SALES ASSOCIATE in LODI NY S24131
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use only sections with real content. No job title heading. No Job ID. Remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning, duplicated lines, application instructions. Also remove "Note: Applications will remain open..." etc. Also remove "About Us" maybe? The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." We need to decide which sections to include.
From posting: General Summary, Duties And Essential Job Functions, Job Qualifications (Knowledge and Skills, Work Experience and/or Education), Working Conditions, Benefits (Dollar General is pleased to offer...), About Us (Work Where You Matter...), Company Overview.
We need to map to allowed headings: About the role (maybe General Summary), Responsibilities (Duties...), Requirements (Job Qualifications?), Qualifications (maybe same as Requirements?), Skills (Knowledge and Skills), Benefits (benefits), Pay (none), Schedule (none). Since no explicit pay or schedule, we should not create those sections.
We need to avoid filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We need to preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include details from each section.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
Thus we need to parse the content into lists where appropriate.
Let's extract:
General Summary: "Act as the point of contact for customers. Assist in setting and maintaining plan-o-grams and programs. Stock merchandise adequately. Perform other duties as necessary to maximize profitability, customer satisfaction, and teamwork, while protecting company assets."
That's prose; could be
.
Duties And Essential Job Functions: list of duties:
- Unload trucks.
- Follow company work processes to receive, open and unpack cartons and totes; store merchandise in stock room or move directly to sales floor.
- Build merchandise displays.
- Stock merchandise; rotate and face merchandise on shelves.
- Restock recovered merchandise.
- Assist customers by locating merchandise.
- Bail cardboard and take out trash; dust and mop store floors; clean restroom and stockroom.
- Comply with company policies and procedures.
- Greet customers.
- Operate cash register and flatbed scanner to itemize and total customer's purchase; bag merchandise.
- Collect payment from customer and make change.
- Assist with ordering merchandise using hand-held scanners, as needed.
- Clean front end of store and help set up sidewalk displays when necessary.
We need to output as
- each.
Job Qualifications: includes Knowledge and Skills, Work Experience and/or Education.
Knowledge and Skills list:
- Effective interpersonal and oral communication skills.
- Understanding of safety policies and practices.
- Ability to read and follow plan-o-gram and merchandise presentation guidance.
- Knowledge of basic cash handling procedures.
- Basic mathematical skills.
- Ability to perform IBM cash register functions.
Work Experience and/or Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
That's a list.
Working Conditions: list of conditions:
- Frequent walking and standing
- Frequent bending, stooping, and kneeling to run check out station, stock merchandise and unload trucks; which may also require the ability to push and/or pull rolltainers for stocking merchandise
- Frequent handling of merchandise and equipment such as handheld scanners, pricing guns, box cutters, merchandise containers, two-wheel dollies, U-boats (six-wheel carts), and rolltainers
- Frequent and proper lifting of up to 40 pounds; occasional lifting of up to 55 pounds
- Occasional climbing (using step ladder) up to heights of six feet
- Fast-paced environment; moderate noise level
- Occasional exposure to outside weather conditions
- Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
We could treat as list.
Benefits: "Dollar General is pleased to offer a wide range of benefit programs designed to care for the physical, mental and financial well-being of our employees and their families. Available benefit programs include health insurance coverage options, a variety of supplemental programs,401(k) Savings Plan, paid sick leave (where required by law), vacation, paid maternity and parental leave, and many more. Eligibility and waiting period requirements may apply. See careers.dollargeneral.com/benefits for additional details."
We need to output as list? It says "Available benefit programs include ..." So we can list them.
We should not include "About Us" or "Company Overview" unless we map to a heading like About the role? Actually "About the role" could be General Summary. "About Us" maybe not needed; but we could include as a section "About the company"? Not in allowed headings. Allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should not add extra headings like About Us or Company Overview. We could incorporate that info into "About the role" maybe? But the instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., not exclusive list, but we should prefer those. Probably we should stick to those headings. So we can omit About Us and Company Overview as they are not required headings; but we must preserve ALL substantive information. If we omit them, we lose info. However maybe we can incorporate that info into "About the role" or "Responsibilities"? The About Us and Company Overview are not directly about the role but about company. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include that info somewhere. Could we add a section like "About the company"? Not in allowed headings but maybe allowed as e.g. The list is examples; we could add other headings if needed, but they said "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." That suggests we should use those headings for those types of content, but we could also use other headings if needed? The instruction: "Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It doesn't forbid other headings, but they gave examples. Safer to stick to those. However we need to preserve company overview info. Could we put it under "About the role"? That might be a stretch but maybe acceptable as it's about the role's context. But the instruction says "do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it)". Not relevant.
Maybe we can treat "About Us" and "Company Overview" as part of "About the role" section. Let's combine them into a prose paragraph under About the role
. That would preserve the info.
Thus sections:
- About the role: combine General Summary + About Us + Company Overview? Actually General Summary is about role; About Us and Company Overview are about company. Could still be under About the role.
- Responsibilities: Duties And Essential Job Functions.
- Requirements: maybe Work Experience and/or Education? Or we could have Requirements (education/experience) and Qualifications (knowledge/skills) and Skills (maybe same as Knowledge and Skills). But we have overlapping. To avoid thin sections, we could combine Knowledge and Skills and Work Experience/Education into a single "Requirements" section with sublists? But we need to use - for any list. Could have two lists under same heading.
Better: Use headings: Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits. That's four sections.
But we also need to capture Knowledge and Skills (which could be Skills). Work Experience/Education could be Requirements. General Summary could be About the role.
Thus:
About the role
: includes General Summary + About Us + Company Overview (prose).
Requirements
: includes Work Experience/Education (list).
Skills
: includes Knowledge and Skills (list).
Benefits
: includes Benefits list.
We should not include Pay or Schedule.
Now we need to ensure we preserve all substantive info: Let's extract each piece.
General Summary prose: "Act as the point of contact for customers. Assist in setting and maintaining plan-o-grams and programs. Stock merchandise adequately. Perform other duties as necessary to maximize profitability, customer satisfaction, and teamwork, while protecting company assets."
About Us prose: "Work Where You Matter At Dollar General, our mission is Serving Others! We value each and every one of our employees. Whether you are looking to launch a new career in one of our many convenient Store locations, Distribution Centers, Store Support Center or with our Private Fleet Team, we are proud to provide a wide range of career opportunities. We are not just a retail company; we are a company that values the unique strengths and perspectives that each individual brings. Your difference truly makes a difference at Dollar General. How would you like to Serve? Join the Dollar General Journey and see how your career can thrive."
Company Overview prose: "Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers for more than 80 years. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day.® by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at everyday low prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Learn more about Dollar General at www.dollargeneral.com/about-us.html."
We need to preserve all that. Could combine into a few paragraphs.
Now Requirements list: "High school diploma or equivalent preferred."
Skills list: the six items.
Benefits list: we need to list items: health insurance coverage options, a variety of supplemental programs, 401(k) Savings Plan, paid sick leave (where required by law), vacation, paid maternity and parental leave, and many more. Also note eligibility and waiting period requirements may apply. See careers.dollargeneral.com/benefits for additional details. That's prose; we could make a list of the specific items and then a sentence about eligibility.
We need to not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep "many more" phrase. Could include as list item "and many more". Or we could keep as prose after list.
We'll output:
About the role
Act as the point of contact for customers. Assist in setting and maintaining plan-o-grams and programs. Stock merchandise adequately. Perform other duties as necessary to maximize profitability, customer satisfaction, and teamwork, while protecting company assets.
Work Where You Matter At Dollar General, our mission is Serving Others! We value each and every one of our employees. Whether you are looking to launch a new career in one of our many convenient Store locations, Distribution Centers, Store Support Center or with our Private Fleet Team, we are proud to provide a wide range of career opportunities. We are not just a retail company; we are a company that values the unique strengths and perspectives that each individual brings. Your difference truly makes a difference at Dollar General. How would you like to Serve? Join the Dollar General Journey and see how your career can thrive.
Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers for more than 80 years. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day.® by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at everyday low prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Learn more about Dollar General at www.dollargeneral.com/about-us.html.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Skills
- Effective interpersonal and oral communication skills.
for prose. Thus we need to parse the content into lists where appropriate. Let's extract: General Summary: "Act as the point of contact for customers. Assist in setting and maintaining plan-o-grams and programs. Stock merchandise adequately. Perform other duties as necessary to maximize profitability, customer satisfaction, and teamwork, while protecting company assets." That's prose; could be
. Duties And Essential Job Functions: list of duties: - Unload trucks. - Follow company work processes to receive, open and unpack cartons and totes; store merchandise in stock room or move directly to sales floor. - Build merchandise displays. - Stock merchandise; rotate and face merchandise on shelves. - Restock recovered merchandise. - Assist customers by locating merchandise. - Bail cardboard and take out trash; dust and mop store floors; clean restroom and stockroom. - Comply with company policies and procedures. - Greet customers. - Operate cash register and flatbed scanner to itemize and total customer's purchase; bag merchandise. - Collect payment from customer and make change. - Assist with ordering merchandise using hand-held scanners, as needed. - Clean front end of store and help set up sidewalk displays when necessary. We need to output as
- each.
Job Qualifications: includes Knowledge and Skills, Work Experience and/or Education.
Knowledge and Skills list:
- Effective interpersonal and oral communication skills.
- Understanding of safety policies and practices.
- Ability to read and follow plan-o-gram and merchandise presentation guidance.
- Knowledge of basic cash handling procedures.
- Basic mathematical skills.
- Ability to perform IBM cash register functions.
Work Experience and/or Education:
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
That's a list.
Working Conditions: list of conditions:
- Frequent walking and standing
- Frequent bending, stooping, and kneeling to run check out station, stock merchandise and unload trucks; which may also require the ability to push and/or pull rolltainers for stocking merchandise
- Frequent handling of merchandise and equipment such as handheld scanners, pricing guns, box cutters, merchandise containers, two-wheel dollies, U-boats (six-wheel carts), and rolltainers
- Frequent and proper lifting of up to 40 pounds; occasional lifting of up to 55 pounds
- Occasional climbing (using step ladder) up to heights of six feet
- Fast-paced environment; moderate noise level
- Occasional exposure to outside weather conditions
- Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
We could treat as list.
Benefits: "Dollar General is pleased to offer a wide range of benefit programs designed to care for the physical, mental and financial well-being of our employees and their families. Available benefit programs include health insurance coverage options, a variety of supplemental programs,401(k) Savings Plan, paid sick leave (where required by law), vacation, paid maternity and parental leave, and many more. Eligibility and waiting period requirements may apply. See careers.dollargeneral.com/benefits for additional details."
We need to output as list? It says "Available benefit programs include ..." So we can list them.
We should not include "About Us" or "Company Overview" unless we map to a heading like About the role? Actually "About the role" could be General Summary. "About Us" maybe not needed; but we could include as a section "About the company"? Not in allowed headings. Allowed headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we should not add extra headings like About Us or Company Overview. We could incorporate that info into "About the role" maybe? But the instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., not exclusive list, but we should prefer those. Probably we should stick to those headings. So we can omit About Us and Company Overview as they are not required headings; but we must preserve ALL substantive information. If we omit them, we lose info. However maybe we can incorporate that info into "About the role" or "Responsibilities"? The About Us and Company Overview are not directly about the role but about company. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include that info somewhere. Could we add a section like "About the company"? Not in allowed headings but maybe allowed as e.g. The list is examples; we could add other headings if needed, but they said "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." That suggests we should use those headings for those types of content, but we could also use other headings if needed? The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It doesn't forbid other headings, but they gave examples. Safer to stick to those. However we need to preserve company overview info. Could we put it under "About the role"? That might be a stretch but maybe acceptable as it's about the role's context. But the instruction says "do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it)". Not relevant. Maybe we can treat "About Us" and "Company Overview" as part of "About the role" section. Let's combine them into a prose paragraph under
About the role
. That would preserve the info. Thus sections: - About the role: combine General Summary + About Us + Company Overview? Actually General Summary is about role; About Us and Company Overview are about company. Could still be under About the role. - Responsibilities: Duties And Essential Job Functions. - Requirements: maybe Work Experience and/or Education? Or we could have Requirements (education/experience) and Qualifications (knowledge/skills) and Skills (maybe same as Knowledge and Skills). But we have overlapping. To avoid thin sections, we could combine Knowledge and Skills and Work Experience/Education into a single "Requirements" section with sublists? But we need to use- for any list. Could have two lists under same heading.
Better: Use headings: Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits. That's four sections.
But we also need to capture Knowledge and Skills (which could be Skills). Work Experience/Education could be Requirements. General Summary could be About the role.
Thus:
About the role
: includes General Summary + About Us + Company Overview (prose).Requirements
: includes Work Experience/Education (list).Skills
: includes Knowledge and Skills (list).Benefits
: includes Benefits list. We should not include Pay or Schedule. Now we need to ensure we preserve all substantive info: Let's extract each piece. General Summary prose: "Act as the point of contact for customers. Assist in setting and maintaining plan-o-grams and programs. Stock merchandise adequately. Perform other duties as necessary to maximize profitability, customer satisfaction, and teamwork, while protecting company assets." About Us prose: "Work Where You Matter At Dollar General, our mission is Serving Others! We value each and every one of our employees. Whether you are looking to launch a new career in one of our many convenient Store locations, Distribution Centers, Store Support Center or with our Private Fleet Team, we are proud to provide a wide range of career opportunities. We are not just a retail company; we are a company that values the unique strengths and perspectives that each individual brings. Your difference truly makes a difference at Dollar General. How would you like to Serve? Join the Dollar General Journey and see how your career can thrive." Company Overview prose: "Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers for more than 80 years. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day.® by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at everyday low prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Learn more about Dollar General at www.dollargeneral.com/about-us.html." We need to preserve all that. Could combine into a few paragraphs. Now Requirements list: "High school diploma or equivalent preferred." Skills list: the six items. Benefits list: we need to list items: health insurance coverage options, a variety of supplemental programs, 401(k) Savings Plan, paid sick leave (where required by law), vacation, paid maternity and parental leave, and many more. Also note eligibility and waiting period requirements may apply. See careers.dollargeneral.com/benefits for additional details. That's prose; we could make a list of the specific items and then a sentence about eligibility. We need to not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to keep "many more" phrase. Could include as list item "and many more". Or we could keep as prose after list. We'll output:About the role
Act as the point of contact for customers. Assist in setting and maintaining plan-o-grams and programs. Stock merchandise adequately. Perform other duties as necessary to maximize profitability, customer satisfaction, and teamwork, while protecting company assets.
Work Where You Matter At Dollar General, our mission is Serving Others! We value each and every one of our employees. Whether you are looking to launch a new career in one of our many convenient Store locations, Distribution Centers, Store Support Center or with our Private Fleet Team, we are proud to provide a wide range of career opportunities. We are not just a retail company; we are a company that values the unique strengths and perspectives that each individual brings. Your difference truly makes a difference at Dollar General. How would you like to Serve? Join the Dollar General Journey and see how your career can thrive.
Dollar General Corporation has been delivering value to shoppers for more than 80 years. Dollar General helps shoppers Save time. Save money. Every day.® by offering products that are frequently used and replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids, cleaning supplies, basic apparel, housewares and seasonal items at everyday low prices in convenient neighborhood locations. Learn more about Dollar General at www.dollargeneral.com/about-us.html.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
Skills
- Effective interpersonal and oral communication skills.
- for any list. Could have two lists under same heading.
Better: Use headings: Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits. That's four sections.
But we also need to capture Knowledge and Skills (which could be Skills). Work Experience/Education could be Requirements. General Summary could be About the role.
Thus: