Writing a sales representative resume

Everything below is counted from 1,510 live sales representativepostings, taken from employers’ own career pages rather than a job board. Nothing here is advice about what usually works. It is what these specific postings say.

Open roles: 1,510
Employers: 270
Remote: 21%
Typical pay: $40k–95k
Verified live (7d): 1,367

What they ask for

Counted across 580 of the most recent 1,500 postings, the ones that named a skill we recognise. A share is of those, not of every posting.

Customer Relationship Management62%
Microsoft Excel22%
LinkedIn15%
Microsoft PowerPoint13%
Microsoft Outlook10%
Facebook6%
OSHA5%
Abbott4%
Enterprise Resource Planning2%
Instagram2%
Microsoft Word2%
WhatsApp2%
SAP1%
Microsoft Office Outlook1%

This is a floor, not a ceiling: the reader behind it only counts terms it recognises, so a skill missing here means it was not matched, not that nobody wants it. Put what you actually have on the page.

Who is hiring right now

UKG Medtronic UK LTD241
Stryker European Operations Limited - Dutch Branch Office160
Travel Leisure Resort Development Inc44
Breakthru Beverage California, LLC30
St Jude Medical S C Inc28
Graybar Electric Company, Inc.28
Texas Car Title & Payday Loan Services, Inc27
Jobs for Humanity23
Teltonika22
Aggreko LLC (US)17
Galderma Distribuidora do Brasil Ltda17
Xylem Services USA LLC16

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