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All About Sales Related Pay

There are many different incentives in the area of sales to encourage sales professionals to hit, and to even exceed their targets. Not all incentive-related...

Career Progression In the Retail Sector

There seems to be a misleading perception that opportunities for career progression within the retail sector tend to be limited. After all, when most people...

Do you Have the Right People Skills?

Whilst people who work in retail have a number of different skills which all combine together to work effectively, it’s often people skills – which are o...

What are Retail Employers Looking for?

In spite of many people opting to work within the retail sector in one capacity or another, many retail companies often cite the fact that they just cannot f...

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How to Read Behind the OTE (on target earnings)

Even though it’s important to stay positive during a job search, especially when we’re in difficult economic times and good jobs seem few and far between...

Being a High Street Retail Manager: Case Study

As the store manager of a high street clothing giant, Ian Cooper, 35, is usually rushed off his feet. Ian has worked for the company for two years, having st...

Being a Graduate Management Trainee: Case Study

When Lou Webster, 24, graduated from Chichester University with a 2:2 in Literature, she was unsure about the next direction for her career. Career Advisor�...

I Worked My Way Up to Store Manager: Case Study

After gaining nine GCSE’s and two A Levels, Kenny Yung, 32, was unsure which way to head in terms of employment. Career Advisor’s Casebook Although Kenny...

How I Got Noticed in My Retail Career: Case Study

Patrick Rundle, 27, is seen as the rising star of the high street retail music store he has worked for over the past four years. Career Advisor’s Casebook...

I Started My Own Clothes Boutique: Case Study

When Clara Selwyn, 31, came to us to ask for some advice about her career in fashion retail, she was keen to take her successful career up a level. Career Ad...

How I Learnt to Deal With Difficult Customers: Case Study

Carol Purcell, 29, worked as an assistant manager in a high street shoe shop but was finding that her lack of assertiveness when dealing with difficult custo...

Opportunities Abroad in Retailing

Retail may not present quite as many career prospects as other industry sectors for working abroad but there are still some opportunities to be had, especial...

Progressing to Retail Management

Not everybody who works in retail necessarily wants to progress into management. Obviously, career advancement and management in particular, might mean bette...

Working Towards Sales Targets

Sales targets can mean very different things in retail. They can mean the actual sale of a product or in some case, generating leads and qualifying prospects...

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