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, 89% of Shop Assistant job descriptions contained retail sales as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

retail sales
89%
charity
71%
customer service
51%
sales assistant
48%
shop assistant
48%
assistant manager
42%
customer services
42%
sunday
24%
retail
9%
sales
6%
management
5%
team leader
5%
blinds
2%
interior design
2%
sales executive
2%
store management
2%
saturday
2%
supermarkets
1%
stock replenishment
1%
retail supervisor
1%
senior retail assistant
1%
charity retail
1%
communications
1%
flowers
1%
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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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