Gwinnett Technical College Retailing and Retail Operations
Career Options For Graduates
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- First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Retail Sales Workers
- Job DescriptionDirectly supervise sales workers in a retail establishment or department. Duties may include management functions, such as purchasing, budgeting, accounting, and personnel work, in addition to supervisory duties. Read more about supervisors - retail sales workers in our career profile section.Salary and Wages
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
- Total Employment: 22,190
- Average Annual Salary: $37,560
- Average Hourly Rate: $18.06
Projections- Total Employment (2008): 1,685,500
- Total Employment Projected (2018): 1,773,900
- Percent Job Growth: 88.40%
- Cashiers
- Job DescriptionReceive and disburse money in establishments other than financial institutions. Usually involves use of electronic scanners, cash registers, or related equipment. Often involved in processing credit or debit card transactions and validating checks. Read more about cashiers in our career profile section.Salary and Wages
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
- Total Employment: 53,250
- Average Annual Salary: $18,170
- Average Hourly Rate: $8.73
Projections- Total Employment (2008): 3,550,000
- Total Employment Projected (2018): 3,675,500
- Percent Job Growth: 125.50%
- Gaming Change Persons and Booth Cashiers
- Job DescriptionExchange coins and tokens for patrons' money. May issue payoffs and obtain customer's signature on receipt when winnings exceed the amount held in the slot machine. May operate a booth in the slot machine area and furnish change persons with money bank at the start of the shift, or count and audit money in drawers. Read more about gaming change persons & booth cashiers in our career profile section.Projections
- Total Employment (2008): 22,300
- Total Employment Projected (2018): 20,000
- Percent Job Growth: -2.3%
- Retail Salespersons
- Job DescriptionSell merchandise, such as furniture, motor vehicles, appliances, or apparel in a retail establishment. Read more about retail salespersons in our career profile section.Salary and Wages
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
- Total Employment: 82,680
- Average Annual Salary: $25,190
- Average Hourly Rate: $12.11
Projections- Total Employment (2008): 4,489,200
- Total Employment Projected (2018): 4,863,900
- Percent Job Growth: 374.70%
- Demonstrators and Product Promoters
- Job DescriptionDemonstrate merchandise and answer questions for the purpose of creating public interest in buying the product. May sell demonstrated merchandise. Read more about demonstrators & product promoters in our career profile section.Salary and Wages
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
- Total Employment: 1,640
- Average Annual Salary: $30,900
- Average Hourly Rate: $14.86
Projections- Total Employment (2008): 102,800
- Total Employment Projected (2018): 110,100
- Percent Job Growth: 7.30%
- Stock Clerks, Sales Floor
- Job DescriptionReceive, store, and issue sales floor merchandise. Stock shelves, racks, cases, bins, and tables with merchandise and arrange merchandise displays to attract customers. May periodically take physical count of stock or check and mark merchandise. Read more about stock clerks, sales floor in our career profile section.
- Marking Clerks
- Job DescriptionPrint and attach price tickets to articles of merchandise using one or several methods, such as marking price on tickets by hand or using ticket-printing machine. Read more about marking clerks in our career profile section.
- Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard
- Job DescriptionReceive, store, and issue materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard. Keep records and compile stock reports. Read more about stock clerks- stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard in our career profile section.
- Order Fillers, Wholesale and Retail Sales
- Job DescriptionFill customers' mail and telephone orders from stored merchandise in accordance with specifications on sales slips or order forms. Duties include computing prices of items, completing order receipts, keeping records of out-going orders, and requisitioning additional materials, supplies, and equipment. Read more about order fillers, wholesale and retail sales in our career profile section.
- Driver/Sales Workers
- Job DescriptionDrive truck or other vehicle over established routes or within an established territory and sell goods, such as food products, including restaurant take-out items, or pick up and deliver items, such as laundry. May also take orders and collect payments. Includes newspaper delivery drivers. Read more about driver, sales workers in our career profile section.Salary and Wages
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
- Total Employment: 6,160
- Average Annual Salary: $25,640
- Average Hourly Rate: $12.33
Projections- Total Employment (2008): 406,400
- Total Employment Projected (2018): 424,100
- Percent Job Growth: 17.70%
Awarded Degrees and Program Completion Details
Retailing and Retail Operations
| Total | |
|---|---|
| Overall | |
| All Students | 3 |
| By Gender | |
| Male | - |
| Female | 3 |
| By Race | |
| Non-Resident Alien | - |
| American Indian | - |
| Black | - |
| Asian | - |
| Hispanic | 1 |
| White | 1 |
| Unknown | 1 |
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