Where a sales assistant can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a sales assistant already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Sales assistants represent the direct contact with clients. They provide general advice to customers.
Service and sales workers 41 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: press and stationery specialised seller, 75%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- press and stationery specialised seller 75% covered · difficulty 32.2
- second-hand goods specialised seller 73% covered · difficulty 35.4
- medical goods specialised seller 71% covered · difficulty 36.5
- music and video shop specialised seller 70% covered · difficulty 37.4
- delicatessen specialised seller 70% covered · difficulty 38.6
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sales assistant is filed under Service and sales workers, ISCO major group 5. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a sales assistant already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.