The Retail and Wholesale sector is starting to slowly come out of a tough period of stagnation with concerns around skills shortages in a number of key roles.
Technological change in the sector has resulted in changing how the sector does it business and these changes are driving jobs growth in new non-shop floor roles.
As demand for staff grows so to are salaries with the sector moving away from its traditional reputation of a low paid zero hours contract environment.
The sector now has to meet consumer demand which is both traditional and online.
Because retail sector employers are often prepared to recruit people for employment without previous experience in the sector Training and Development are vital.
This requires the sector to invest more budget into training and development and ensuring that current staff are retained and allowed progression.
Employment in professional occupations in the sector has been increasing and is expected to continue to grow
The Retail and Wholesale sector needs to deal with a negative perception of the sector which is seen as a major barrier to recruiting the best people as the existence of low skilled and low paid jobs obscures the highly skilled.well paid jobs that are currently available.
B4G HR has a number of high skilled roles on offer across our network of 135 cities globally including roles in
- Online Marketing
- Customer Loyalty
- Distribution
- Data Mining
- Point of Sale
- Supply Chain Management
- Brand and Marketing
- Finance
- People Development
- Driving and Delivery
If you are interested in working in these key roles, available in all locations register today on this platform or send your cv to chloe@project.blueberry.ie and we will take it from there for you.
Do specify which location you are interested in.
For employers in the sector we have a strong database of skilled retail and wholesale professionals in all locations, contact chloe@back4goo.ie today for all your talent requirements.
