ATS-FRIENDLY SALES REPRESENTATIVE RESUME TEMPLATE

Replace every bracketed section with your real details. Keep the section headings simple if you plan to upload this resume to an applicant tracking system.

NAME
[Your full name]
[City, State] | [Phone] | [Email] | [LinkedIn] | [Portfolio or GitHub if relevant]

TARGET TITLE
Sales Representative

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Sales representative skilled in prospecting, discovery, CRM hygiene, and closing new business in competitive markets.

Rewrite this summary with your own years of experience, strongest skills, industry context, and one or two proof points. Keep it short, specific, and aligned with the job description.

CORE SKILLS
- Prospecting
- Cold Outreach
- Discovery Calls
- CRM
- Salesforce
- Pipeline Management
- Negotiation
- Product Demos

ATS KEYWORDS TO CONSIDER
- sales quota
- prospecting
- CRM
- pipeline
- customer relationships

Add keywords only when they honestly match your background. Put them in skills, experience bullets, projects, certifications, or tools. Do not stuff keywords into a random list.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
[Company Name] - Sales Representative
[Month Year] - [Present or Month Year]
- Exceeded quarterly quota by 18% through targeted outreach to mid-market accounts.
- Booked 42 qualified meetings in one quarter using email, phone, and LinkedIn sequences.
- Maintained 97% CRM hygiene across pipeline stages, notes, and next steps.
- Partnered with customer success to identify expansion opportunities worth $180K in pipeline.

Rewrite these bullets with your real work. Strong bullets usually include action, scope, tools, and result. If you do not have exact numbers, use honest context such as team size, frequency, project scope, customer volume, or time saved.

PROJECTS
[Project Name]
- Explain the problem, your role, the tools used, and the outcome.
- Include a link only if it is clean, current, and relevant.

EDUCATION
[Degree, Certification, Bootcamp, or Training]
[School or Provider] | [Year]

CERTIFICATIONS
- [Certification name, provider, year]

ATS CHECKLIST
- Use standard headings: Summary, Skills, Experience, Education, Projects, Certifications.
- Keep important information as selectable text.
- Use role-specific keywords truthfully.
- Avoid heavy graphics, tables, and text boxes for job portal uploads.
- Open the exported PDF before applying.