SALES and BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE - Abu Dhabi / Al Ain. A background in sales and marketing essential. Sturdy Products U.A.E. Limited has its manufacturing facility in Ras Al Khaimah, U.A.E. for past 9 years. We have a market leadership position in rotationally moulded plastic products and are a distributor of other blue chipproducts. We are a fast-growing SME with a current staff in excess of 15.
Key Responsibilities:
- Planning and control of existing customers in their area.
- Business development by cultivating new customer base.
- Planned sales expansion.
- Spearhead the initiation and implementation of continuous improvement and develop and control all sales and marketing activities in their territory.
- Ultimately take full responsibility for the profitability through sales development in their area.
Requirements:
- A number of years of proven achievement in sales in a similar industry.
- Construction, production or technical background with a flair for sales.
- Experience in the plastic or construction industry is a distinct advantage.
- Willing to make a career move with a minimum commitment of three to five years.
- The position will report to the Vice President - Sales and Business Development - Middle East.
- Ideal candidate should be between 25 and 35 years of age. Candidates of other ages will also be considered.
- Valid UAE driving license is a must.
A tax-free salary and benefits package with bonus, commensurate with the critical importance of the position, will be offered.
Resume Keyword Practices to Avoid
We’ve established that using resume keywords throughout your application boosts your chances of a human hiring manager seeing it.
However, be careful not to overdo it.
Packing your resume full of keywords is almost as bad as not including any at all.
Don’t forget that a real person will (hopefully) see your resume at some point. So use natural language that engages that person.
Tip
Make sure you balance hard skills vs soft skills on your resume to show you’re a rounded candidate.
Otherwise, they’ll think you’re either a bad writer — which indicates your communication skills aren’t good — or assume you’re trying to beat the ATS, making you seem dishonest.
Keyword Stuffing
Keyword stuffing refers to using the same keyword again and again in an unnatural way to get your resume past the ATS.
People engage in keyword stuffing because some ATS software gives applications a higher ranking when it detects a keyword is used more. For instance, an ATS might assign a higher score to a candidate who mentions “search engine optimization” six times over one who mentions it three times.
Here’s an example of how one applicant tried to stuff the keyword “customer satisfaction” in their resume:
Boosted customer satisfaction by 47% by implementing customer satisfaction methods as part of company-wide effort to increase customer satisfaction rates.
Trained 7 new staff members in all aspects of housekeeping, ensuring that they meet health and safety standards
An applicant stuffs the keyword “customer satisfaction” on their resume.
See how extreme this is?
This technique might get your resume past the ATS, but will immediately turn off the hiring manager — ruining your chances of getting hired.