Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Human Resources

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Sales Skills List in Human Resources

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, 39% of Sales job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
39%
recruitment
34%
training
29%
manager
29%
sales manager
29%
retail manager
24%
hr
24%
operations manager
24%
human resources advisor
24%
hr partner
24%
hr consultant
24%
hr advisor
24%
hr administrator
24%
hr support
20%
human resources
20%
sales training
15%
medical
15%
learning and development
15%
compliance
15%
l&d
15%
trainer
15%
business development
10%
insurance
10%
assurance
10%
management
5%
account management
5%
stakeholder management
5%
resourcer
5%
software
5%
finance
5%
works councils
5%
transformation
5%
technology
5%
principal
5%
corporate trainer
5%
development
5%
learning & development
5%
organisational leadership
5%
talent management
5%
new business development
5%
resourcing
5%
admin
5%
administrative support
5%
operations
5%
social media
5%
vacancies
5%
work autonomously
5%
graduate
5%
retail
5%
account manager
5%
environmental
5%
production
5%
sales advisor
5%
sales executive
5%
salesperson
5%
timber
5%
account
5%
bristol
5%
consultant
5%
engineering
5%
hr director
5%
junior
5%
coaching
5%
progression
5%
senior
5%
somerset
5%
south west
5%
tech
5%
technical
5%
trainee
5%
emea
5%
head of hr
5%

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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