Bookseller

You might:

• serve customers and take payments
• make suggestions and give advice about the books available
• review books for in-store reviews or book clubs
• organise in-store promotional events
• monitor stock levels and create book displays
• work with publishing companies and order new stock
• process online orders
• complete admin tasks like accounting, order distribution, arranging deliveries and returns

• customer service skills
• the ability to work well with others
• the ability to sell products and services
• to be thorough and pay attention to detail
• business management skills
• the ability to use your initiative
• persuading and negotiating skills
• excellent verbal communication skills
• to be able to use a computer and the main software packages competently

You can get into this job through:

• a university course
• a college course
• an apprenticeship
• applying directly

With financial backing and a lot of experience, you could open your own bookshop.

You could work for a publishing house and sell books to retailers.

You could also work from home as a book dealer, or set up an online bookshop.