Personal Statement
Employability is a skill which is necessary for the person to achieve the targeted job. It is considered as the set of behavior and skills that keep importance for every kind of job. Employability skills are also known as foundational skills, soft skills or work/ job readiness skill. Employability skill is important for now days because the labor market has become more intensely competitive and due to this employer of the private as well as public company looking for those employee who has the ability of flexibility.
A person is capable to take initiative step instantly and have the capability to handle the multiple situations at once. It is defined as the transferable skill which is required to being employable (Bridgstock, 2009). In this report the curriculum vitae for sales assistant has been described which reflects the skills and qualification of sales assistant. Self assessment of sales assistant has been mentioned in this report which will helpful for further studies.
CV for sales assistant job role
Merry Fernandis Sales Assistant
Personal Statement An extraordinary and well able person who can be instrumental in maximizing sales and maintaining the cost of store. Harry is having the outgoing personality and believes in exciting careers. He has capabilities in maintaining a multiple needs, with a bias for action and a genuine interest in the development of professional. He has the specific quality to communicate with clients instantly and get a sale. He is looking for a job and can immediate start and is looking for a profile of ales assistant currently with a reputable company that rewards hard work. History of Career Store – Coventry SALES ASSISTANT March 2010 – Present Duties · Providing effective service to clients. · Handling high level of maintenance across the sale store. · Determining effective knowledge about the products to customers. · Providing assistance to the customer if no one on the floor of shop. · Assuring that all area should be clean and hygienic. · Supporting the team by showing the team work skills and manager to enhances the revenue streams. Key skills and Competencies · Good people skills · Effective numeric skills · Attractive marketing skills in which customers can get attract. · Able to facilitate customers on what they want. · Able to describe the qualities of the products of the company. · Always well dressed and presentable. · Able to maintain visual merchandising to make ensure that the store is well settled. Academic Qualification Birmingham North University – 2004 – 2007 – Retail B A (Hons) Sales & Marketing – Diploma Birmingham South College – 2002 – 2004- Diploma in Commerce Personal Details D.O.B.: March 21st 1986 Driving license: Yes Nationality: British REFERENCES – Available on request |
Sales assistant should have so many skills such as data entry skills, administrative writing skills, customer focus, Microsoft office skill and tem work skill. It is necessary for an individual to do self assessment because self analysis helps out to know the strength and weakness. It is necessary to have the various skills in sales assistant because to handle the different situations, sales assistant should be perfect. The skills of sales assistant will facilitate to maintain the data base records by inputting voice and bill-back data. Administrative skill in sales assistant will be helpful to forward daily action summaries through analyzing and consolidating.
Data entry skills are very important for handling the inventory and calculations. It will keep importance in the job of sales assistant because due to data entry skills one can be able to resolve the orders and inventory issue by investing history and data. Resolution of promotion allowance can be done in easy manner thorough researching promotion details. Customers are prior for every business that is why it is the Moto of sales assistant to give the complete and relevant information to the customers about the products and services.
Customer focus skills of sales assistant concern the demand of customers. Microsoft skills are a skill which is required by every organization for competitive advantages. With the help of Microsoft skill, sales assistant can represent the presentation in an effective manner so that the promotion of product can be done perfectly. Numeric skills have been mentioned in the CV which is the positive point in the profile of sales assistant because it is required in this profile to have the instant capability for calculations. Sales of products get effective when seller calculate all calculations instantly so that time can be consumed. Sale of any organization is depending upon the team work. Team work skills of sales assistant can lead employees in clear path where they help each other to attain the decided goal.
Reflected review
A generic skill is considered as an important to be effective not only for work but also in our daily life. It involves problem solving skills, communication skills, managing time, Microsoft skills, teamwork skills and many more. These all skills can be evaluated or monitored during school time or in a workplace. It is necessary for the person to develop skills in a continue Manner at high levels and a new context. The major point of sale it can be used and refined all the time and along with that it readily transfers skills to new experiences and situations.
History of Career
My curriculum vitae have been made for a purpose to get a job of sales assistant. My interest in a sales role and I enjoy my working because it gives me opportunity to introduce customers to new products which I am selling. Sales job is quite a targeted job and I love to crack a target through performing effective job. I like working to target because I feel this kind of work keeps me focused to know myself that how I am progressing. Targeted job helps me out to strive for new challenges. I am very talkative person and it is a quality which you raise me up to accomplish a task within time frame. I enjoy talking to people and feel that this is a reason that I am able to talk easily to customers coming into a store.
Along with that I have an experience which enhances my confidence to increase the sale. Unable to run the store works and I know the process and procedure for cleaning the store, opening up till work. If I analyze myself, I found so many skills which are required for the job of sales assistant such as communication skills, teamwork skills, Microsoft skills, database entry skills and managing time skills. These skills are necessary for the job of sales assistant because to sale a product to new customer order sale of new product to exist customer, these skills are must.
These skills will enhance my confidence in the field of sales. Sales assistant is the job that makes me aware about the current trends. Along with that I am the person who makes fun with others for which the workload does not take place as a burden. As a sales assistant I will responsible for daily management of the till in the absence of my seniors. I am the person whose nature is calm and joyful and due to this I can handle the customer as well as employee in with calm nature which will helpful to maintain the reputation of the company as well as mine for a long time.
I am Enthusiastic, motivated and dedicated in my work. I am eager to know the progress of my work in the field of sales and the benefit of the company through my efforts. In the role of my sales assistant I serve customers and provide recommendation not only about the services but also the products they may want to buy. During my service my responsibility includes getting the store ready for new promotions such as services and products, guide and advise customers on the products what they want and what suits them, cashing up, taking cash and make bill for the customers, dealing with customers who want to return the product and taking deliveries on call request and transfer the stock in the warehouse.
These all skills will help me out to sustain in a job of sales assistant. Apart from that it is necessary to have the skills of innovating skills training and development skills and decision making skills. These all skills are necessary for the job role of sales assistant because there are so many competitors exist in the sale market who can take advantages through these skills (Benson, Morgan and Filippaios, 2014). I will gain these skills by analyzing the market trend in an appropriate manner so that I come to know that what the customer wants and what kind of demands they are keeping. As per their demand, invent different products which can come in use of them being different from other products. It will enhance the competitive advantage.
Key skills and Competencies
If I get the opportunity of the profile of Assistant I will definitely enhance the scale of my training and development so that I can make aware of other employees of the choice and demand of the customers as well as the Vision and Mission of the company. Decision making is a different skill which is required for the job role of sales assistant. In a competitive environment it is necessary to take a decision instantly so that the existence of the company can remain same for a long time. To have the skill of decision making can help to enhance the productivity of the employee as well as the company (de Guzman and Choi, 2013). These skills, knowledge and experience will be enabling me to gain job role.
Conclusion
It has been concluded that employability skill is important for any kind of job. The job role of sales assistant has been discussed in the entire report which gives better understanding about the profile of sales assistant and the required skills. There are so many skills have been described in this report which is mandatory for the job profile of sales assistant. Communication skills, interpersonal skills, team building skills, database entry skills and Microsoft skills are considered as important skills that should in the sales assistant of the company. In this report that reflected review about the sales assistant has been elaborated that represent the strength and weakness of the sales assistant.
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