Second-hand goods specialised seller to toys and games specialised seller
A second-hand goods specialised seller already meets 79% of what the toys and games specialised seller role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.
28.3/ 100
1 How much of what a toys and games specialised seller is expected to do is already part of a second-hand goods specialised 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 toys and games specialised seller role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A toys and games specialised seller role treats 27 of its required skills as things a second-hand goods specialised seller already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply numeracy skills
- carry out active selling
- carry out order intake
- carry out products preparation
- characteristics of products
- characteristics of services
What stands in the way is 7 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A toys and games specialised seller role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a second-hand goods specialised seller background worth leading with.
- already held plan aftersales arrangements management skills
- already held carry out order intake communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held carry out products preparation handling and moving
- already held provide customer guidance on product selection communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held organise storage facilities management skills
- already held prevent shoplifting assisting and caring
All 27 carried skills, including the 27 the toys and games specialised seller role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 7 missing skills fall into 5 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.
- still to learn toys and games categories required
- still to learn toys and games trends required
- still to learn demonstrate functionality of toys and games required
- still to learn sell toys and games required
- still to learn types of toy materials required
- still to learn inspect toys and games for damage required
- still to learn toys and games safety recommendations required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a toys and games specialised seller role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 demonstrate functionality of toys and games practise this
- 02 inspect toys and games for damage practise this
- 03 sell toys and games practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 27 skills that carry over
- already held apply numeracy skills skill
- already held carry out active selling skill
- already held carry out order intake skill
- already held carry out products preparation skill
- already held characteristics of products knowledge
- already held characteristics of services knowledge
- already held demonstrate products' features skill
- already held e-commerce systems knowledge
- already held ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
- already held examine merchandise skill
- already held guarantee customer satisfaction skill
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held issue sales invoices skill
- already held maintain store cleanliness skill
- already held monitor stock level skill
- already held operate cash register skill
- already held organise product display skill
- already held organise storage facilities skill
- already held plan aftersales arrangements skill
- already held prevent shoplifting skill
- already held process refunds skill
- already held product comprehension knowledge
- already held provide customer follow-up services skill
- already held provide customer guidance on product selection skill
- already held sales argumentation knowledge
- already held stock shelves skill
- already held use different communication channels skill
0 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
4 held skills the toys and games specialised seller role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role check the potential of second-hand merchandise skill
- not needed by the target role fabric types knowledge
- not needed by the target role improve conditions of second-hand merchandise skill
- not needed by the target role sell second-hand merchandise skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn types of toy materials required
- still to learn toys and games categories required
- still to learn toys and games safety recommendations required
- still to learn toys and games trends required
Other moves recorded from second-hand goods specialised seller
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Full index of moves from second-hand goods specialised seller
Common questions about this move
Can a second-hand goods specialised seller become a toys and games specialised seller?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A second-hand goods specialised seller already covers 79% of what a toys and games specialised seller is expected to do: 27 skills carry over, 27 of which the toys and games specialised seller role treats as required.
What skills does a second-hand goods specialised seller need to become a toys and games specialised seller?
7 required skills are missing, plus 0 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is demonstrate functionality of toys and games.
How hard is the move from second-hand goods specialised seller to toys and games specialised seller?
Its learning distance is 28.3 out of 100, which is the adjacent band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.