Sales / Account Executive resume — templates, keywords, and bullet examples
Sales resumes are read in two seconds. Quota attainment, deal size, and named customers are the only things that survive the first scan.
How to angle a sales / account executive resume
Open with a Summary that names your segment (SMB / mid-market / enterprise), your ACV range, and your quota attainment for the last two years. That's the resume version of "tell me your numbers" — recruiters will keep reading if those three things land.
Each role's bullets should lead with the number: "Closed $2.4M in new logo ARR (118% of quota)" beats "Achieved over quota". Named customers (where you're allowed to disclose) are gold; otherwise use industry + size.
Section order: Summary → Experience → Skills (tools + methodologies) → Education.
Recommended templates for sales / account executives
ATS keywords recruiters filter on
These are the keywords most sales / account executive JDs use as their ATS-filter inputs. Make sure the ones you genuinely have evidence for are in your Skills section.
Starter Skills section
Paste this into the Skills section of the editor as a starting point, then prune to what you genuinely have evidence for.
Bullet examples you can adapt
Three starter bullets following the action-verb / quantified-outcome pattern. Replace bracketed placeholders with your actual specifics — never invent.