Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a shop manager can go next

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

Shop managers are responsible for activities and staff in specialised shops.

Also known as retail shop manager, retail store manager, boutique manager, shop general manager, store manager, deputy store manager.

Managers 53 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: furniture shop manager, 80%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
furniture shop manager 80% covered audio and video equipment sho… 80% covered sporting and outdoor accessor… 80% covered computer software and multime… 79% covered fruit and vegetables shop man… 79% covered shop manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from shop 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 shop 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 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.

Required skill Area
  • ensure infrastructure accessibility 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
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Shop manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a 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.