Shop Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Retail

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Shop Assistant Skills List in Retail

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Shop Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Shop Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 71% of Shop Assistant job descriptions contained retail sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

retail sales
71%
charity
52%
customer services
44%
assistant manager
44%
sales assistant
40%
customer service
40%
shop assistant
35%
retail
27%
sales
10%
sunday
8%
assistant store manager
5%
communication skills
5%
supervisor
5%
assistant shop manager
5%
stock replenishment
5%
product knowledge
5%
merchandising
5%
charity retail
5%
warehouse
3%
trade
3%
stocking
3%
health safety
3%
management development
3%
team leadership
3%
retail management
3%
leadership
3%
leader
3%
team
3%
sales team
3%
brand ambassadors
3%
reliability
3%
management
3%
flexibility
3%
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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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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