Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Customer Service

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Sales Skills List in Customer Service

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 84% of Sales job descriptions contained customer service as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

customer service
84%
retail
34%
telesales
34%
order processing
34%
microsoft excel
17%
call centre
17%
customer satisfaction
17%
administrative support
17%
professional communication
17%
presentation skills
17%
new business development
17%
import export
17%
export administration
17%
sales administration
17%
quote preparation
17%
admin
17%
sales support
17%
hospitality
17%
customer service advisor
17%
contact centre
17%
sales executive
17%
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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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