RecordMove

Door to door seller to market vendor

A door to door seller already meets 35% of what the market vendor role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From door to door seller

Distant match

To market vendor

11 You already bring

5 Still to learn

43 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

65.6/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a market vendor is expected to do is already part of a door to door seller’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the market vendor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A market vendor role treats 6 of its required skills as things a door to door seller already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

adapt to different weather conditions
assist customers
consumer protection
guarantee customer satisfaction
process payments
product comprehension

What stands in the way is 5 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A market vendor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a door to door seller background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held adapt to different weather conditions communication, collaboration and creativity
already held negotiate price communication, collaboration and creativity
already held consumer protection services
already held assist customers assisting and caring
already held carry out active selling communication, collaboration and creativity
already held sales argumentation business, administration and law

All 11 carried skills, including the 6 the market vendor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 32 missing skills fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn organise product display required

optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
optional, not held upsell products optional

02 handling and moving 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn maintain work area cleanliness required

optional, not held perform manual work autonomously optional
optional, not held unload supplies optional

03 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn value-added tax law required

optional, not held cold chain optional

04 information skills 1 required

still to learn arrange permit for market stall required

05 management skills 1 required

still to learn operate cash register required

06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 14 supplementary

optional, not held beverage products optional
optional, not held clothing and footwear products optional
optional, not held clothing sizes optional
optional, not held coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products optional
optional, not held dairy and edible oil products optional
optional, not held electrical household appliances products optional
optional, not held electronic and telecommunication equipment optional
optional, not held hides, skins and leather products optional
optional, not held sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery products optional
optional, not held tobacco products optional
optional, not held types of watches optional
optional, not held fabric types optional
optional, not held footwear industry optional
optional, not held textile industry optional

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a market vendor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 11 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held adapt to different weather conditions skill
already held assist customers skill
already held consumer protection knowledge
already held guarantee customer satisfaction skill
already held process payments skill
already held product comprehension knowledge
already held carry out active selling skill
already held demonstrate products' features skill
already held ensure client orientation skill
already held negotiate price skill
already held sales argumentation knowledge

The 5 learning areas not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 2 supplementary

optional, not held fish, crustacean and mollusc products optional
optional, not held fruit and vegetable products optional

08 arts and humanities 2 supplementary

optional, not held floral composition techniques optional
optional, not held watches and jewellery products optional

09 services 2 supplementary

optional, not held features of sporting equipment optional
optional, not held household products optional

10 assisting and caring 1 supplementary

optional, not held ensure product preparation optional

11 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary

optional, not held fish varieties optional

27 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held beverage products optional
optional, not held clothing and footwear products optional
optional, not held clothing sizes optional
optional, not held coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products optional
optional, not held cold chain optional
optional, not held dairy and edible oil products optional
optional, not held deliver a sales pitch optional
optional, not held electrical household appliances products optional
optional, not held electronic and telecommunication equipment optional
optional, not held features of sporting equipment optional
optional, not held fish, crustacean and mollusc products optional
optional, not held floral composition techniques optional
optional, not held fruit and vegetable products optional
optional, not held hides, skins and leather products optional
optional, not held household products optional
optional, not held perform manual work autonomously optional
optional, not held sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery products optional
optional, not held tobacco products optional
optional, not held types of watches optional
optional, not held watches and jewellery products optional
optional, not held ensure product preparation optional
optional, not held fabric types optional
optional, not held fish varieties optional
optional, not held footwear industry optional
optional, not held textile industry optional
optional, not held unload supplies optional
optional, not held upsell products optional

18 held skills the market vendor role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role achieve sales targets skill
not needed by the target role apply health and safety standards skill
not needed by the target role carry out products preparation skill
not needed by the target role credit card payments knowledge
not needed by the target role establish customer rapport skill
not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
not needed by the target role implement customer follow-up skill
not needed by the target role keep records on sales skill
not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
not needed by the target role plan customers' sales visits skill
not needed by the target role prepare presentation material skill
not needed by the target role prevent theft skill
not needed by the target role prospect new customers skill
not needed by the target role sales strategies knowledge
not needed by the target role speak dialect skill
not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
not needed by the target role utilise cross-selling skill
not needed by the target role work independently in sales skill

23 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier

still to learn value-added tax law required
optional, not held beverage products optional
optional, not held clothing and footwear products optional
optional, not held clothing sizes optional
optional, not held coffee, tea, cocoa and spice products optional
optional, not held cold chain optional
optional, not held dairy and edible oil products optional
optional, not held electrical household appliances products optional
optional, not held electronic and telecommunication equipment optional
optional, not held features of sporting equipment optional
optional, not held fish, crustacean and mollusc products optional
optional, not held floral composition techniques optional
optional, not held fruit and vegetable products optional
optional, not held hides, skins and leather products optional
optional, not held household products optional
optional, not held sugar, chocolate and sugar confectionery products optional
optional, not held tobacco products optional
optional, not held types of watches optional
optional, not held watches and jewellery products optional
optional, not held fabric types optional
optional, not held fish varieties optional
optional, not held footwear industry optional
optional, not held textile industry optional

Index

Other moves recorded from door to door seller

Full index of moves from door to door seller

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a door to door seller become a market vendor?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A door to door seller already covers 35% of what a market vendor is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 6 of which the market vendor role treats as required.

What skills does a door to door seller need to become a market vendor?

5 required skills are missing, plus 27 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is arrange permit for market stall.

How hard is the move from door to door seller to market vendor?

Its learning distance is 65.6 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.