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Bookseller - Temporary
Barnes & Noble•Northbrook, IL
•$16
About The Position
A Bookseller is an integral member of the bookstore team, welcoming customers, answering questions, and helping readers find books and other products. The role also supports the store’s presentation and daily operations by unpacking and shelving deliveries, maintaining displays, and operating registers to provide professional, efficient service. Booksellers are expected to demonstrate reliable attendance, flexibility in responding to scheduling needs, a positive and energetic approach to work, consideration for colleagues, helpfulness toward customers, and willingness to learn. The store is open from early mornings to late evenings every day, including weekends and most holidays. The role requires proficiency with store technology, merchandising, register operations, receiving and shelving products, locating items using available tools and colleagues’ knowledge, and supporting the café when needed. Booksellers also learn loss-prevention procedures and de-escalation techniques. Physical activity includes prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking. Employees may be asked to work in other stores when able and when needed to support the wider Cluster. As their experience develops, Booksellers build knowledge across books and other store categories, maintain sections and backstock, make recommendations, and support sales objectives and new releases. The career path may advance to Senior Bookseller as skills and expertise develop. Employees must comply with company policies and procedures. The position is temporary. The stated starting hourly rate is $16.00, depending on experience, seniority, geographic location, and other factors permitted by law. Benefits vary by scheduled hours and location. Benefits listed for eligible employees include employee discount, EAP, sick pay, paid time off, paid maternity and parental leave, company-paid holidays, 401(k) with company match, transit, medical, dental and vision coverage, spending accounts, disability benefits, life insurance, and tuition reimbursement.
Requirements
- Maintain reliable and punctual attendance for scheduled shifts.
- Be flexible and responsive to store scheduling needs, including filling scheduling gaps when able.
- Work positively, energetically, and reliably, and perform assigned tasks with purpose.
- Be supportive and considerate of colleagues and helpful to customers.
- Demonstrate willingness and aptitude to learn new skills and knowledge.
- Be comfortable and efficient using varied technology, including registers, computers, tablets, programs, and other tools.
- Develop merchandising and visual merchandising skills.
- Be able to perform physical activity including prolonged standing, repetitive bending, lifting, and extensive walking.
Responsibilities
- Welcome customers, answer questions, and help them find suitable books and other products.
- Maintain attractive store presentation, cleanliness, displays, and product sections.
- Unpack deliveries, receive products, and shelve them efficiently and accurately.
- Operate registers quickly, competently, and reliably.
- Use store technology and information tools to locate books and other products.
- Support the café team when needed.
- Follow loss-prevention procedures and use de-escalation techniques; identify theft or problematic behavior and seek support as appropriate.
- Build knowledge of books across fiction, nonfiction, and children’s categories, and make recommendations to customers.
- Maintain book sections, backstock, and product presentation across books and other store categories.
- Support sales objectives and initiatives, including Monthly Picks, Book of the Year, Membership, preorders, products, and new releases.
- Support other stores in the wider Cluster when able and when needed.
- Comply with company policies and procedures.
Benefits
- Employee Discount
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Sick Pay
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Maternity and Parental Leave
- Company Paid Holidays
- 401(k) with Company Match
- Transit benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Spending Accounts
- Healthcare Spending Account
- Disability Benefits
- Life Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement
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