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Resume keyword checker for sales representatives

Paste your resume and a sales representative job posting. See which of the posting's keywords your resume shows and which are missing.

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The checker runs in your browser. Keyword coverage is which of this job's keywords your resume shows, in any word form. It is a tailoring guide, not an ATS score and not a prediction of interviews. Add a keyword only where it's true for you. If you have done the work, say so in the job's words. If you haven't, leave it out.

Sample sales representative posting

Sample posting, written by CareerGenius for this page (the employer is fictional). In the checker, replace it with the job you're applying to.

Sales Representative, Small Business
Litware (sample employer), hybrid

About the role
You will find and win new small-business customers for our scheduling software, from first call to signed contract.

What you'll do
- Prospect new accounts through cold calling, email and LinkedIn
- Qualify leads and run product demos
- Manage your sales pipeline and forecast in Salesforce
- Negotiate pricing and close deals
- Hand new customers to account management for onboarding
- Meet monthly quota and activity goals

What we're looking for
- 1-3 years of B2B sales experience, SaaS a plus
- Experience with lead generation and cold calling
- Experience using a CRM, Salesforce preferred
- Strong negotiation and communication skills
- Self-motivated and comfortable with rejection
- Experience with consultative selling

Keywords in this sample sales representative posting

Read from the sample posting above by the same rules the checker uses. Real postings for this role vary, so paste the one you're applying to.

  • Cold calling
  • Negotiation
  • SaaS
  • B2B sales
  • Communication
  • Lead generation
  • Salesforce
  • Account management
  • Lead qualification
  • Pipeline management
  • Product demos
  • Quota
  • Sales pipeline

Wording true sales representative experience in the job's terms

  • Use the sales cycle words the posting uses: prospecting, cold calling, lead qualification, demos, closing, pipeline management.
  • Name the CRM you used (Salesforce, HubSpot) and what you did in it: logged activity, managed pipeline, forecasted.
  • Quota attainment helps when it is your real figure from your records. If you do not know it exactly, describe the work instead.
  • Say who you sold to (small businesses, retail customers, schools) and what you sold. B2B or B2C is a fact; write the one that is true.

How it works

  1. Paste your resume. Paste the text, or open a PDF or Word file. The file is read in your browser.
  2. Paste the job posting. The checker lists the posting's keywords: tools, credentials and skill phrases, requirements first.
  3. See found and missing. Each keyword is checked against your resume as whole words in any form, so "managed inventory" counts for "inventory management".
  4. Fix what is true. Add the missing keywords that describe experience you really have, in your own bullets, then check again.

Keywords are read from the posting by fixed rules, without AI: tool and product names, certifications and other capitalised terms, common skill phrases, items in the posting's skill lists, and phrases the posting repeats. Requirements count most. Remove any that don't fit, or add your own.

Tailor your resume to this job

Suggest rewrites your resume in the job's terms, only from what's true: it works from your own resume and this job, and you keep or discard each change.

Free to start, no credit card required. Continuing sends your resume and this job to CareerGenius so it can suggest rewrites.

Questions

I sold in a store, not B2B. Is that sales experience?

Yes. Describe it in sales terms you really did: upselling, meeting sales goals, product demos. Do not call it B2B.

Should I put my quota percentage on my resume?

Only if it is your real number and you can back it up. A wrong figure is easy to check.

Is this an ATS score?

No. No tool can tell you how a particular employer's system will rank your resume, so CareerGenius doesn't show an ATS score, a pass rate or your odds of an interview. Keyword coverage only shows which of the posting's keywords your resume states.

Is my resume uploaded or stored?

No. The check runs in your browser. Your resume and the job text aren't sent to CareerGenius or anyone else unless you choose to continue to tailoring, which needs a free account. The page counts visits with Google Analytics (the page address, not what you paste) and loads no advertising pixels.

Why is a keyword I have marked missing?

The checker looks for the keyword itself in any word form ("managed" for "management"), not for a synonym. If you did the work but described it differently, use the posting's word where it is accurate.

Should I add every missing keyword?

No. Add a keyword only where it's true for you. A resume that claims a skill you don't have can cost you the interview, and the job.

Do I need an account?

No account is needed to check keywords. An account is needed only to save your resume and get rewrite suggestions for a job.

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