Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Sales Skills List in Retail

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, 100% of Sales job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
100%
retail
84%
manual handling
50%
microsoft dynamics
50%
experienced sales professional
50%
sales order processing
50%
teamwork
50%
customer service
50%
management skills
17%
customer driven
17%
computer literate
17%
luxury
17%
communications
17%
beauty
17%
wholesale
17%
trade
17%
tiles
17%
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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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