Bookstore Temporary (Part-Time)

Position Number: S-0938

Type of Recruitment: External

Position Summary:

Temporary bookstore positions. No benefits. CMU occasionally has temporary bookstore positions available. Charges CMU Bookstore customers for their purchases using credit and debit cards, student accounts, checks and cash using a POS register. Helps students find their books, reshelves books, and straightens shelves. Buys back books at the end of the semesters.

Required Qualifications:

High school diploma or GED. Ability to work in a fast paced environment. Superior customer service skills. Ability to lift 20-30 pounds or more, bend and squat, as well as stand throughout length of the shift. Available to work during beginning and ending of each semester including the weeks prior to the start of classes each semester. Available to work weekends as needed. Ability to perform the essential functions of the job.

Preferred Qualifications:

Cashier experience. Customer service experience. Retail experience.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Charges CMU Bookstore customers for their purchases using credit and debit cards, student accounts, checks and cash using a POS register. Helps students find their books. Reshelves and straightenes books in the textbook department. Pulls books for specific orders. Buys back used textbooks at the end of the semesters.

Supervision Exercised:

Employee Group: Temporary Staff

Staff Pay Level: 00

Pay Range: To be determined

Division: Finance and Administrative Services

Department: CMU Bookstore

Position Status: Temporary

Position End Date:

Employment Status: Part Time

FTE: 0.00

Position Type: Other

Weekly Work Schedule: up to 24 hours/week

Location: Mount Pleasant, MI

Posting Ends:

Open Until Filled: Yes

About the Department:

About CMU:

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master's, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men's and women's Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It's part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state's largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.

Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions --- Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and m