Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Wholesale merchants in clothing and footwear investigate potential wholesale buyers and suppliers and match their needs. They conclude trades involving large quantities of goods.

Also known as graduate wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear, trainee wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear, wholesale buyer in clothing and footwear, senior wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear, business to business seller in clothing and footwear, B2B sales consultant in clothing and footwear, assistant wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear, business to business sales consultant in clothing and footwear, wholesale merchandiser in clothing and footwear, wholesale trader in clothing and footwear, wholesaler in clothing and footwear.

Technicians and associate professionals 20 skills on file 5 career moves 2 above 60% overlap Closest: wholesale merchant in mining, construction and civil engineering machinery, 86%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
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  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear, 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 wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear needs 20 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
  • clothing and footwear products engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • consumer goods industry business, administration and law
  • initiate contact with sellers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • initiate contact with buyers communication, collaboration and creativity
  • negotiate sale of commodities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • identify new business opportunities management skills
  • assess supplier risks information skills
  • identify suppliers management skills
  • monitor international market performance information skills
  • comprehend financial business terminology information skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. 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 wholesale merchant in clothing and footwear’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.