Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a bookshop manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a bookshop manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Bookshop managers assume responsibility for activities and staff in this specialised store.

Also known as antiquarian book shop manager, book and stationery shop manager, comic book store manager, press and bookstore manager, magazine and bookshop manager, book and stationery store manager, cookery book shop manager, press and bookshop manager, antique book store manager, stationer and bookseller, book superstore manager, comic book shop manager.

Managers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: audio and video equipment shop manager, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
audio and video equipment sho… 80% covered bicycle shop manager 80% covered computer software and multime… 79% covered antique shop manager 79% covered audiology equipment shop mana… 79% covered bookshop manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from bookshop manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a bookshop manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A bookshop manager needs 35 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • advertise new book releases communication, collaboration and creativity
  • stay up-to-date with latest book releases information skills
  • liaise with educational institutions communication, collaboration and creativity
  • liaise with book publishers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • publishing industry business, administration and law
  • monitor proper product handling information skills
  • types of literature genres arts and humanities
  • oversee promotional sales prices management skills
  • supervise merchandise displays communication, collaboration and creativity
  • obtain relevant licenses assisting and caring
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Bookshop manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a bookshop manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.