Where a bookshop specialised seller can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a bookshop specialised seller already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Bookshop specialised sellers sell books in specialised shops. They also make suggestions, give advice about the books available and any other related products for sale in the specialised shop.
Also known as stationery specialised seller, stationery salesperson, magazine and bookshop specialised seller, antique book specialised seller, magazine and book salesperson, bookstore salesperson, magazine salesperson, book superstore salesperson, books and stationery specialised seller, comic book salesperson, comic book shop salesperson, antique book salesperson.
Service and sales workers 39 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: toys and games specialised seller, 79%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- toys and games specialised seller 79% covered · difficulty 28.3
- cosmetics and perfume specialised seller 79% covered · difficulty 29.4
- building materials specialised seller 79% covered · difficulty 29.8
- shoe and leather accessories specialised seller 79% covered · difficulty 31
- textile specialised seller 79% covered · difficulty 29.2
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A bookshop specialised seller needs 37 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- assist with book events management skills
- classify books handling and moving
- take orders for special publications communication, collaboration and creativity
- advertise new book releases communication, collaboration and creativity
- carry out bibliographic work assisting and caring
- recommend books to customers communication, collaboration and creativity
- stay up-to-date with latest book releases information skills
- advise customers on books selection communication, collaboration and creativity
- sell books communication, collaboration and creativity
- liaise with book publishers communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a bookshop specialised seller does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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Bookshop specialised seller is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a bookshop specialised seller’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.