Retail Careers Guide
How we shop changes constantly - from high street shopping to ordering online and even shopping for fashion by uploading Instagram photos to apps. Retail careers are evolving too!
About Retail Careers
We will always need to buy things, so retail careers are here to stay. You can get great discounts by working in the stores of your favourite brands, but if you thought retail careers were just about customer service, think again. Jobs in retail can mean anything from handling e-commerce on a film and gig tickets website to choosing what products a store will sell.
Did You Know?
Retail careers often don’t need degrees but once you’ve got your foot in the door you can go all the way to the top – whether that’s starting your own business or heading from the shop floor to the boardroom. They’re a chance to follow your interests as well as your dreams. If you’re creative, hands-on, a people person or prefer to do your best work while not being watched all the time, get ready to rethink retail careers.
Retail Career Guides
Get into retail careers with advice for all the routes you can take after school, college, university, and training. Get work experience and first job tips, example salaries and discover youth-friendly employers who want to help you get ahead!
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Barista Careers
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Contact Lens Optician – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Dispensing Optician – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Optical Assistant – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Optical Laboratory Technician – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Optometrist – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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QESH (Quality, Environment, Safety & Health) Degree Apprenticeship with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
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E-Commerce Manager Careers Guide And Job Profile
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Retail Buyer Careers Guide And Job Profile
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Beauty Business Development Manager
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Counter Service Assistant Careers
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Beauty Consultant
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Sales Executive Careers Guide And Job Profile
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Bank Customer Adviser
Get Into Retail Careers With Youth-Friendly Employers
These employers and organisations are here to help. They care about your potential and desire to learn, not just your qualifications and experience. They may be able to offer traineeships, apprenticeships, graduate schemes, first jobs, careers advice, wellbeing support and much more.
How Much Can You Earn With Retail Careers?
These LMI Job Trends give you a sneak peek of how much you could earn starting out for certain jobs, and how much your salary could grow with experience.
List of Retail Careers
Here's a full list of roles and areas you could work in, so you can see how much variety there is in this sector!
- Advertising account executive
- Advertising account planner
- Advertising media buyer
- Airline customer service agent
- Airport information assistant
- Antiques dealer
- Art valuer
- Banking customer service adviser
- Bar person
- Barista
- Beauty business development manager
- Beauty consultant
- Betting shop cashier
- Bookmaker
- Bookseller
- Builders’ merchant
- Business analyst
- Business development manager
- Butcher
- Cabin crew
- Call centre operator
- Car rental agent
- Checkout operator
- Cinema or theatre attendant
- Conference and exhibition manager
- Construction plant hire adviser
- Counter service assistant
- Customer service assistant
- Customer service advisor- financial services
- Customer services manager
- Dispensing optician
- E-commerce manager
- Emergency media dispatcher
- Estate agent
- Events manager
- Fishmonger
- Florist
- Franchise owner
- Garden nursery assistant
- Horticultural manager
- Hotel porter
- Insurance account manager
- Leisure centre assistant
- Letting agent
- Market research executive
- Market trader
- Marketing director
- Land and pottery valuer and auctioneer
- Marketing executive
- Marketing manager
- Medical sales representative
- Motor vehicle parts person
- Museum assistant
- Music promotions manager
- Optical assistant
- Optical laboratory technician
- Personal shopper
- Pet shop assistant
- Petrol station sales assistant
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacy assistant
- Pharmacy technician
- Post Office customer service assistant
- Public relations directer
- Retail buyer
- Retail jeweller
- Retail manager
- Retail merchandiser
- Sales administrator
- Sales assistant
- Sales executive
- Sales manager
- Sales representative
- Shelf filler
- Shopkeeper
- Sports agent
- Stock control assistant
- Telephonist
- Tourist information centre assistant
- Train station worker
- Travel agent
- Vending machine operator
- Visual merchandiser
- Wine merchant
