a career in retail

Retail is an exciting, fast paced, growing and diverse industry, and jobs are not limited to stacking shelves or becoming a sales assistant.

Retail offers a range of career opportunities within sales, buying, visual merchandising, logistics and distribution, team leaders/supervisors, IT, finance, accounting, store management and more.

Retail covers a wide range of businesses, such as fashion, food, electrical, music and jewellery, with big name retailers such as Boots, Marks & Spencer, John Lewis and Debenhams, to name a few, operating in these areas.

You can specialise in an area that you're interested in and learn the skills you need to gain recognised qualifications. If you do this in-house, your employer may offer team leader/supervisor and management programmes.

Retail welcomes self motivated individuals, who are willing to learn and progress within the industry.

our core offer:

• Training and coaching
• Careers advice and guidance
• Employment advice
• Pre-employment training – Skillsmart Retail Works
• Retail placements and work experience opportunities
• Experience in ‘live’ retail environments