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Sales assistant jobs

Helping customers find what they came for - and something they didn't know they wanted.

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What the job involves

  • Helping customers on the shop floor
  • Keeping displays tidy and stocked
  • Taking payments and handling returns
  • Knowing the products well enough to recommend them

What employers look for

  • Friendly and confident with customers
  • Reliability, including weekends
  • Experience helps, but training is often given

How to stand out

How to apply: use the job's Apply button to go to the employer's own application page. What the employer sees and how decisions are made.

In your application or screening conversation:

  • Say which shops or products you know
  • Give an example of helping a customer who was unhappy
  • Say which days you can work
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