Account Executive Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Account Executive Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Account Executive role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Account Executive job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 59% of Account Executive job descriptions contained saas as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

saas
59%
software
50%
sales
42%
hunter
34%
new business
34%
ae
25%
bdm
25%
education software
25%
primary
25%
communication skills
17%
customer service
17%
business development
17%
client accounts
9%
professional services
9%
account directors
9%
software as a service
9%
retailers
9%
remote
9%
pos
9%
epos
9%
retail
9%
e-commerce
9%
fintech
9%
events
9%
pipeline
9%
revenue
9%
training
9%
account management
9%
legal software
9%
cyber security
9%
data
9%
data governance
9%
data management
9%
reading
9%
targets
9%
business resilience
9%
communicator
9%
highly detailed
9%
numeracy
9%
tenacious work ethic
9%
written communication
9%
self-starter
9%
existing accounts
9%
sales executive
9%
sales representative
9%
new business generation
9%
telesales
9%
upselling
9%
account executive
9%
demo
9%
accurate record keeping
9%
employee engagement
9%
feedback management
9%
financial services
9%
law firms
9%
new business development
9%
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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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