Career path
The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
29 skills listed by ESCO, 19 of them essential. 29 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 29, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| achieve sales targets | skill | essential | 3 |
| adapt to different weather conditions | skill | essential | 3 |
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The skills and tools people in this kind of job use, at the level each is usually asked for.
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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.
| apply health and safety standards | skill | essential | 3 |
| assist customers | skill | essential | 3 |
| carry out active selling | skill | essential | 3 |
| demonstrate products' features | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure client orientation | skill | essential | 3 |
| guarantee customer satisfaction | skill | essential | 3 |
| identify customer's needs | skill | essential | 3 |
| implement customer follow-up | skill | essential | 3 |
| Influence | competency | essential | 3 |
| negotiate price | skill | essential | 3 |
| plan customers' sales visits | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare presentation material | skill | essential | 3 |
| product comprehension | skill | essential | 3 |
| prospect new customers | skill | essential | 3 |
| sales argumentation | skill | essential | 3 |
| sales strategies | skill | essential | 3 |
| use different communication channels | skill | essential | 3 |
| work independently in sales | skill | essential | 3 |
| Collaboration | competency | essential | 2 |
| Communication | competency | essential | 2 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | essential | 2 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 2 |
| carry out products preparation | skill | desirable | 2 |
| consumer protection | skill | desirable | 2 |
| credit card payments | skill | desirable | 2 |
| establish customer rapport | skill | desirable | 2 |
| keep records on sales | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain relationship with customers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| prevent theft | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | desirable | 2 |
| process payments | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 2 |
| speak dialect | skill | desirable | 2 |
| utilise cross-selling | skill | desirable | 2 |