Salesperson Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Salesperson Skills List in Sales

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, 82% of Salesperson job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
82%
account management
28%
business development
28%
telesales
19%
sales consultant
19%
product sales
19%
internal sales
19%
inbound sales
19%
account manager
19%
driver
19%
pipelines
10%
phone manner
10%
appointments
10%
b2b
10%
closing
10%
it sales
10%
managed services
10%
new business development
10%
commercial awareness
10%
account
10%
customer retention
10%
uk tax
10%
objection handling
10%
payroll services
10%
partnerships
10%
information technology
10%
organisational skills
10%
public sector
10%
technological solutions
10%
business service
10%
cold calling
10%
creative solutions
10%
new business opportunities
10%
new clients
10%
junior
10%
audio visual
10%
commission
10%
engineering
10%
finance
10%
progression
10%
recruitment
10%
saas sales
10%
360
10%
consultant
10%
entry-level
10%
grad
10%
graduate
10%
timber
10%
recruiter
10%
salesperson
10%
technical
10%
trainee
10%
construction
10%
glasgow ayr
10%
industry
10%
internal
10%
kilmarnock
10%
manufacturing
10%
sales administrator
10%
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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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