Team Member job description: what real postings ask for (2026)
This page reads every active team member posting JobsPipe collects from LinkedIn, Indeed, Y Combinator, Workday, Greenhouse, Workable, SmartRecruiters, Ashby, Lever and Paylocity and turns it into a job description you can check against the market: the skills employers actually name, the seniority they target, how often the role is remote or lists pay, and which industries and countries the postings come from.
<0.5% of these postings are marked remote, 40.3% state a salary or range, the most named skill is customer support at 57.2% and the most common seniority label is entry level at 31.4%. Postings with no seniority label stay in the denominator, so the seniority shares do not sum to one, and a posting counts once per skill it names, so the skill shares overlap.
Responsibilities employers list
These bullets are phrased from the function the postings assign to the title and the skills their text names most often. Reuse them as they are or trim them to the work your role actually owns.
- Own the day-to-day store and customer work the role exists for, including customer support and inventory management.
- Keep compliance and Excel current and apply them to the recurring tasks that team member postings describe.
- Work with the people who rely on the role, since employers name communication and teamwork alongside the technical requirements.
- Meet the standards the work is measured on, which for this title means compliance.
- Document the work and hand it over cleanly so the rest of the store and customer team can pick it up.
- Learn the tools and routines of the role on the job, since postings most often label it entry level.
- Be present on site, since few team members are hired for remote work in the postings.
Requirements and skills
Each posting counts once per skill its text names, so the shares overlap. The API filter skills_or returns the postings behind any bar, and the bar labels are the exact values it accepts.
- Customer support: named in 57.2% of team member postings.
- Communication: named in 36.6% of team member postings.
- Teamwork: named in 27.3% of team member postings.
- Also frequently named: attention to detail (17.9%), adaptability (16.4%), leadership (13.0%).
- Seniority: where a label exists, postings mark the role entry level (31.4%).
- Remote: <0.5% of team member postings carry a remote flag. Say explicitly whether this role is remote, hybrid or on site.
- Pay: 40.3% of team member postings state a salary or range. Include one to stand out from the rest.
- Employment type: full-time in 62.3% of postings that state a type.
- customer-support57.2%
- communication36.6%
- teamwork27.3%
- attention-to-detail17.9%
- adaptability16.4%
- leadership13.0%
- inventory-management7.9%
- mentoring6.2%
- compliance6.2%
- learning-and-development6.0%
- excel5.9%
- time-management5.5%
Seniority
Seniority is read from the posting’s own label where one exists. Postings without a label stay in the denominator, so these shares describe how often each level is stated, not the full mix.
- Entry level31.4%
Industries hiring team members
Industry is the employer’s ISIC division where it is known. The filter isic_division_or reproduces each row.
- Food service30.9%
- Retail trade9.4%
- Accommodation1.5%
- Software and IT services1.0%
- Sports and recreation0.9%
- Head offices and consulting0.9%
Where the roles are
Country is read from the posting’s location. The filter job_country_code_or reproduces each row.
- United States59.4%
- Australia11.8%
- United Kingdom11.2%
- Canada9.2%
- India2.3%
- Ireland1.7%
- New Zealand1.2%
Company size
Employee count comes from the employer record where it is known; postings from companies without a known size are excluded from this cut.
- 1-50 employees2.6%
- 51-200 employees3.7%
- 201-1000 employees6.1%
- 1000+ employees28.6%
Employment type
- Full-time62.3%
- Part-time20.2%
- Temporary2.6%
- Internship1.6%
A job description template for a Team Member
Every share in the template is measured from the postings above, not invented. Replace the bracketed judgement calls with your own and keep the numbers if you want candidates to see how the role compares.
Title: Team Member Summary We are hiring a team member to own the store and customer work described below. The responsibilities and requirements follow what active team member postings ask for, so candidates who have done this job will recognise it. Responsibilities - Own the day-to-day store and customer work the role exists for, including customer support and inventory management. - Keep compliance and Excel current and apply them to the recurring tasks that team member postings describe. - Work with the people who rely on the role, since employers name communication and teamwork alongside the technical requirements. - Meet the standards the work is measured on, which for this title means compliance. - Document the work and hand it over cleanly so the rest of the store and customer team can pick it up. - Learn the tools and routines of the role on the job, since postings most often label it entry level. - Be present on site, since few team members are hired for remote work in the postings. Requirements - Customer support (named in 57.2% of team member postings) - Communication (named in 36.6% of team member postings) - Teamwork (named in 27.3% of team member postings) - Attention to detail (named in 17.9% of team member postings) - Adaptability (named in 16.4% of team member postings) - Leadership (named in 13.0% of team member postings) - Level: entry level, the label 31.4% of postings use Work arrangement - Location: state remote, hybrid or on site. <0.5% of team member postings are marked remote. - Employment type: full-time, which 62.3% of postings with a stated type use. Pay - State a salary or range. 40.3% of team member postings already do. - Name the benefits that matter for this role rather than a generic list.
How to write a team member job description
- Use the title candidates search for. Pick the canonical title that appears on this page, not an internal level name or a creative variant. Candidates search by the common title, and so do the boards that index it. Read the general method for writing a job description.
- Lead with the work, not the company. Open with two or three sentences on what the person will own and who they work with. Save the company history for the end.
- List the responsibilities that recur. Five to seven bullets, each starting with a verb, each describing work the role does most weeks. The responsibilities above are phrased from the skills that recur in real postings for this title.
- Separate must-have from nice-to-have. Put the skills most postings name in the must-have list and everything else in a shorter nice-to-have list. The skill shares on this page show which is which.
- State remote, employment type and pay up front. Say whether the role is remote, hybrid or on site, name the employment type, and give a salary range. Then revisit the posting as the market moves. Read how often job descriptions should be updated.
FAQ
What does a team member do?+
A team member does the store and customer work employers describe in their postings, and the skills those postings name most are customer support, communication and teamwork. The responsibilities section above phrases that work as bullets you can reuse.
What skills do team member postings ask for?+
The most named skills are customer support (57.2%), communication (36.6%), teamwork (27.3%), attention to detail (17.9%), adaptability (16.4%). Skills are extracted from the posting text against a curated lexicon, and a posting counts once per skill it names, so the shares overlap. The API filter skills_or returns the postings behind any of them.
Is the team member role remote?+
<0.5% of active team member postings carry a remote flag. The flag is read from the posting itself, so hybrid roles that never say remote are counted as on site. Filter the API with remote set to true and job_title_or set to the title to reproduce the figure.
Do team member postings disclose pay?+
40.3% state a salary or a range in the posting text or structured fields. Disclosure varies more by board and by jurisdiction than by role, so compare the figure with the board-level shares on the sources pages before reading it as a market signal.
Which industries hire team members?+
By ISIC division, the largest shares are Food service (30.9%), Retail trade (9.4%), Accommodation (1.5%). Industry is resolved from the employer's classification where known, and postings without a classification are excluded from this cut. The filter isic_division_or reproduces each row.
Where do these numbers come from?+
From JobsPipe's live index of postings on the ten boards it collects, deduplicated by posting id and counted on 2026-09-10. Only shares are published; the underlying counts stay private. Every figure can be reproduced against the JobsPipe API with the filters shown on this page.
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