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What do you REALLY know about careers in retail?
 What is retail, exactly? By definition, it’s selling goods and services to customers, and it provides career opportunities in almost every area of business. But it’s much more.
Consider this: an associate at a large midwestern retail company works as a paralegal to help arrange promotional tours and concerts for rock stars and other celebrities. An entrepreneur indulges her penchant for eveningwear by marketing gowns from her native country as prom and wedding dresses.
Career opportunities in retail are as diverse and creative as the industry itself, from large corporate entities with stores all over the world, to single-site entrepreneurial businesses. Positions in design, merchandising, supply chain, loss prevention, and management careers as well as human resources, finance, and IT span the industry. Retail is an industry where great ideas can lead to even greater possibilities.
Want to see more? The “Go Retail!” DVD was designed to promote this fast-growing industry. Use it as a tool to attract and educate job seekers on the wide array of career choices within the world of retail. The 6-minute video is high energy, featuring messages from major company CEOs and corporate employees that will excite and inspire interest in long-term retail careers.
How to Use this Tool:
- Promote the retail industry as a viable career option for job seekers, students, mature workers, job transitioners, and workers looking for a change
- Introduce and market retail career opportunities at schools and colleges.
- Feature as part of career fairs, training, and recruitment sessions.
- Integrate as part of conference and convention presentations
- Incorporate into One-Stop and employment and training programs, orientations, and intake services
NRFF would like to acknowledge that this tool was developed with support from the U.S. Department of Labor and input from industry experts and partners. |
