Telesales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Telesales Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Telesales role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Telesales job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 79% of Telesales job descriptions contained telesales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

telesales
79%
sales
57%
call centre
25%
customer service
22%
cold calling
19%
business development
19%
lead generation
19%
outbound calls
16%
leads
13%
telemarketing
13%
b2b
13%
pa
10%
ms office
10%
it literate
10%
selling
10%
commission
10%
sales executive
10%
customer
10%
crm
10%
clients
10%
client
10%
call handler
10%
assistant
10%
appointments
10%
agent
10%
training
10%
coaching
7%
contact centre
7%
kpi management
7%
manager
7%
sales management
7%
sales representative
7%
appointment making
7%
sales advisor
7%
calls
7%
telephone manner
7%
telesales executive
7%
existing clients
7%
account management
7%
b2c
7%
appointment scheduling
4%
literacy
4%
heathrow
4%
inbound leads
4%
written communication
4%
pipeline
4%
microsoft office
4%
telesales agent
4%
energy
4%
call center
4%
calling
4%
logistics
4%
order processing
4%
slough
4%
leeds
4%
warm calling
4%
client services
4%
junior telesales agent
4%
poyle
4%
west drayton
4%
business development executive
4%
client liaison
4%
renewals
4%
sales development representative
4%
upsell
4%
telecommunications
4%
sales environment
4%
prospecting
4%
consultative sales
4%
communication skills
4%
linkedin
4%
negotiation
4%
consultative approach
4%
account manager
4%
outbound
4%
inbound
4%
saas
4%
relationship management
4%
executive
4%
white goods
4%
pharmaceutical
4%
av systems
4%
customer service and sales
4%
annual salary reviews
4%
benefits
4%
bonus scheme
4%
career progression
4%
upselling
4%
free parking
4%
new clients
4%
retail
4%
internal sales
4%
shops
4%
advisor
4%
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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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