Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Financial Services

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Sales Skills List in Financial Services

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, 64% of Sales job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
64%
sales executive
53%
insurance
48%
life insurance
43%
protection
43%
sales commission
43%
sales commissions
43%
selling
43%
customer service
22%
communication skills
16%
financial services
16%
retail
16%
sales support
11%
jewellery
11%
loans
11%
marketing
11%
mortgage advisor
6%
30k
6%
mortgage broker
6%
mortgage brokers
6%
sales advisor
6%
sales management
6%
kyc
6%
excel
6%
onboarding
6%
origination
6%
powerpoint
6%
account manager
6%
product sales
6%
sales agent
6%
sales operations
6%
management
6%
man management
6%
cemap qualified
6%
cemap
6%
investment banking
6%
efx
6%
brokerage
6%
math
6%
interpersonal skills
6%
telesales
6%
outbound calls
6%
call centre
6%
sales administration
6%
customer satisfaction
6%
administrative support
6%
admin
6%
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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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