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retail associate
46
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The Retail Associate assists customers with making merchandise purchases in a retail store. Their role is to possess knowledge about merchandise within their assigned department, and perform actions like scanning and bagging items, totaling the bill, collecting payment, and issuing a receipt. Their responsibilities are to restock items when a display is low, keep operations flowing, pick up trash, put discarded items back in the correct place, and ensure the facilities are clean and orderly.

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Avg Pay: $32K
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Jobs: 46,647

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2.2 years
$33K
The average years of experience in the workforce prior to having this role
2.32 years
Entry
The average number of roles it took our users to get to this one
3
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  • Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In General Studies
    The number of occurrences matches with Retail Associate in our database.
    Avg. Duration:45 monthsAvg. Fees:$23,007Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Film And Media Arts
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$39,397Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Exercise And Sport Science
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$26,371Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
  • Bachelor Degree In Biochemistry
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    Avg. Duration:48 monthsAvg. Fees:$34,527Type:Mostly full timeView more on Studyportals
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