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, 72% of Sales job descriptions contained customer service as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

customer service
72%
retail
29%
telesales
29%
order processing
29%
microsoft excel
15%
adobe creative suite
15%
customer satisfaction
15%
administrative support
15%
professional communication
15%
presentation skills
15%
new business development
15%
import export
15%
export administration
15%
sales administration
15%
quote preparation
15%
admin
15%
sales support
15%
hospitality
15%
customer service advisor
15%
contact centre
15%
sales executive
15%
call centre
15%
problem solving
15%
multi tasking
15%
communication skills
15%
creativity
15%
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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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