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Location: Short Hills, NJ
Company: Bloomingdales
Experience: Mid-level
Highest Level of Education: High School Diploma



Job Responsibilities
To ensure that each customer receives an outstanding shopping experience and this maybe as simple as handing their bag to them to ordering items from several stores...
Uppers
It's exhilarating when your suggestions for putting together an outfit comes to fruition.
Downers
Probably the long hours and holiday weekends that one needs to work...
Lifestyle
Our dress code is black only simple but boring...
Compensation
My position is a commissioned position whereby it is salary versus your draw. I must sell a $5,500.00 before I can start earning commission which is either 5%,6%, or 7% depending on what is sold. If I do not reach my goal I will earn 9$ an hour for 37 and a half hours weekly...
Advice to Jobseekers
They must be both people oriented and provide excellant customer service to each and every customer and stride to make each transaction an outstanding shopping experience.

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