Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Bakersfield, CA

21d

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find suitable books and products. The role also supports store operations by maintaining attractive displays, unpacking and shelving deliveries, keeping the store tidy, and operating registers to provide quick, friendly, professional service. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility when scheduling gaps arise, a positive and energetic approach to work, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and a willingness to learn. The role requires mastering operational competencies such as using store technology, merchandising and maintaining displays, operating registers, receiving and shelving deliveries, locating products, assisting the café team when needed, and following loss-prevention and de-escalation procedures. Booksellers may support other stores in the wider cluster when able and needed. As they gain experience, Booksellers develop knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales initiatives and new releases. The position offers a path to Senior Bookseller as skills and expertise develop. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures. The role involves prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. The stated starting hourly rate is $18.00, depending on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. This is a temporary position.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs; the store is open from early mornings to late evenings every day, including weekends and most holidays.
Positive, purposeful, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Supportive and considerate conduct toward colleagues.
Cheerful, helpful customer service.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and knowledge.
Comfort using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and connect them with appropriate books and products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, displays, and cleanliness; unpack and shelve deliveries and tidy displays.
Operate registers quickly, competently, and in a friendly manner.
Use store technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Maintain book, gifting, toy, and other product displays through merchandising and visual merchandising.
Support receiving and unpacking deliveries and shelve products efficiently and accurately.
Find books and products using personal or colleague knowledge, BookMaster, and available information tools.
Support the café team when needed.
Understand and follow loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques; identify theft and seek support for problematic behavior or store issues.
Build knowledge of fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and newsstand products.
Maintain sections and backstock and help customers shop across store categories.
Make book recommendations and support sales objectives, including Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, products, and new releases.
Provide reliable, punctual attendance and fill scheduling gaps when able.
Support colleagues and, when able and needed, work in other stores in the wider cluster.
Comply with company policies and procedures.