Salesperson Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Salesperson Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Salesperson role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Salesperson job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 78% of Salesperson job descriptions contained retail as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

retail
78%
sales
67%
luxury goods
34%
watches
34%
jewellery
34%
customer service
34%
management
23%
luxury
23%
tiles
12%
management experience
12%
wholesale
12%
visual merchandising
12%
management skills
12%
communication skills
12%
advisor
12%
sales assistant
12%
parts advisor
12%
selling
12%
retail sales experience
12%
retail sales
12%
cosmetics
12%
beauty
12%
store management
12%
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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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