Business Development Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Recruitment Consultancy

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Business Development Skills List in Recruitment Consultancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Business Development role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Business Development job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 94% of Business Development job descriptions contained recruitment as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

recruitment
94%
sales
76%
business development
49%
bd
13%
prospecting
13%
cold calling
10%
existing clients
10%
headhunting
10%
client
10%
negotiation
10%
relationship
10%
clients
7%
account manager
7%
lead generation
7%
building relationships
7%
client meetings
7%
new clients
7%
closing deals
7%
tenacious
7%
onsite
4%
staffing
4%
tender
4%
client relationship manager
4%
healthcare
4%
it recruitment
4%
calls
4%
technical sales
4%
candidates
4%
graduate
4%
email
4%
it trainee recruitment
4%
new business
4%
recruitment consultant
4%
salesforce crm
4%
tech sales
4%
social media
4%
trainee
4%
telesales
4%
account management
4%
video
4%
bdm
4%
managed services
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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