Careers in Retail

Opportunities Overview

MBAs

Merchandising Career or

Store management.

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Opportunities Overview

MBAs

Enter into the corporate functions such as : HR, Finance, IT, Marketing and other

corporate tracks

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Opportunities Overview

Engineers

Logistics and Distribution

Major Pluses

Fun to know what products are going to be hot before the masses do.

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Major Pluses

Travel

Fashion Designing Company. If you work in marketing or merchandising, you may

find yourself needing to visit your company’s various stores to see that promotions and other aspects of store operations are going according to your vision, as well as competitions stores to

see what they are up to.

Major Minuses

Less paid

Glamorous but , most jobs require a lot of drudgery, paperwork and attention

Unstable

Recruitment

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Campus Recruitment

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Internship

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Campus Career Center

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Keep in touch with alums

What Recruiters Want

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IT candidates—should be certified in one or more of the specific

technologies

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Finance and Accounting candidates has to expose themselves with

showing how the business doing

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Companies Information

Their late performance

Challenges facing

How compares with competitors

Its strategy moving forward etc.

Sources: Website, Annual Report, Business press, Visits its stores

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Experience dealing with the pressures caused by change and

aren’t bothered by changing horses in midstream,

Did you ever stop to think about how big a role the retail industry plays in

people’s daily lives?

No

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Well. Then, ask yourself the following questions:

Did you buy a cup of coffee or a tea this morning?

Have you purchased groceries lately?

Are you thinking about shopping for a new pair of shoes, or new CD, or some other product any time soon this Holi/Valentine?

If Yes

Means directly or indirectly you will be a part of Retail.

Retail—the selling of products to individual consumers (as opposed to

selling to businesses)—is big business.