Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Financial Services

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Sales Skills List in Financial Services

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, 60% of Sales job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
60%
sales executive
45%
selling
40%
insurance
40%
life insurance
40%
protection
40%
sales commission
40%
sales commissions
40%
retail
15%
financial services
15%
communication skills
15%
customer service
15%
administrator
10%
loans
10%
jewellery
10%
sales support
10%
telesales
10%
origination
5%
marketing
5%
cemap
5%
cemap qualified
5%
man management
5%
sales operations
5%
management
5%
product sales
5%
powerpoint
5%
excel
5%
mortgage advisor
5%
onboarding
5%
mortgage broker
5%
mortgage brokers
5%
sales management
5%
kyc
5%
customer satisfaction
5%
broker
5%
business development
5%
direct sales
5%
foreign currency
5%
fx trading
5%
traders
5%
admin
5%
administrative support
5%
investment banking
5%
sales administration
5%
call centre
5%
outbound calls
5%
interpersonal skills
5%
math
5%
brokerage
5%
efx
5%
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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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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