JOB ANALYSIS
(c) He shall see that the advertising copy
and merchandise reach the basement
advertising office in ample time, and
shall check the advertising profits.
V. Market conditions:
The assistant shall constantly be on the lookout
 for jobs of merchandise and keep the buyer
fully advised. These may be in the shape of
present actual, probable, or possible future jobs.
He shall obtain his information from:
(a) Newspapers.
(6) Trade publications.
(c) Contact with manufacturers, especially
local.
(d) Correspondence.
2. Secondary and Occasional Responsibilities in Detail
I. In absence of buyer: He shall represent the buyer
during his absence.
II. Cooperation in giving service and in educational
work:
(a) Service. He shall give at all times all possible
 cooperation to the floor superintendent
in service to customers with special regard
to technical knowledge in:
(1) Seiling (advice to salespeople).
(2) Instruction of the salespeople in
merchandising.
(3) Adjustments where this knowledge
may be of assistance.
(6) Education. He shall cooperate with the
education department, floor superintendent,
and the buyer in the training of the people
of his department.
(1) Salespeople.
(a) Instruction on merchandise
from the technical side.
(6) Advice when requested in
handling difficult customers.
(¢) Methods of increasing sale of
slow-selling merchandise.

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