department store manager

Job Zone

1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5

Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed

Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.

Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.

Occupational interest profile

ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order

• E Enterprising7.00
• C Conventional5.61
• S Social3.64
• R Realistic2.75
• I Investigative1.14
• A Artistic1.00

RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.

Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers (41-1011.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, a broader O*NET occupation that includes this one, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.

Typically associated skills

Essential (18)

ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.

• build business relationships
• company policies
• create solutions to problems
• have computer literacy
• implement marketing strategies
• implement sales strategies
• manage budgets
• manage staff
• manage the store image
• monitor proper product handling
• monitor shelves loading
• perform multiple tasks at the same time
• plan marketing campaigns
• plan marketing strategy
• product comprehension
• provide customer follow-up services
• set sales promotions
• train employees