%
energy
3%
literacy
3%
microsoft office
3%
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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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