BOOKSTORE TEMPORARY (PART-TIME)

Bookstore Temporary (Part-Time)

This is a part-time, non-benefit eligible, temporary position. You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position. Cover letters may be addressed to the hiring committee.

Position Title: Bookstore Temporary (Part-Time)

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 point-of-sale (POS) register. Helps students find their books, re-shelves 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. Re-shelves and straightens books in the textbook department. Pulls books for specific orders. Buys back used textbooks at the end of the semesters.

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

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 many more are within easy reach of the city's central location in Michigan's Lower Peninsula. CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.

CMU Leadership Standards: Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference. We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams. Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position.

EEO Statement: CMU, an AA/EO institution, strongly and actively strives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity within its community. CMU does not discriminate against persons based on age, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, height, marital status, national origin, political persuasion, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religion, sex, sex-based stereotypes, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status, or weight. If you wish to see "EEO is the Law" posters, please click here. CMU does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, including admission and employment, and is required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 not to discriminate in such a matter. Inquiries about the application of Title IX can be made to CMU's Title IX Coordinator, the US Department of Education's Assistant Secretary, or both. CMU's Title IX Coordinator can be reached at: Phone: View phone number on click.appcast.io, Office: 103 E. Preston St. Bovee University Center, suite 306, Mount Pleasant, MI 48858, Email: View email address on click.appcast.io

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