Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Scientific

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Sales Skills List in Scientific

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, 54% of Sales job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
54%
business development
29%
technical sales
29%
sales executive
29%
chemistry
19%
field sales
16%
genomics
13%
bakery
13%
negotiation
13%
scientific background
13%
food industry
13%
scientific research
10%
sales consultant
10%
chromatography
10%
lifesciences
10%
international travel
10%
chemical industry
10%
customer service
10%
graduate level
10%
physics
10%
laser
10%
optoelectronics
10%
photonics
10%
capital equipment
7%
graduate recruitment
7%
sales management
7%
sales team
7%
molecular biology
7%
dna sequencing
7%
analytical chemistry
7%
sales engineering
7%
physical sciences
7%
healthcare
4%
laboratory equipment
4%
commercial awareness
4%
biology
4%
customer support
4%
b2b sales
4%
biomedical
4%
quotations
4%
international sales
4%
management
4%
oems
4%
outbound calls
4%
account management
4%
technical support
4%
universities
4%
customer driven
4%
nanoparticles
4%
sample preparation
4%
design development
4%
optical engineering
4%
communication skills
4%
critical thinking
4%
innovation
4%
materials science
4%
nanomaterials
4%
optics
4%
natural sciences
4%
pharmaceutical
4%
surface modification
4%
clinical background
4%
sales, account management
4%
gas chromatography
4%
mass spec
4%
service sales
4%

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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