Goodwill Store Associate P/T
for section headings. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title. Do NOT include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, etc. Also remove application instructions (none). Remove duplicated lines. Must preserve all substantive info.
We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. Pay: we have hourly pay range $16.94 - $22.70 and also "This position pays: $16.94/Hour". We'll include Pay section with that info.
Benefits: list: Referral bonuses, Retirement plan contributions, Tuition and gym reimbursement, Emergency assistance funds, Paid time off, And more depending on position! We'll list those.
Responsibilities: essential duties and responsibilities: we have many bullet-like sentences. We'll create a
with each duty as - . Must preserve all details. We'll need to parse the "ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned." Then sections: STORE OPERATIONS, CUSTOMER SERVICE, SAFETY, SECURITY AND LOSS PREVENTION. We'll combine them into a list.
Requirements: includes QUALIFICATIONS (Education/Experience, Language Skills, Mathematical Skills, Reasoning Ability, Other Skills And Abilities), PHYSICAL DEMANDS, Requirements For Personal Protective Equipment (ppe), WORK ENVIRONMENT. We'll create a Requirements section with sub-sections? The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It suggests we could have subheadings like Qualifications, Skills etc. But we can just have a Requirements section with nested headings? Probably we should follow the allowed headings list; but we can also include Qualifications, Skills as subheadings under Requirements? The instruction: "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use those headings. It says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we combine Qualifications and Skills into Requirements section. But we could also have separate Qualifications and Skills sections if content exists. The posting has Qualifications (education/experience, language skills, math skills, reasoning ability, other skills). So we could have a Qualifications section and a Skills section? However they said "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use those as headings. We'll decide to have sections: Pay, Benefits, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Physical Demands, PPE, Work Environment. But that's many sections; they said prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. However we need to preserve all substantive info; we can group similar items.
Maybe we can have: Pay, Benefits, Responsibilities, Requirements (which includes Qualifications, Skills, Physical Demands, PPE, Work Environment). Within Requirements we can use ? Not allowed; only for section headings. But we could use
with bold? Not specified. Probably better to have separate sections for each major category: Responsibilities, Requirements (which includes Qualifications, Skills, Physical Demands, PPE, Work Environment). But we need to preserve details; we can use
inside Requirements.
Let's decide: We'll output sections: Pay, Benefits, Responsibilities, Requirements. Inside Requirements we will have subheadings using ? Not allowed but maybe we can still use for subheadings inside? That would be another section heading, increasing count. Might be okay but they said prefer few sections. However we need to keep structure clear. I think it's acceptable to have multiple sections as long as each has substantive content. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we should avoid creating many sections with little content. We have enough content for each: Pay (substantive), Benefits (substantive), Responsibilities (substantive), Requirements (substantive). That's four sections, which is fine.
Thus we will not create separate Qualifications, Skills, etc. We'll embed them inside Requirements as lists.
Now we need to extract all substantive info.
Pay: "Hourly Pay Range: $16.94 - $22.70 This position pays: $16.94/Hour". We'll combine: Pay range $16.94 - $22.70 per hour; starting pay $16.94/hour.
Benefits: list: Referral bonuses, Retirement plan contributions, Tuition and gym reimbursement, Emergency assistance funds, Paid time off, And more depending on position!
Responsibilities: We need to capture all essential duties.
Let's extract from the text:
STORE OPERATIONS:
- Sort, price and display quality merchandise for sale in the store.
- Meet quality and quantity production standards, to maximize sales revenue.
- Properly discard unsellable merchandise to appropriate containers, i.e. Outlet, Salvage, Trash, etc.
- Maximize used goods processing through the proper application of Goodwill techniques, including sorting, preparing and pricing items for sale.
- Meet or exceed production goals on a consistent basis.
- Follow store rotation schedule by completing pulls at scheduled times in assigned areas of the store.
- Ensure that quality customer service is provided in a timely and courteous manner to all shoppers, donors and other employees.
- Be available for telephone customer relations activities.
- Assist in maintaining sales floor appearance, cleanliness and shopping environment including, but not limited to, floor care, fitting rooms, cash register and customer service areas, aisles, trash receptacles, lights, restrooms, glass showcases, window ledges and doors and maintain an odor free environment.
- May be required to assist with general light maintenance on immediate grounds such as building exterior and parking lot, including but not limited to, windows, doors, sidewalks, parking lot lights, dumpster area, landscape, stray shopping carts, store entry and signage.
CUSTOMER SERVICE:
- Assist shoppers on the sales floor in locating and selecting merchandise.
- Complete sales transactions on the POS system with accuracy and in a timely manner.
- Accept donations from donors by greeting them at their vehicles and assisting to carry donated items into the store.
- Always offer a receipt for donated merchandise.
- Assist shoppers by carrying larger, heavier items to their vehicles after sales transactions have been completed, as appropriate.
- Demonstrate good judgment at cash wrap by protecting Agency assets such as cash, jewelry, etc.
SAFETY, SECURITY AND LOSS PREVENTION:
- Assist in maintaining store and surrounding premises to keep clean and free of safety hazards.
- Adhere to all safety, health and emergency procedures.
- Utilize designated staging area for "Z" racks that are filled with merchandise to be hung on the sales floor.
- Keep aisles, corridors and production areas free of clutter and unobstructed to provide building occupants with a clear path to exit building in an emergency situation.
- Secure sharp objects such as knives in a secured area for display.
- Ensure that breakable objects are handled carefully and are properly displayed.
- Utilize required PPE when completing assigned tasks.
- Spread ice melt on all sidewalks and pathways used by customers and staff when weather conditions create potentially slippery conditions prior to the store opening and throughout the business day, as assigned.
- Shovel sidewalks, loading docks and donor area to keep clear of ice and snow, as assigned.
- Report observations or suspicions of theft and other wrongdoing.
- Assist with proper loading/unloading of trucks, use of seals and documentation on intra-office shipping memos for internal transfer of goods, in accordance with Agency procedures.
- Perform other related essential duties as required or assigned by supervisor.
Also there is "Special Requirements Will typically be required to work regular weekend (i.e. Saturday, Sunday), holiday and evening hours customary to the retail trade." That's schedule info. Should we create a Schedule section? The posting mentions schedule. According to instruction, we should include a Schedule section only if posting actually states them. It does state weekend, holiday, evening hours. So we should include a Schedule section. However we must avoid creating sections with filler like "not specified". This is specific. So we add Schedule section.
Thus we have sections: Pay, Benefits, Responsibilities, Schedule, Requirements.
Now Requirements: we need to include all qualification details.
From text:
Requirements
QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION And/or EXPERIENCE High school diploma or general education degree (GED)** preferred, not required; and one to three months related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Students under the age of 18 years still enrolled in High School may be hired to fill part-time positions but may not operate the compactor, floor cleaning machine, straddle stacker or any other hazardous equipment and must abide by the CT DOL regulations regarding hours of work for minors in the workplace.
Language Skills Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to communicate with customers in one-on-one situations.
Mathematical Skills Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
REASONING ABILITY Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables.
Other Skills And Abilities Ability to operate hand truck, straddle stacker, electric pallet jack, or other material handling equipment that may be available at the retail location.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to walk, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. The employee is regularly required to push crates (on wheels) that may weigh up to 600 pounds. Crates may be moved on flat or sloped surfaces. Specific examples of requirements to lift and/or move heavy objects will include, but not be limited to, the duties described below. The employee is regularly required to assist customers when unloading bags and boxes of donations from their vehicle and carrying purchases to their vehicle. Employee may also be required to assist customers with handling of donations or purchases of large and heavy items such as furniture and appliances (e.g. microwave oven, television, computer equipment, etc.). Additionally, employee is required to place large objects on the sales floor for display or in a crate or cart for disposal. A hand truck should be used whenever possible to move large/heavy objects. The assistance of additional staff must be sought when lifting such objects, whenever feasible, and proper lifting techniques must be applied. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.
Requirements For Personal Protective Equipment (ppe) Protective eyewear must be worn at all times while preparing cleaning
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title. Do NOT include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate like EEO, etc. Also remove application instructions (none). Remove duplicated lines. Must preserve all substantive info. We need to include sections only when posting has real specific content. Pay: we have hourly pay range $16.94 - $22.70 and also "This position pays: $16.94/Hour". We'll include Pay section with that info. Benefits: list: Referral bonuses, Retirement plan contributions, Tuition and gym reimbursement, Emergency assistance funds, Paid time off, And more depending on position! We'll list those. Responsibilities: essential duties and responsibilities: we have many bullet-like sentences. We'll create a
- with each duty as
- . Must preserve all details. We'll need to parse the "ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned." Then sections: STORE OPERATIONS, CUSTOMER SERVICE, SAFETY, SECURITY AND LOSS PREVENTION. We'll combine them into a list.
Requirements: includes QUALIFICATIONS (Education/Experience, Language Skills, Mathematical Skills, Reasoning Ability, Other Skills And Abilities), PHYSICAL DEMANDS, Requirements For Personal Protective Equipment (ppe), WORK ENVIRONMENT. We'll create a Requirements section with sub-sections? The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It suggests we could have subheadings like Qualifications, Skills etc. But we can just have a Requirements section with nested headings? Probably we should follow the allowed headings list; but we can also include Qualifications, Skills as subheadings under Requirements? The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use those headings. It says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So maybe we combine Qualifications and Skills into Requirements section. But we could also have separate Qualifications and Skills sections if content exists. The posting has Qualifications (education/experience, language skills, math skills, reasoning ability, other skills). So we could have a Qualifications section and a Skills section? However they said "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." So we can use those as headings. We'll decide to have sections: Pay, Benefits, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Physical Demands, PPE, Work Environment. But that's many sections; they said prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. However we need to preserve all substantive info; we can group similar items. Maybe we can have: Pay, Benefits, Responsibilities, Requirements (which includes Qualifications, Skills, Physical Demands, PPE, Work Environment). Within Requirements we can use
? Not allowed; only
for section headings. But we could use
with bold? Not specified. Probably better to have separate sections for each major category: Responsibilities, Requirements (which includes Qualifications, Skills, Physical Demands, PPE, Work Environment). But we need to preserve details; we can use
- inside Requirements.
Let's decide: We'll output sections: Pay, Benefits, Responsibilities, Requirements. Inside Requirements we will have subheadings using
? Not allowed but maybe we can still use
for subheadings inside? That would be another section heading, increasing count. Might be okay but they said prefer few sections. However we need to keep structure clear. I think it's acceptable to have multiple sections as long as each has substantive content. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we should avoid creating many sections with little content. We have enough content for each: Pay (substantive), Benefits (substantive), Responsibilities (substantive), Requirements (substantive). That's four sections, which is fine. Thus we will not create separate Qualifications, Skills, etc. We'll embed them inside Requirements as lists. Now we need to extract all substantive info. Pay: "Hourly Pay Range: $16.94 - $22.70 This position pays: $16.94/Hour". We'll combine: Pay range $16.94 - $22.70 per hour; starting pay $16.94/hour. Benefits: list: Referral bonuses, Retirement plan contributions, Tuition and gym reimbursement, Emergency assistance funds, Paid time off, And more depending on position! Responsibilities: We need to capture all essential duties. Let's extract from the text: STORE OPERATIONS: - Sort, price and display quality merchandise for sale in the store. - Meet quality and quantity production standards, to maximize sales revenue. - Properly discard unsellable merchandise to appropriate containers, i.e. Outlet, Salvage, Trash, etc. - Maximize used goods processing through the proper application of Goodwill techniques, including sorting, preparing and pricing items for sale. - Meet or exceed production goals on a consistent basis. - Follow store rotation schedule by completing pulls at scheduled times in assigned areas of the store. - Ensure that quality customer service is provided in a timely and courteous manner to all shoppers, donors and other employees. - Be available for telephone customer relations activities. - Assist in maintaining sales floor appearance, cleanliness and shopping environment including, but not limited to, floor care, fitting rooms, cash register and customer service areas, aisles, trash receptacles, lights, restrooms, glass showcases, window ledges and doors and maintain an odor free environment. - May be required to assist with general light maintenance on immediate grounds such as building exterior and parking lot, including but not limited to, windows, doors, sidewalks, parking lot lights, dumpster area, landscape, stray shopping carts, store entry and signage. CUSTOMER SERVICE: - Assist shoppers on the sales floor in locating and selecting merchandise. - Complete sales transactions on the POS system with accuracy and in a timely manner. - Accept donations from donors by greeting them at their vehicles and assisting to carry donated items into the store. - Always offer a receipt for donated merchandise. - Assist shoppers by carrying larger, heavier items to their vehicles after sales transactions have been completed, as appropriate. - Demonstrate good judgment at cash wrap by protecting Agency assets such as cash, jewelry, etc. SAFETY, SECURITY AND LOSS PREVENTION: - Assist in maintaining store and surrounding premises to keep clean and free of safety hazards. - Adhere to all safety, health and emergency procedures. - Utilize designated staging area for "Z" racks that are filled with merchandise to be hung on the sales floor. - Keep aisles, corridors and production areas free of clutter and unobstructed to provide building occupants with a clear path to exit building in an emergency situation. - Secure sharp objects such as knives in a secured area for display. - Ensure that breakable objects are handled carefully and are properly displayed. - Utilize required PPE when completing assigned tasks. - Spread ice melt on all sidewalks and pathways used by customers and staff when weather conditions create potentially slippery conditions prior to the store opening and throughout the business day, as assigned. - Shovel sidewalks, loading docks and donor area to keep clear of ice and snow, as assigned. - Report observations or suspicions of theft and other wrongdoing. - Assist with proper loading/unloading of trucks, use of seals and documentation on intra-office shipping memos for internal transfer of goods, in accordance with Agency procedures. - Perform other related essential duties as required or assigned by supervisor. Also there is "Special Requirements Will typically be required to work regular weekend (i.e. Saturday, Sunday), holiday and evening hours customary to the retail trade." That's schedule info. Should we create a Schedule section? The posting mentions schedule. According to instruction, we should include a Schedule section only if posting actually states them. It does state weekend, holiday, evening hours. So we should include a Schedule section. However we must avoid creating sections with filler like "not specified". This is specific. So we add Schedule section. Thus we have sections: Pay, Benefits, Responsibilities, Schedule, Requirements. Now Requirements: we need to include all qualification details. From text: Requirements QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. EDUCATION And/or EXPERIENCE High school diploma or general education degree (GED)** preferred, not required; and one to three months related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Students under the age of 18 years still enrolled in High School may be hired to fill part-time positions but may not operate the compactor, floor cleaning machine, straddle stacker or any other hazardous equipment and must abide by the CT DOL regulations regarding hours of work for minors in the workplace. Language Skills Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to communicate with customers in one-on-one situations. Mathematical Skills Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. REASONING ABILITY Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with standardized situations with only occasional or no variables. Other Skills And Abilities Ability to operate hand truck, straddle stacker, electric pallet jack, or other material handling equipment that may be available at the retail location. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee frequently is required to walk, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. The employee is regularly required to push crates (on wheels) that may weigh up to 600 pounds. Crates may be moved on flat or sloped surfaces. Specific examples of requirements to lift and/or move heavy objects will include, but not be limited to, the duties described below. The employee is regularly required to assist customers when unloading bags and boxes of donations from their vehicle and carrying purchases to their vehicle. Employee may also be required to assist customers with handling of donations or purchases of large and heavy items such as furniture and appliances (e.g. microwave oven, television, computer equipment, etc.). Additionally, employee is required to place large objects on the sales floor for display or in a crate or cart for disposal. A hand truck should be used whenever possible to move large/heavy objects. The assistance of additional staff must be sought when lifting such objects, whenever feasible, and proper lifting techniques must be applied. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision. Requirements For Personal Protective Equipment (ppe) Protective eyewear must be worn at all times while preparing cleaning