Career path
The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
105 skills listed by ESCO, 66 of them essential. 105 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 105, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| accounting techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | essential | 3 |
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| analyse business requirements | skill | essential | 3 |
| answer requests for quotation | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply company policies | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply conflict management | skill | essential | 3 |
| apply technical communication skills | skill | essential | 3 |
| business ICT systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| business intelligence | skill | essential | 3 |
| business processes | skill | essential | 3 |
| business strategy concepts | skill | essential | 3 |
| channel marketing | skill | essential | 3 |
| characteristics of products | skill | essential | 3 |
| characteristics of services | skill | essential | 3 |
| Collaboration | competency | essential | 3 |
| collect customer feedback on applications | skill | essential | 3 |
| communicate with customers | skill | essential | 3 |
| Communication | competency | essential | 3 |
| comply with legal regulations | skill | essential | 3 |
| contact customers | skill | essential | 3 |
| customer segmentation | skill | essential | 3 |
| decision support systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| define technical requirements | skill | essential | 3 |
| define technology strategy | skill | essential | 3 |
| demonstrate motivation for sales | skill | essential | 3 |
| demonstrate products' features | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop account strategy | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop revenue generation strategies | skill | essential | 3 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 3 |
| electronic and telecommunication equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure client orientation | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure compliance with legal requirements | skill | essential | 3 |
| give live presentation | skill | essential | 3 |
| guarantee customer satisfaction | skill | essential | 3 |
| have computer literacy | skill | essential | 3 |
| ICT market | skill | essential | 3 |
| ICT sales methodologies | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify customer's needs | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify new business opportunities | skill | essential | 3 |
| implement customer follow-up | skill | essential | 3 |
| implement marketing strategies | skill | essential | 3 |
| implement sales strategies | skill | essential | 3 |
| Influence | competency | essential | 3 |
| innovate in ICT | skill | essential | 3 |
| innovation processes | skill | essential | 3 |
| interpret current data | skill | essential | 3 |
| keep records of customer interaction | skill | essential | 3 |
| keep records on sales | skill | essential | 3 |
| keep up to date on product knowledge | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain relationship with customers | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage contracts | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage schedule of tasks | skill | essential | 3 |
| maximise sales revenues | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor technology trends | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform business analysis | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform customers’ needs analysis | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform data analysis | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform market research | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare scientific reports | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| produce sales reports | skill | essential | 3 |
| product comprehension | skill | essential | 3 |
| prospect new customers | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide customer follow-up services | skill | essential | 3 |
| record customers' personal data | skill | essential | 3 |
| respond to customers' inquiries | skill | essential | 3 |
| sales argumentation | skill | essential | 3 |
| sales promotion techniques | skill | essential | 3 |
| sales strategies | skill | essential | 3 |
| seek innovation in current practices | skill | essential | 3 |
| supervise sales activities | skill | essential | 3 |
| use customer relationship management software | skill | essential | 3 |
| achieve sales targets | skill | desirable | 2 |
| adhere to organisational guidelines | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply statistical analysis techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| build business relationships | skill | desirable | 2 |
| business process modelling | skill | desirable | 2 |
| business requirements techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| coordinate technological activities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| crowdsourcing strategy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| deliver a sales pitch | skill | desirable | 2 |
| digital marketing techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| emergent technologies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| forecast account metrics | skill | desirable | 2 |
| handle warranty for digital equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| hardware components | skill | desirable | 2 |
| hardware components suppliers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| hybrid model | skill | desirable | 2 |
| ICT capacity planning strategies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| ICT system user requirements | skill | desirable | 2 |
| identify ICT user needs | skill | desirable | 2 |
| identify training needs | skill | desirable | 2 |
| implement strategic planning | skill | desirable | 2 |
| information extraction | skill | desirable | 2 |
| insourcing strategy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| investment analysis | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain customer records | skill | desirable | 2 |
| market pricing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Open source model | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Outsourcing model | skill | desirable | 2 |
| outsourcing strategy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform data mining | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform project management | skill | desirable | 2 |
| SAS language | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 2 |
| set sales goals | skill | desirable | 2 |
| software components libraries | skill | desirable | 2 |
| software components suppliers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| statistical analysis system software | skill | desirable | 2 |
| study sales levels of products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| use different communication channels | skill | desirable | 2 |
| visual presentation techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |