Business Development Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Business Development Skills List in Sales

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, 62% of Business Development job descriptions contained business development as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

business development
62%
sales
54%
sales executive
54%
account management
24%
relationship management
24%
regional sales
16%
marketing campaigns
16%
field sales
16%
telesales executive
16%
business development executive
16%
account manager
16%
new business development
16%
loans
8%
telesales
8%
telemarketing
8%
sales leads
8%
lead generation
8%
international trade
8%
sales commission
8%
customer engagement
8%
bdm
8%
start-ups
8%
small business
8%
saas
8%
pipeline
8%
outsourcing
8%
development opportunities
8%
consultative sales
8%
back office
8%
new business opportunities
8%
recruitment
8%
closing
8%
manufacturing
8%
client services
8%
b2b marketing
8%
negotiation
8%
presentations
8%
warm calling
8%
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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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