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 look- 
out 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 pos- 
sible 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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