Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Financial Services

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Sales Skills List in Financial Services

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, 64% of Sales job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
64%
sales executive
41%
selling
37%
sales commissions
37%
sales commission
37%
protection
37%
life insurance
37%
insurance
37%
financial services
23%
marketing
14%
retail
14%
communication skills
14%
customer service
14%
sales support
10%
loans
10%
jewellery
10%
telesales
10%
administrator
10%
efx
5%
sales operations
5%
investment banking
5%
cemap
5%
cemap qualified
5%
man management
5%
management
5%
mortgage advisor
5%
mortgage broker
5%
mortgage brokers
5%
sales management
5%
kyc
5%
excel
5%
onboarding
5%
origination
5%
powerpoint
5%
product sales
5%
traders
5%
sales administration
5%
fx trading
5%
foreign currency
5%
direct sales
5%
business development
5%
admin
5%
administrative support
5%
customer satisfaction
5%
broker
5%
brokerage
5%
corporate events
5%
call centre
5%
proposals
5%
crm
5%
outbound calls
5%
training
5%
interpersonal skills
5%
math
5%
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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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