Where a craft shop manager can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a craft shop manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Craft shop managers are responsible for activities and staff in specialised shops that sell equipment and supplies for craft activities such as sewing, painting or pottery making. They manage employees, monitor the sales of the store, manage budgets and order supplies when a product is out of supply and perform administrative duties if required.
Also known as craft counter manager, craft department manager, sewing shop manager, weaving shop manager, pottery shop manager, craft supermarket manager, paint shop manager, hobby shop manager, craft superstore manager, craft concession manager, artists materials shop manager.
Managers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: audio and video equipment shop manager, 80%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- audio and video equipment shop manager 80% covered · difficulty 28.2
- computer software and multimedia shop manager 79% covered · difficulty 29.5
- fruit and vegetables shop manager 79% covered · difficulty 31.5
- antique shop manager 79% covered · difficulty 31.9
- audiology equipment shop manager 79% covered · difficulty 30.1
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A craft shop manager needs 28 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- advise customers on crafts communication, collaboration and creativity
- oversee promotional sales prices management skills
- supervise merchandise displays communication, collaboration and creativity
- obtain relevant licenses assisting and caring
- set sales goals management skills
- set up pricing strategies information skills
- ensure compliance with purchasing and contracting regulations assisting and caring
- manage theft prevention assisting and caring
- sales activities business, administration and law
- monitor customer service management skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a craft shop manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
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How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a craft shop 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.