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Experience for retail

  • 22-12-2010 12:20pm
    #1
    grizzly
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    My partner has no direct experience in retail but saw this job; http://herlihycentra.ie/html/careers.html and wondered if she would be able to use her experience in event management. How important is having retail experience? She has 6 years in event management.


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  • #2
    Corruptedmorals
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    Retail experience means knowing how to use a till, having some awareness of stock ordering/putting out stock etc and coping well under pressure/large queues etc. And other things, not relevant to a Centra. So I'd imagine Event Management would be useful for some aspects but they will take someone who has a few years in shop over her I would imagine.


  • #3
    Mrs OBumble
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    Tell her to apply anyway. Nothing to lose, and they might like her maturity.

    Any monkey can be trained to use a till and order stock, but people management is a lot harder to train and IMHO a lot more important in a role like that.


  • #4
    grizzly
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    Thanks, Yeah I told her to try anyway as she has accountancy experience that they might like.


  • #5
    wmpdd3
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    Make sure she asks what the working week is and how long the shifts are. Her rota could be 3 earlys and 2 lates and most Sundays 5 over 7 and 45 hour week.


  • #6
    Corruptedmorals
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    JustMary wrote: »
    Tell her to apply anyway. Nothing to lose, and they might like her maturity.

    Any monkey can be trained to use a till and order stock, but people management is a lot harder to train and IMHO a lot more important in a role like that.



    I know yeah but some retailers put a lot of store by it and some are discouraged from taking on highly-qualified people.


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