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, 31% of Sales job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
31%
hr administrator
27%
recruitment
27%
sales manager
24%
manager
24%
human resources
24%
hr
24%
hr partner
20%
hr consultant
20%
human resources advisor
20%
operations manager
20%
retail manager
20%
training
20%
hr advisor
20%
administrative support
20%
l&d
16%
admin
16%
compliance
16%
hr support
16%
hr admin
12%
talent development administrator
12%
learning and development
12%
medical
12%
sales training
12%
trainer
12%
insurance
8%
assurance
8%
human resources assistant
8%
operations
8%
social media
8%
vacancies
8%
work autonomously
8%
hr assistant
8%
human resources administrator
8%
business development
8%
articulate
4%
organisational leadership
4%
talent management
4%
new business development
4%
resourcing
4%
consultant
4%
bristol
4%
account
4%
timber
4%
salesperson
4%
sales executive
4%
cipd
4%
moodle
4%
learning & development
4%
e learning
4%
learning
4%
sales advisor
4%
hr officer
4%
internal recruiter
4%
office administrator
4%
recruitment administrator
4%
recruitment consultant
4%
production
4%
environmental
4%
account manager
4%
transformation
4%
progression
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%
principal
4%
works councils
4%
junior
4%
graduate
4%
finance
4%
engineering
4%
management
4%
account management
4%
resourcer
4%
stakeholder management
4%
corporate trainer
4%
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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