Business Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Business Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Business role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Business job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 64% of Business job descriptions contained business development as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

business development
64%
sales
43%
sales executive
27%
field sales
16%
business development manager
16%
new business opportunities
16%
maritime
11%
marine
11%
regional sales
11%
business development executive
11%
customer service
11%
crm
11%
b2b sales
11%
outbound calls
6%
sales support
6%
communications
6%
appointment making
6%
sales team
6%
internal sales
6%
workforce
6%
insulation
6%
new business development
6%
sales commission
6%
apprenticeship
6%
business manager
6%
businesses
6%
calls
6%
determination
6%
networking
6%
resilience
6%
sales development
6%
training
6%
consultative approach
6%
new business generation
6%
recruitment
6%
german
6%
maintaining relationships
6%
marketing
6%
partnerships
6%
revenue
6%
uk market
6%
reliable
6%
telephone manner
6%
adaptability
6%
construction supply
6%
customer engagement
6%
personal touch
6%
prospecting
6%
sales process
6%
utilities
6%
ms office
6%
energy
6%
renewable
6%
assistant branch manager
6%
builders merchants
6%
building materials
6%
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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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