Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Assistant Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 62% of Assistant job descriptions contained assistant manager as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

assistant manager
62%
retail manager
58%
supervisor
43%
fashion
43%
department manager
29%
concession manager
24%
apparel
20%
assistant merchandiser
20%
ecommerce
20%
excel
20%
forecasting
20%
rebuys
20%
stock
20%
wssi
20%
duty manager
15%
retail
10%
floor manager
10%
retail assistant manager
10%
management
10%
store manager
10%
customer service advisor
5%
sales assistant
5%
assistant branch manager
5%
assistant hotel manager
5%
assistant restaurant manager
5%
assistant store manager
5%
branch manager
5%
horticulture
5%
hospitality manager
5%
manager
5%
electronics
5%
buying
5%
leadership
5%
food service
5%
store management
5%
negotiation
5%
retail food
5%
wholesale
5%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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