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, 70% of Salesperson job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
70%
engineering
54%
training
39%
bristol
24%
consultant
24%
graduate
24%
junior
24%
manager
24%
principal
24%
progression
24%
b2b
24%
recruitment
24%
senior
24%
somerset
24%
southwest
24%
technical
24%
trainee
24%
customers
16%
food
16%
electronics
16%
gas
16%
management
16%
manufacturing
16%
oil
16%
preston
16%
advertising sales
16%
business development
16%
bdm - service sales
16%
field sales consultant
16%
representative
16%
aerospace
16%
development
16%
sales team
8%
salesman
8%
account manager
8%
salesperson
8%
advertising
8%
uncapped commission
8%
information services
8%
approachable personality
8%
legal
8%
bathroom design
8%
marketing
8%
bathroom installation
8%
patient
8%
sales experience
8%
bd
8%
business development manager
8%
commission
8%
haywards heath
8%
packaging
8%
building materials
8%
packaging sales
8%
construction
8%
sales advisor
8%
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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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