From the course: Rocking Your First Retail Sales Job
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Career paths
From the course: Rocking Your First Retail Sales Job
Career paths
- If you're standing there on your first day already crafting your next play, I'm with you. Team ambition, but hear me when I say, give it a couple of months at least before you start plotting how you'll climb the ladder. You might be surprised by how much you like or how much you hate what you're doing. Only time will tell, but when the time comes to start thinking about your career path, first consider, do you like retail? Like being in the store, interacting with customers, the environment you're working in, the job itself? If the answer is yes, then a typical career path probably looks something like this. Sales associate to floor manager, to assistant manager, to store manager, to district manager, to regional manager, but what if this isn't really your speed and in the back of your head, you know this is just a J-O-B to pay your bills and you have your mind on something else? Don't totally write off the organization you're with just because you might not like the job you're in…
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