Work at Four Seasons Books

OPEN POSITIONS:

Bookseller: This is a part time position with approximately 15 hours per week for afternoons/evenings & weekends.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
1) Customer service, including answering the phone, placing special orders, recommending books, etc.
2) Receiving /Stocking daily orders. (Books are heavy, some lifting required!)
3) Point-Of-Sale bookseller duties.
4) General organizing and tidying along with gentle cleaning in the evenings
5) Submitting blurbs and shelf talkers to handsell books in the store and on social media pages.

Four Seasons Books Employment Application

Four Seasons Books is an equal opportunity employer. If you feel that your civil rights would be violated by answering a question on this form, please omit the answer to that question.

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Tell us about yourself

List any outside interests you would like us to know about? *

What would you most like to contribute to the store? *

What types of books do you generally read? *

What would you consider to be your greatest strengths & weaknesses? *

What other skills or training do you have which would be relevant to this job? *

What would you consider to be the most crucial elements in operating a successful bookstore? *

What are you currently reading? *

A little about books...

In the boxes below please provide what subject area would you look for the following authors?

Rick Riordan *

Riley Sager *

Kristin Hannah *

Louise Penny *

Janet Evanovich *

Naomi Novik *

Tana French *

Elena Ferrante *

Sarah J. Maas *

Bill Bryson *

Margaret Atwood *

John Steinbeck *

Stephen King *

John Grisham *

Candace Millard *

Octavia Butler *

David Grann *

Emily Henry *

Colleen Hoover *

Erik Larson *

Eric Carle *

Emily Wilson *

Conan Doyle *

Brene Brown *

Louise Gluck *

Thich Nhat Hanh *

Jeff Kinney *

Who wrote the following work(s)?

To Kill a Mockingbird *

Persuasion *

The Corrections *

Wolf Hall *

Warmth of Other Suns *

The Glass Castle *

Fahrenheit 451 *

Sapiens *

Demon Copperhead *

The Alchemist *

Leaves of Grass *

Song of Solomon *

1984 *

Middlesex *

A Light in the Attic *

Song of Achilles *

Portnoy's Complaint *

A Wrinkle in Time *

Atonement *

The Bell Jar *

The Notebook *

Middlemarch *

Love Medicine *

Braiding Sweetgrass *

White Teeth *

The Secret History *

Joy of Cooking *

Goodnight Moon *

What is the selling price of a $14.95 book with a 20% discount? *

What would be the Shepherdstown/WV 7% sales tax on a $31.00 sale? *

The sale total is $41.78 and you are given $50, what is the change? *

Handselling and giving book recommendations are a huge part of a bookseller's job. This allows us to build relationships with our customers and share our enthusiasm for particular books.

In a paragraph or two each, please handsell two of your current favorite reads. *

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