What You'll Do

  • Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs.
  • Open and close cash registers, performing tasks such as counting money, separating charge slips, coupons, and vouchers, balancing cash drawers, and making deposits.
  • Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.
  • Compute sales prices, total purchases, and receive and process cash or credit payment.
  • Maintain records related to sales.
  • Watch for and recognize security risks and thefts and know how to prevent or handle these situations.
  • Recommend, select, and help locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
  • Answer questions regarding the store and its merchandise.
  • Describe merchandise and explain use, operation, and care of merchandise to customers.
  • Ticket, arrange, and display merchandise to promote sales.

Essential Skills

Persuasion 3.88/5
Active Listening 3.75/5
Speaking 3.75/5
Service Orientation 3.75/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.5/5
Negotiation 3.5/5
Critical Thinking 3.12/5
Reading Comprehension 3.0/5
Writing 3.0/5
Active Learning 3.0/5
Monitoring 3.0/5
Coordination 3.0/5

Career Fit Overview

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Top passions

  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.

Common styles

Dependability, Attention to Detail, Cooperation, Integrity, Self-Control

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Expression 4.0/5
Oral Comprehension 3.88/5
Speech Recognition 3.62/5
Speech Clarity 3.62/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.12/5
Written Comprehension 3.0/5
Written Expression 3.0/5
Information Ordering 3.0/5

Technologies & Tools

Adobe Acrobat Adobe Creative Cloud software Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Advanced Retail Management Systems Retail Pro American Precision Instruments Regit Apple macOS ASI Point of Sale Attitude POS itive AccuPOS Retail Autodesk AutoCAD Bibase 4POS Retail Blink CAP Automation SellWise Comcash ERP CompuTant CounterPoint CyberMatrix Data entry software Database software Datasym SYMFINITE

Work Environment & Style

Common Styles for This Career

  • Dependability (High importance: 4.36/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.14/5)
  • Cooperation (High importance: 4.14/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.05/5)
  • Self-Control (High importance: 4.0/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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