Salesperson Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Salesperson Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Salesperson role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Salesperson job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 70% of Salesperson job descriptions contained retail as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

retail
70%
sales
60%
customer service
40%
luxury goods
30%
watches
30%
jewellery
30%
management
20%
luxury
20%
retail sales
20%
communication skills
10%
tiles
10%
management skills
10%
visual merchandising
10%
wholesale
10%
adviser
10%
interior design
10%
management experience
10%
advisor
10%
sales assistant
10%
parts advisor
10%
selling
10%
retail sales experience
10%
cosmetics
10%
beauty
10%
store management
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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