Company Name: Chatham Real Food Co-op Market
Location: Chatham, NY

Do you have a passion for cooking? Need to help develop your culinary skills and get paid while doing it ? Chatham Real Food Co-op Market in Chatham, NY is looking for a conscientious hard-working individual to create delicious treats for our café. Cooking experience is helpful. There may be potential for more hours. Duties would include preparing soups, fritattas, andother side dishes as needed. Maintaining the salad bar, juicing, and have fun creating a positive happy atmosphere for hungry customers.

Motivated individuals please apply at personnel.realfood@gmail.com. Please supply brief resume and tell us about yourself.

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Location: Berkshire County

Are you looking for a company with flexible scheduling to demonstrate your merchandising, customer service and organizational skills? Lawrence Merchandising has a great opportunity for you!

Lawrence Merchandising Services (LMS) is a visual merchandising company that services many of the nation’s top retailers and brands. We are always seeking Part time Merchandisers to support our growing client base!

What will I be doing?

As a Part time Merchandiser, you will help ensure client satisfaction by:

• Servicing your local retail stores by completing projects in a timely manner, and always delivering quality.
• Projects vary, but could include stocking, implementing plan-o-grams, visual merchandising, resets, product cut-ins, audits, and developing strong relationships with store personnel.
• By applying at LMS as a Merchandiser, you are signing up to be a contact for us when services are needed within a 15 mile radius of your home. At times we may request for you to service stores outside of this radius on a voluntary basis.
• What does this look like? Check in daily to opt-in on projects as they come available in their area. The amount of projects available depends on the location. Some locations have continuous weekly projects, others are more random. The position is truly flexible!
• Watch this brief video for more information about the Merchandiser position.

Is LMS for you?

• LMS has ongoing nationwide weekly and monthly services and many additional projects available on a first come, first served basis. This position includes variable hours, depending on the territory you are assigned to and the needs of the business.
• There may be time periods where projects are not available. This completely depends on your territory.
• You will be expected to be flexible to the needs of our business, as we continually strive to meet and exceed the needs of our clients.

Perks

• LMS Merchandisers have wonderful flexibility and can view all available projects in their territory each day, selecting which ones they want to take on. Additionally, you can complete the calls any day or time just as long as it is completed by the due date
• Complete your project and do your weekly shopping in the same trip
• Build a career in Merchandising by gaining retail experience
• At LMS you are not an independent contractor, you are a W2 employee and receive all associated benefits such as Employee referral bonus program, 401(k) and voluntary benefit package to those who qualify
• Work independently but have access to a helpful and responsive LMS Resource Center team

Requirements

• Merchandising and/or retail experience preferred
• Ability to stand with varied movement for up to 5 hours at a time, ability to regularly lift up to 5 pounds (and up to 20 pounds on rare occasions), fine motor control (hand movements), speech, hearing, sight, ability to read documents with small font sizes, manual dexterity; with or without reasonable accommodation
• Access to internet, printer, and camera phone (digital camera acceptable)
• Access to a PC or Mac that runs Internet Explorer 11 or later, Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome
• Access to Adobe Acrobat Reader (or ability to download)
• Preferred: Some projects require access to a smartphone or tablet to participate in the services.

How to Apply

• Fill out an online application by visiting: http://www.lmsvc.com/careers/merchandiser-jobs

Company Name: Staples
Location: Berkshire County

The Copy and Print Associate is responsible for cultivating relationships with customers, specifically Small Business customers that result in the opportunity to assess and provide copy and print solutions that exceeds their needs. The Associate is tasked with managing multiple and competing priorities while providing outstanding consultative interaction, producing top quality finished products and an establishing an opportunity to build future business with the customer. The Associate is expected to possess extensive knowledge of the product assortments available to customers and recognize the opportunity to sample and advise the customer on these offerings. The Copy & Print Associate is accountable for demonstrating these behaviors and positively contributing to key business metrics.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• Building Relationships: Expertly skilled at comfortably connecting with customers in an open and informative way that supports the establishment of a Trusted Advisor relationship between the customer and Staples. Curious about the customer’s business and needs beyond the initial transaction and is comfortable leveraging this trusted relationship to offer and provide solutions to support the customer’s copy and print needs. Additionally works collaboratively with peers to ensure the department and customer’s needs are met.
• Focus on Service – Anticipate Service Needs: Demonstrates a passion for engaging with customers with the intent to identify and meet the customer’s needs. Consistently seeks out ways to provide service and solutions that will positively impact the customer’s experience and ensure Staples is always the customer’s first choice in all copy and print solutions. Recognizes the value of anticipating a customer’s business needs and thinking creatively to offer solutions to meet those needs. Ensures an inviting environment for customers by maintaining a neat, clean and organized center.
• Adaptability: Thrives in a fast paced complex working environment. Is comfortable balancing competing priorities and flexing between many tasks at a given time. Is able to effectively prioritize and manage tasks and timelines to meet the customer’s needs. Remains calm during tense situation; demonstrates “grace under pressure”. Flexible “can do” attitude.
• Listening Attentively: Demonstrates a genuine interest in the customer and asks questions and actively listens for information to understand their business and copy and print needs. Able to understand the customer’s need and translate into value added solutions.
• Manage Execution: Passionate about producing top quality products within the time specifications the customer requires. Capitalizes on the order intake process as an opportunity to consult with the customer to understand the needs and make suggests that would enhance the final product. Is skilled at the intake process and managing details in a complex work environment. Recognizes the importance professionally finished quality product has on our customer’ business and is never happy with “good enough”. Comfortable with juggling multiple projects and customers at any given time and can easily shift priority when the need arises. Adheres to any copy and print processes and procedures to ensure the highest degree of efficiency is practices in the copy and print center
• Drive for Results: Has a focus and desire to consistently take measures that will result in the success of the copy and print center. Recognizes the correlation between providing customers solutions to their business needs and driving key metrics.
• Diversity: Works cooperatively with people who have different backgrounds, knowledge, styles, talents, perspectives, values, belief.

Basic Qualifications:

• Previous experience working in a customer service environment
• Basic computer skills including: Open, save and send electronic files; experience using email; basic knowledge of Microsoft Word (or similar programs)
• Able to work a flexible schedule

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Experience working in a retail and/or fast paced customer environment; Experience in Copy and Print a plus
• Computer Skills: Experience with all Microsoft Office (or similar) programs including Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Skilled with desktop publishing software including Adobe and Publisher
• Willingness and preference to follow processes, safety standards and policies

Reporting to this Person: No direct reports

To apply, if interested, please call the appropriate phone number below:

Pittsfield – GM Dan Salzarulo – (413)-496-9042

Great Barrington – GM Tim Newton – (413)-644-0235

District Manager – Terry Coles – (518)-605-9387