Retail Salespersons
Sell merchandise, such as furniture, motor vehicles, appliances, or apparel to consumers.
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AI Impact Assessment
AI Resilience Score
Score 2/6: declining job demand indicates this career is being transformed by AI
How we calculated this:
34% of tasks can be accelerated by AI
-1% projected (2024-2034)
EPOCH score: 14/25
Key Responsibilities
- Greet customers and ascertain what each customer wants or needs.
- Recommend, select, and help locate or obtain merchandise based on customer needs and desires.
- Compute sales prices, total purchases, and receive and process cash or credit payment.
- Prepare merchandise for purchase or rental.
- Answer questions regarding the store and its merchandise.
- Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions, policies regarding payment and exchanges, and security practices.
- Demonstrate use or operation of merchandise.
- Describe merchandise and explain use, operation, and care of merchandise to customers.
- Ticket, arrange, and display merchandise to promote sales.
- Inventory stock and requisition new stock.
Education & Training
Typical Entry Education
High school diploma or equivalent
Time to Job Ready
0-1 years
Based on Job Zone 2. For formal education duration only, see education_duration.
Technology Skills
Key Abilities
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Based on 3,684,740 employed workers
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Data from O*NET 30.1 and BLS Occupational Employment Statistics
O*NET Code: 41-2031.00