How to Land a Top-Paying Retail Salesperson and Grocery Services Job: Your Complete Guide to Opportunities, Resumes and Cover Letters, Interviews, Salaries, Promotions, What to Expect From Recruiters and More!

Brad Andrews

Description

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Retail Salesperson and Grocery Services job, or to apply for a better job.

What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the most important points. With this book, you'll be able to revise your application into a much stronger document, be much better prepared and a step ahead for the next opportunity.

The book comes filled with useful cheat sheets. It helps you get your career organized in a tidy, presentable fashion. It also will inspire you to produce some attention-grabbing cover letters that convey your skills persuasively and attractively in your application packets.

After studying it, too, you'll be prepared for interviews, or you will be after you conducted the practice sessions where someone sits and asks you potential questions. It makes you think on your feet!

This book makes a world of difference in helping you stay away from vague and long-winded answers and you will be finally able to connect with prospective employers, including the one that will actually hire you.

This book successfully challenges conventional job search wisdom and doesn't load you with useful but obvious suggestions ("don't forget to wear a nice suit to your interview," for example). Instead, it deliberately challenges conventional job search wisdom, and in so doing, offers radical but inspired suggestions for success.

Think that "companies approach hiring with common sense, logic, and good business acumen and consistency?" Think that "the most qualified candidate gets the job?" Think again! Time and again it is proven that finding a job is a highly subjective business filled with innumerable variables. The triumphant jobseeker is the one who not only recognizes these inconsistencies and but also uses them to his advantage. Not sure how to do this? Don't worry-How to Land a Top-Paying Retail Salesperson and Grocery Services Job guides the way.

Highly recommended to any harried Retail Salesperson and Grocery Services jobseeker, whether you want to work for the government or a company. You'll plan on using it again in your efforts to move up in the world for an even better position down the road.

This book offers excellent, insightful advice for everyone from entry-level to senior professionals. None of the other such career guides compare with this one. It stands out because it: 1) explains how the people doing the hiring think, so that you can win them over on paper and then in your interview; 2) has an engaging, reader-friendly style; 3) explains every step of the job-hunting process - from little-known ways for finding openings to getting ahead on the job.

This book covers everything. Whether you are trying to get your first Retail Salesperson and Grocery Services Job or move up in the system, get this book.

Sujets

• Industries
• Employabilité, métiers et formations
• Retailing
• Economics
• Business

Informations

• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781743041192
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Getting and Finding Retail Salesperson and Grocery Services Jobs – The Ultimate Guide for Job Seekers and Recruiters

Retail Salesperson and Grocery Services Jobs

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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION............................................................................ 6 RETAIL SALESPERSON AND GROCERY SERVICES–THE LOWDOWN .............................................................................. 9 Significant Points....................................................................10

Nature of the Work ................................................................11 Working Conditions ...............................................................15 Occupations in the Industry ...................................................17 Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement ................23 Employment...........................................................................28 Job Outlook ............................................................................30 Earnings..................................................................................33 Related Occupations ..............................................................35 Sources of Additional Information.........................................36 FINDING AND APPLYING FOR RETAIL SALESPERSON AND GROCERY SERVICES JOBS AND EVALUATING OFFERS................37 Where to Learn About Job Openings .....................................38 Job Search Methods...............................................................39 Applying for a Job...................................................................46 Job Interview Tips ..................................................................52 Evaluating a Job Offer ............................................................55 WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE…HIRING THE BEST RETAIL SALESPERSON AND GROCERY SERVICE MANAGEMENT ............................................................63 THE INTERVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS ...............................65

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Step 1 .....................................................................................67 Step 2 .....................................................................................69 Step 3 .....................................................................................77 Step 4 .....................................................................................79 SAMPLE CUSTOMER SERVICE FOCUSED INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ...................................................................................................86 Responsible ............................................................................86 Likeable ..................................................................................89 Believable...............................................................................92

Outgoing.................................................................................94 Unflappable............................................................................97 INTERVIEWING ...........................................................................99 Planning .................................................................................99 Confirming/Scheduling Interview ........................................101 Conducting the Interview ....................................................102 Closing..................................................................................104 Follow Up .............................................................................105 TIPS ON INTERVIEWING ...........................................................106 Questions/ Assessment Tools ..............................................106 Interview Questions To Get You Started .............................108 Supervisor and Manager Competencies ..............................109 Interviewing People With Disabilities ..................................111 Accommodating Persons With Disabilities For An Interview .............................................................................................113 Interǀieǁ Do’s and Don’ts....................511................................

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CHECKING REFERENCES ...........................................................118 Which References Should I Check?......................................119 Tips for Checking References ...............................................120 The Reference Check Questions To Ask...............................122 Prohibited Questions and Practices .....................................125 RECORDING A PROFILE OF IMPRESSIONS ................................127 Supervisory and Managerial Competencies: .......................129 Building Coalitions/Communication: ...................................130 RECRUITING RETAIL SALESPERSON AND GROCERY SERVICES MANAGER ................................................................................131 Before Submitting the Vacancy ...........................................132 When the Vacancy Announcement is Open ........................135 Once the Certificate is Received ..........................................137 After the Selection is Made .................................................139 ASSESSING YOUR RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION PRACTICES 141 Policies and Procedures .......................................................141 Recruitment Strategies ........................................................143

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INTRODUCTION For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first Retail Salesperson and Grocery Services job, or to apply for a better job. What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the most important points. With this book, you'll be able to revise your application into a much stronger document, be much better prepared and a step ahead for the next opportunity. The book comes filled with useful cheat sheets. It helps you get your career organized in a tidy, presentable fashion. It also will inspire you to produce some attention-grabbing cover letters that convey your skills persuasively and attractively in your application packets. After studying it, too, you'll be prepared for interviews, or you will be after you conducted the practice sessions where someone sits and asks you potential questions. It makes you think on your feet! This book makes a world of difference in helping you stay away from vague and long- winded answers and you will be finally able to

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connect with prospective employers, including the one that will actually hire you. This book successfully challenges conventional job search wisdom and doesn't load you with useful but obvious suggestions ("don't forget to wear a nice suit to your interview," for example). Instead, it deliberately challenges conventional job search wisdom, and in so doing, offers radical but inspired suggestions for success. Think that "companies approach hiring with common sense, logic, and good business acumen and consistency?" Think that "the most qualified candidate gets the job?" Think again! Time and again it is proven that finding a job is a highly subjective business filled with innumerable variables. The triumphant jobseeker is the one who not only recognizes these inconsistencies and but also uses them to his advantage. Not sure how to do this? Don't worry-How to Land a Top-Paying Retail Salesperson and Grocery Services Job guides the way. Highly recommended to any harried Retail Salesperson and Grocery Services jobseeker, whether you want to work for the government or a company. You'll plan on using it again in your efforts to move up in the world for an even better position down the road.

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This book offers excellent, insightful advice for everyone from entry-level to senior professionals. None of the other such career guides compare with this one. It stands out because it: 1) explains how the people doing the hiring think, so that you can win them over on paper and then in your interview; 2) has an engaging, reader-friendly style; 3) explains every step of the job-hunting process - from little-known ways for finding openings to getting ahead on the job. This book covers everything. Whether you are trying to get your first Retail Salesperson and Grocery Services job or move up in the system, get this book.

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RETAIL SALESPERSON AND GROCERY SERVICES–THE LOWDOWN Significant Points Nature of the Work Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement Employment Job Outlook Projections Data Earnings OES Data Related Occupations Sources of Additional Information

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Significant Points Numerous job openings—many of them part time—should be available due to the industry's large size and high replacement needs. Young workers age 16 to 24 hold nearly one-third of grocery store jobs. Cashiers and stock clerks account for one-half of all jobs.

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