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, 74% of Salesperson job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
74%
business development
18%
sales executive
18%
b2b sales
14%
account management
14%
cold calling
14%
audio visual
9%
wholesale
9%
cross selling
9%
unified communications
9%
telesales
9%
field sales
9%
selling
5%
exhibitions
5%
fordingbridge
5%
electronics
5%
electrical
5%
career progression
5%
plans
5%
specifications
5%
shows
5%
technical
5%
technical sales
5%
automotive
5%
car
5%
closing
5%
area sales
5%
technology recruitment
5%
demonstrator
5%
bdm
5%
business sales
5%
microsoft office
5%
resilience
5%
sales recruitment
5%
sports
5%
teamwork
5%
sales manager
5%
telephone manner
5%
new business
5%
new clients
5%
spanish
5%
healthcare
5%
medical
5%
regional manager
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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