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Retail Sales Associate Duties, Skills & Responsibilities: a Guide for Employers

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When hiring Retail Sales Associates, it’s important to properly describe the job opening with the duties, skills and responsibilities of the role. We’ve compiled a guide to Retail Sales Associate Duties, Skills & Responsibilities using data from actual job postings on Indeed.

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Popular Retail Sales Associate Duties and Skills

Here are some commonly found skills and other specifications in job postings for Retail Sales Associates.

Communication skills

  • Definition : Experience or skill effectively exchanging and understanding information, verbally or in writing.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 0-1
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 95.5% of Retail Sales Associate job postings on Indeed.

Cash handling

  • Definition : Skill or experiecne with cash handling.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 0-1
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 94.2% of Retail Sales Associate job postings on Indeed.

Basic math

  • Definition : Knowledge of basic mathematical concepts.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 0-1
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 32.2% of Retail Sales Associate job postings on Indeed.

Customer service

  • Definition : Skill or experience assisting customers before, during, and after purchases to satisfy customer needs.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 0-1
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 4.5% of Retail Sales Associate job postings on Indeed.

English

  • Definition : Proficiency in the English language.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 0-1
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 2.7% of Retail Sales Associate job postings on Indeed.

Cashiering

  • Definition : Skill or experience with cashiering in a retail or hospitality setting.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 0-1
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 2.5% of Retail Sales Associate job postings on Indeed.

Retail sales

  • Definition : Skill or experience in retail sales.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 0-1
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 0.8% of Retail Sales Associate job postings on Indeed.

Spanish

  • Definition : Proficiency in the Spanish language.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 1-2
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 0.5% of Retail Sales Associate job postings on Indeed.

Multilingual

  • Definition : Ability to speak, read, or write in multiple languages.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 0-1
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 0.4% of Retail Sales Associate job postings on Indeed.

Sales

  • Definition : Skill or experience with sales.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 1-2
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 0.4% of Retail Sales Associate job postings on Indeed.

Merchandising

  • Definition : Knowledge of or experience with merchandising.
  • Years of experience most commonly required: 2-3
  • How common is it? This skill is found in 0.1% of Retail Sales Associate job postings on Indeed.
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