Career path
The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
50 skills listed by ESCO, 23 of them essential. 50 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 50, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| apply company policies | skill | essential | 3 |
| Collaboration | competency | essential | 3 |
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| Communication |
| competency |
| essential |
| 3 |
| control of expenses | skill | essential | 3 |
| create solutions to problems | skill | essential | 3 |
| develop financial statistics reports | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations | skill | essential | 3 |
| health, safety and hygiene legislation | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain transaction's reports | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage budgets | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage staff | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage theft prevention | skill | essential | 3 |
| managing a business with great care | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor check-out point | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor customer service | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor proper product handling | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate cash register | skill | essential | 3 |
| oversee promotional sales prices | skill | essential | 3 |
| perform balance sheet operations | skill | essential | 3 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | essential | 3 |
| process payments | skill | essential | 3 |
| provide customer follow-up services | skill | essential | 3 |
| recruit employees | skill | essential | 3 |
| Self Management | competency | essential | 3 |
| supervise store opening and closing procedures | skill | essential | 3 |
| train employees | skill | essential | 3 |
| use IT systems for commercial purposes | skill | essential | 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 3 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 3 |
| accounting techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| analyse consumer buying trends | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply health and safety standards | skill | desirable | 2 |
| communication principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| coordinate shifts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | desirable | 2 |
| employment law | skill | desirable | 2 |
| improve business processes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| investigate customer complaints of food products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain relationship with suppliers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage cash transportation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage inventory | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage revenue | skill | desirable | 2 |
| market research | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maximise sales revenues | skill | desirable | 2 |
| measure customer feedback | skill | desirable | 2 |
| order supplies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| organise product display | skill | desirable | 2 |
| plan marketing strategy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| plan shifts of employees | skill | desirable | 2 |
| product comprehension | skill | desirable | 2 |
| purchase supplies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| record corporate property | skill | desirable | 2 |
| set up pricing strategies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| supervise deposit slips | skill | desirable | 2 |
| supervise sales activities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| teamwork principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| write work-related reports | skill | desirable | 2 |