Bookseller

Half Price Books; Tukwila (WA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 28,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Reliable hours

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Paid sick time

Health insurance

401(k)

Employee discount

Job summary

Half Price Books in Tukwila, WA is hiring Booksellers to join our fun, fast-paced retail team. If you love books and helping customers discover their next read, this is your chance to work in America’s largest family-owned new and used book retailer.

You will greet customers, provide knowledgeable recommendations across books, movies, and music, operate the cash register, stock shelves, and assist with buying books from the public. A friendly attitude and reliability are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills.
• Dependable, hard-working, independently motivated.
• Retail experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality customer service to shoppers.
• Share knowledge about books, movies, and music with customers and coworkers.
• Operate the cash register and process transactions.
• Shelve new merchandise and keep displays tidy.
• Assist with buying books from the public.

Skills

Communication

Customer service

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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