Sales Representative Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Sales

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Sales Representative Skills List in Sales

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales Representative role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales Representative job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Sales Representative job descriptions contained sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

sales
50%
sales representative
30%
customer service
20%
sales development
20%
sales executive
20%
sdr
20%
time management
20%
field sales representative
20%
account manager
10%
telesales
10%
phone manner
10%
builders merchants
10%
field sales
10%
saas
10%
business development
10%
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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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