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, 78% of Shop Assistant job descriptions contained retail sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

retail sales
78%
charity
64%
sales assistant
46%
customer services
44%
customer service
44%
shop assistant
41%
assistant manager
41%
retail
21%
sunday
14%
charity retail
7%
merchandising
5%
stock replenishment
5%
product knowledge
5%
retail assistant
3%
gift shop assistant
3%
customer service assistant
3%
assistant shop manager
3%
assistant store manager
3%
supervisor
3%
brand ambassadors
3%
communication skills
3%
flexibility
3%
sales
3%
sales team
3%
stock rotation
3%
team
3%
management
3%
reliability
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.

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