Bookseller - Temporary

Barnes & Noble•Salisbury, MD

9d•$15•Onsite

About The Position

A Bookseller is an integral member of the Barnes & Noble bookselling team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find appropriate books and products. The role also supports store presentation and operations by unpacking and shelving deliveries, maintaining displays, and operating registers to provide quick, professional service. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility in responding to store scheduling needs, a positive and dependable approach to work, consideration for colleagues, cheerful customer service, and willingness to learn. The job involves mastering operational competencies and complying with company policies and procedures. Physical activity includes prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Booksellers may work in other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster. With experience, Booksellers build knowledge across the store’s books and other product categories, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales objectives. As they develop mastery of the role, they are expected to advance to Senior Bookseller and take on further challenges and growth opportunities. The position is temporary. The stated starting hourly rate is $15.00, with the actual rate depending on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. Benefits vary according to scheduled weekly hours and location/state regulations. Those scheduled for fewer than 20 hours per week may receive an employee discount, EAP, and sick pay. At 20–29.99 hours, benefits also include paid time off, paid maternity and parental leave, company-paid holidays, transit, and a 401(k) with company match. At 30 or more hours, benefits also include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage; healthcare and dependent care spending accounts; disability benefits; life insurance; transit; and tuition reimbursement.

Requirements

Reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
Flexibility and responsiveness to store scheduling needs when able; stores are open from early mornings to late evenings every day, including weekends and most holidays.
A positive, energetic, hardworking, and reliable approach to assigned tasks.
Supportive and considerate teamwork.
Cheerful, helpful customer service.
Aptitude and willingness to learn new skills and acquire knowledge.
Ability to use varied technology comfortably and efficiently, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
Ability to perform prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.
Willingness to support the café team when needed.
Ability to understand loss prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques and seek support for store issues.

Responsibilities

Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find suitable books and products.
Maintain attractive store presentation, including merchandising, displays, cleanliness, sections, and backstock.
Operate registers quickly, accurately, and professionally.
Support receiving and unpacking deliveries and shelve products efficiently and accurately.
Use available information tools and colleagues’ knowledge to locate books and other products.
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 books across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s categories and use it to maintain sections and make customer recommendations.
Support sales objectives and promote relevant products and programs, including Our Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, and new releases.
Develop expertise in educational toys and games, specialty games, hobbies and collectibles, music and movies, and Newsstand.
Maintain reliable and punctual attendance and respond flexibly to store scheduling needs when able.
Support colleagues and, when able and needed, work in other stores to support the wider Cluster.
Comply with company policies and procedures.