Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Enfield, CT

20d•Onsite

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find suitable titles and products. The role also supports store presentation and efficient operations by unpacking and shelving deliveries, maintaining displays, and operating registers with speed and professionalism. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility in responding to store scheduling needs, a positive and energetic approach to assigned work, consideration and support for colleagues, cheerful customer service, willingness to learn, and enthusiasm for bookselling. The position involves mastering operational competencies and developing knowledge of the store’s books and other product categories. Booksellers may work at other stores when needed and able, supporting the wider Cluster. As skills and expertise develop, the expected next career step is Senior Bookseller.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store needs, including the ability to fill scheduling gaps when able.
Positive, purposeful, energetic, and reliable approach to assigned work.
Considerate and supportive conduct toward colleagues.
Cheerful, helpful customer service.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire knowledge of the store.
Comfort using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Ability to perform physical activity including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.

Nice To Haves

Enjoyment of bookselling.
Ability to work in other stores when able and needed.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find appropriate books and other products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, displays, cleanliness, and book sections.
Operate registers quickly, competently, and reliably.
Support receiving and unpacking deliveries and shelve products efficiently and accurately.
Use store technology and information tools, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, BookMaster, and other available tools.
Support the café team when needed.
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, and other stocked categories.
Make effective book recommendations and share knowledge of sales objectives, products, and new releases with customers and colleagues.
Maintain sections and backstock, including gifting, toys, games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand.
Comply with company policies and procedures.
Maintain reliable and punctual attendance and, when able, help fill scheduling gaps.
Support colleagues and contribute to the wider Cluster by working in other stores when needed and able.