Account Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Account Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Account role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Account job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 85% of Account job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
85%
enquiries
54%
wholesale
47%
electrical products
47%
opening new accounts
41%
account manager
25%
customer service
13%
business development
10%
account management
7%
calls
7%
negotiation
7%
communication
7%
b2b
4%
logistics
4%
partnership
4%
bdm
4%
sale
4%
solar
4%
agricultural
4%
accountant
4%
automotive
4%
branding
4%
field sales
4%
graduate
4%
internal sales
4%
sales admin
4%
sales administrator
4%
sales executive
4%
sales support
4%
trainee sales executive
4%
accounts manager
4%
exhibition sales
4%
consultative selling
4%
crm
4%
customer retention
4%
event sales
4%
outbound sales
4%
targets
4%
telesales
4%
sponsorship sales
4%
packaging
4%
market research
4%
key accounts
4%
amazon
4%
distribution
4%
ecommerce
4%
fmcg
4%
upsell
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.

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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