Business Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Business Skills List in Sales

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
59%
business development
56%
b2b
17%
account manager
14%
new business development
14%
management consulting
12%
technology solutions
12%
b2b sales
12%
new business
12%
field sales
12%
business process management
12%
government
12%
cold calling
9%
business developer
9%
senior sales
9%
manufacturing
6%
saas
6%
area sales manager
6%
intelligence
6%
business plan
6%
businesses
6%
field business development manager
6%
sustainability
6%
nationwide sales
6%
training
6%
regional sales coordinator
6%
telesales
6%
regional sales manager
6%
close deals
6%
senior business development manager
6%
driver
6%
commission
6%
new business generation
3%
management
3%
customer service
3%
continuous improvement
3%
retail marketing
3%
oil
3%
sourcing new business
3%
field service
3%
retailers
3%
preston
3%
strategy
3%
financial services
3%
market research
3%
technology
3%
sheet metal
3%
networking
3%
bdm
3%
sales and business development
3%
new clients
3%
software
3%
business development consultancy
3%
social media
3%
account management
3%
business development manager
3%
business manager
3%
environmental services
3%
foreign exchange
3%
crm
3%
digital marketing
3%
sales contracts
3%
manager
3%
nhs
3%
marketing
3%
demos
3%
appointments
3%
it sales
3%
aerospace
3%
negotiation
3%
customer contact
3%
software solutions
3%
development
3%
sme
3%
telecommunications
3%
engineering
3%
recruitment
3%
salesforce
3%
giftware
3%
food
3%
gas
3%
after sales
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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