Bookseller

Half Price Books; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Paid vacation and holidays

Paid sick time

Employee discount

Job summary

Half Price Books in Overland Park, KS is seeking friendly Booksellers to assist customers, share recommendations, and help manage daily store tasks. You will engage with booklovers, guide them to treasures, and ensure a welcoming shopping experience.

You will ring up purchases, stock shelves, evaluate donations, and help maintain appealing displays. Join a team that values literacy, recycling, and community support.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and a positive attitude.
• Dependable, hardworking, and self-motivated.
• Ability to share knowledge about books, movies, and music.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality customer service across shifts.
• Share knowledge about books, movies, and music with customers and coworkers.
• Operate the cash register and assist with transactions.
• Shelve new merchandise and help maintain displays.
• Assist in buying books from the public when applicable.

Skills

Communication skills

Dependable

Hard-working

Independently-motivated

Customer service

Book knowledge

Job description

O U R M I S S I O N S T A T E M E N T

\"Be fair to customers and our employees,\"

promote literacy, be kind to the environment

and remain financially viable so we may continue.\"

NOW HIRING BOOKSELLERS

Do you like books? Would you like to help fellow booklovers find their next favorite read? Do you want to find one-of-a-kind treasures that you never knew existed?

America's largest family-owned new and used book retailer, Half Price Books, is looking for enthusiastic and motivated people to work in our fun, fast-paced retail environment to fill the position of Bookseller.

Every day, Booksellers get to work on a variety of tasks, including delivering quality customer service, sharing their knowledge about books, movies, and music with customers and co-workers, operating the cash register, shelving new merchandise, and buying books from the public. Each day can be unique and filled with surprises! We're looking for people who have strong communication skills and a positive attitude. Ideal candidates are dependable, hard-working and independently-motivated.

In addition to the pleasure of working at a great place with great people and getting paid for it you'll receive a compensation package that is enhanced by benefits including:

• reliable hours/shifts
• paid vacation and holidays
• paid sick time
• health insurance
• 401(k)
• and more

• Perks also include an employee discount on almost all of the already low-priced merchandise available in Half Price Books stores.

Half Price Books is a place for people who are interested in preserving, recycling and passing along information and entertainment in every form. We buy and sell books, records, CDs, collectibles, magazines, videos, DVDs and games. We believe books should fill our lives, not our landfills, so we also strive to donate and recycle what we cannot sell.

We promote from within so most everyone starts right here, as a Bookseller.

Half Price Books is an equal opportunity employer.

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