From shop assistant to furniture specialised seller
10 of the 36 essential skills of a furniture specialised seller are already essential for a shop assistant — about 28% of the job, before you learn anything new.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 26
- would be new
- 28%
- of the target job covered
- 36
- essential skills of a furniture specialised seller
What a furniture specialised seller does
Furniture specialised sellers sell furniture and other household articles in specialised shops.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
26 skillsEssential for a furniture specialised seller and not for a shop assistant. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- advise customers on power requirements of products
- advise customers on purchasing furniture appliances
- apply numeracy skills
- carry out active selling
- carry out products preparation
- characteristics of products
- characteristics of services
- coordinate orders from various suppliers
- demonstrate products' features
- e-commerce systems
- ensure compliance with legal requirements
- evaluate spatial information
- furniture trends
- guarantee customer satisfaction
- handle delivery of furniture goods
- identify customer's needs
- issue sales invoices
- materials for interior design
- monitor stock level
- organise storage facilities
- plan aftersales arrangements
- prevent shoplifting
- sales argumentation
- sell furniture
- sell household goods
- use different communication channels
Other moves from shop assistant
2 roles- sales assistant13 skills in common
- pet and pet food specialised seller10 skills in common
← shop assistantfurniture specialised seller →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a furniture specialised seller?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.