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, 73% of Telesales job descriptions contained telesales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

telesales
73%
sales
48%
cold calling
35%
lead generation
30%
call centre
20%
telesales executive
20%
telemarketing
18%
b37
15%
outbound calls
15%
appointment setter
15%
birmingham
15%
customer service
15%
telesales consultant
15%
business development
13%
leads
13%
client
10%
appointment making
10%
call handler
10%
assistant
10%
appointments
10%
agent
10%
pa
10%
clients
10%
crm
10%
customer
10%
it literate
10%
ms office
10%
selling
10%
commission
10%
sales executive
10%
b2b
10%
training
8%
telecommunications
8%
existing clients
8%
calls
8%
sales representative
8%
sales management
5%
sales development representative
5%
business development executive
5%
warm calling
5%
order processing
5%
telephone manner
5%
b2c
5%
sales advisor
5%
account management
5%
manager
5%
kpi management
5%
contact centre
5%
coaching
5%
sales environment
3%
written communication
3%
inbound leads
3%
appointment scheduling
3%
heathrow
3%
logistics
3%
slough
3%
telesales agent
3%
junior telesales agent
3%
poyle
3%
west drayton
3%
white goods
3%
prospecting
3%
pipeline
3%
client liaison
3%
client services
3%
renewals
3%
upsell
3%
negotiation
3%
linkedin
3%
communication skills
3%
retail
3%
outbound
3%
av systems
3%
inbound
3%
executive
3%
saas
3%
annual salary reviews
3%
benefits
3%
bonus scheme
3%
career progression
3%
relationship management
3%
free parking
3%
leeds
3%
account manager
3%
consultative approach
3%
shops
3%
consultative sales
3%
advisor
3%
pharmaceutical
3%
calling
3%
call center
3%
new clients
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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