Bookseller - Temporary - Joseph Beth

Barnes & Noble • Cincinnati, OH

24d • Onsite

About The Position

As a Bookseller, you are an integral member of the bookselling team. You welcome customers cheerfully, answer questions, and help connect readers with appropriate titles and products. You also help maintain the store’s presentation and efficient operation by unpacking and shelving deliveries, tidying displays, and operating registers with quick, friendly, professional service.

Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance and punctuality, flexibility in responding to store scheduling needs, a positive and energetic approach to assigned tasks, consideration and support for colleagues, helpfulness toward customers, and a willingness to learn. The store is open from early mornings to late evenings every day, including weekends and most holidays.

As you gain experience, you build knowledge of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books and other store areas. You use that knowledge to maintain sections and backstock, present books attractively, recommend books, assist customers, and support sales objectives, products, and new releases. As you master the role’s skills, you are expected to advance along the career path and take on new challenges and opportunities for growth. You must comply with company policies and procedures.

Requirements

• Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
• Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs.
• Positive, 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.
• Enjoyment of bookselling.

Responsibilities

• Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find suitable books and products.
• Unpack and shelve deliveries and maintain tidy, attractive displays and store sections.
• Operate registers quickly and provide friendly, professional service.
• Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts and fill scheduling gaps when able.
• Support colleagues and contribute to a positive, considerate team environment.
• Build knowledge of books, store sections, and backstock, including fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books.
• Make effective book recommendations and assist customers with shopping throughout the store.
• Support sales objectives, key products, and new releases.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed