Bookseller (CA/WA)

Half Price Books, Records, Magazines, Inc.; Bellevue (WA); 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 Bellevue, WA is seeking Booksellers to join our team in a fun, fast-paced retail environment. You will help customers find reads, share knowledge about books, movies, and music, operate the cash register, shelve merchandise, and buy books from the public.

We offer reliable hours, paid vacation and holidays, paid sick time, health insurance, 401(k), and employee discounts. We promote from within and value enthusiastic, customer-focused team members who share a love of reading.

Qualifications

• Experience or ability to deliver quality customer service.
• Interest in books, movies, and music to share knowledge with customers.
• Friendly, motivated to work in a fast-paced retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Delivering quality customer service.
• Sharing knowledge about books, movies, and music with customers and co-workers.
• Operating the cash register.
• Shelving new merchandise.
• Buying books from the public.

Skills

Customer service

Book knowledge

Communication

Tools

Cash register

POS system

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:

• Delivering quality customer service
• Sharing their knowledge about books, movies, and music with customers and co‑workers
• Operating the cash register
• Shelving new merchandise
• Buying books from the public

Each day can be unique and filled with surprises!

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.
• 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. Are you ready to join the Half Price Books family?

Half Price Books is an equal opportunity employer.

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