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Career Details :: Retail Salespersons
Description
Sell merchandise, such as furniture, motor vehicles, appliances, or apparel, in a retail establishment.
Experience
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful in these occupations, but usually is not needed. For example, a drywall installer might benefit from experience installing drywall, but an inexperienced person could still learn to be an installer with little difficulty.
Education
These occupations usually require a high school diploma and may require some vocational training or job-related course work. In some cases, an associate's or bachelor's degree could be needed.
Training
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees.
Tasks
- Prepares sales slip or sales contract.
- Sells or arranges for delivery, insurance, financing, or service contracts for merchandise.
- Computes sales price of merchandise.
- Describes merchandise and explains use, operation, and care of merchandise to customers.
- Totals purchases, receives payment, makes change, or processes credit transaction.
- Demonstrates use or operation of merchandise.
- Recommends, selects, and obtains merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
- Cleans shelves, counters, and tables.
- Requisitions new stock.
- Inventories stock.
- Rents merchandise to customers.
- Wraps merchandise.
- Estimates cost of repair or alteration of merchandise.
- Estimates and quotes trade-in allowances.
- Maintains records related to sales.
- Tickets, arranges, and displays merchandise to promote sales.
- Estimates quantity and cost of merchandise required, such as paint or floor covering.
- Fits or assists customers in trying on merchandise.
- Greets customer.
Related Careers
- Counter and Rental Clerks
- Customer Service Representatives, Utilities
- Driver/Sales Workers
- Sales Representatives, Agricultural
- Sales Representatives, Instruments
- Sales Representatives, Medical
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Selling or Influencing Others
- Performing for/Working With Public
- Communicating With Persons Outside Organization
- Establishing & Maintaining Relationships
- Handling and Moving Objects
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Provide a Service to Others
- Deal With External Customers
- Persuade Someone to a Course of Action
- Indoors
Related Majors
| Major | Add to XapPack |
|---|---|
| Apparel Merchandising/Management |  [ add ] |
| Apparel/Textile Management | [ add ] |
| Automotive Technical Services/General Motors | [ add ] |
| Automotive Technology | [ add ] |
| Clothing/Textile/Fashion Merchandising | [ add ] |
| Direct Marketing | [ add ] |
| Display/Exhibit Design | [ add ] |
| Fashion Apparel Management | [ add ] |
| Fashion Apparel Studies | [ add ] |
| Fashion Buying/Merchandising | [ add ] |
| Fashion Design/Merchandising | [ add ] |
| Fashion Marketing | [ add ] |
| Fashion Merchandising | [ add ] |
| Fashion Merchandising/Fashion Marketing | [ add ] |
| Fashion Promotion | [ add ] |
| Fashion Studies | [ add ] |
| Fashion/Retail Merchandising | [ add ] |
| Interior Merchandising | [ add ] |
| Marketing/Fashion/Related Industries | [ add ] |
| Ornamental Horticulture | [ add ] |
| Production Management/Apparel | [ add ] |
| Production Management/Textiles | [ add ] |
| Public Horticulture Administration | [ add ] |
| Retail Business Management | [ add ] |
| Retail Management | [ add ] |
| Retail Merchandising | [ add ] |
| Retailing | [ add ] |
| Retailing/Sales | [ add ] |
| Small Business/Retailing | [ add ] |
| Textile Management/Marketing | [ add ] |
| Textile Marketing | [ add ] |
Institutions Offering Related Majors
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