Christmas Spirit® Employment

ARE YOU READY?

• Ready to live on a beautiful Maine island, in a fabulous vacation resort by the sea, with all the charm of a quaint New England fishing village surrounded by awesome Acadia National Park?
• Ready for a more enjoyable job as a Retail Sales Associate in Bar Harbor, Maine's Christmas Spirit® Shop where the customers are happy, and the staff is supportive?
• Ready for a more rewarding job, valuing you with above-average pay, company-paid health insurance and pension plan, and promotional opportunities?
• Ready for a more interesting job, providing personalized products and services in person, by phone, and online?

WE'RE READY to train and reward qualified candidates:

• Who love working with people in a festive retail environment.
• Who love applying their customer-oriented skills in a small business.
• Who are eager to learn new skills as a full-time Retail Sales Associate for the summer, or in a year-round career position with promotional opportunities.

OUR JOB DESCRIPTION: Christmas Spirit® Retail Sales Associates make customers feel welcome in our shop by greeting, interacting, and assisting them.

• We help customers locate and purchase merchandise (all handcrafted by American Artists) by telling them stories of how the Artist makes them, and answering questions.
• We personalize ornaments for our customers by making suggestions and printing names, year, and title on ornaments.
• We ring up sales, box items, and thank our customers.
• We freshen up and re-stock displays and counter supplies.
• We unpack, inspect, tag, and stockpile incoming merchandise.
• We open, close, cash out registers, and clean our shop.
• We take phone orders and fill Web orders.
• We assist management with special projects, such as updating our Web Site or creating better shop displays.

OUR PAY AND BENEFITS: We offer above average starting pay, a performance raise after initial on-the-job training, annual reviews, and employee discounts. Company-paid health insurance and pension plan benefits are also available for full-time year-round employees, plus promotional opportunities.

Promotional opportunities include the following pay grades with higher wages paid for greater responsibility, productivity/creativity, and contribution to sales and profits:

• Retail Sales Associate Trainee - Hourly paid entry-level position with on-the-job training for inexperienced and experienced retail personnel.
• Retail Sales Associate - Hourly paid employees who have successfully completed their on-the-job training program, are polishing basic retail skills, learning additional skills in operations and sales, and performing assigned tasks independently.
• Senior Retail Sales Associate - Hourly paid employees who have mastered retail sales, and have been assigned special projects responsibility, such as Web Site maintenance.
• Assistant Manager - Hourly paid employees who have mastered retail sales and special project assignments, and are now assisting management with personnel training and supervision, operations, and sales and marketing in our shop and on our Web Site.

READY TO TAKE ACTION? E-mail your resume or letter outlining your education, employment history, pertinent job skills, and available starting date to thebonos@christmasspiritshop.com, or snail mail to:

Pete Bono, Co-Owner
Christmas Spirit ® Shop
80 Main Street
Bar Harbor ME 04609

NEED MORE INFORMATION? Call 1-800-242-2913, and ask for Pete.