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, 55% of Business job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
55%
business development
50%
connectivity
34%
internal
34%
telecommunications
34%
burton
34%
commission
13%
building relationships
13%
account management
9%
sales executive
9%
telesales
9%
new business development
9%
account manager
9%
field sales
9%
new business opportunities
9%
relationship management
9%
management
5%
internal sales
5%
cold calling
5%
renewables
5%
project management
5%
waste management
5%
calls
5%
lead generation
5%
outbound calls
5%
recruitment
5%
new business generation
5%
written communication
5%
area sales
5%
external sales
5%
new business sales
5%
customer retention
5%
new business
5%
organisational skills
5%
sales growth
5%
research
5%
energy
5%
customer service
5%
lettings
5%
prospecting
5%
maintenance
5%
manufacturing
5%
bdm
5%
b2b
5%
call centre
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.

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