History of Deseret Book

Deseret Book Company is the largest latter-day Saint book publisher and also owns a chain of LDS bookstores in the western United States. More than 150 people work in its Salt Lake City headquarters. In holidays, over 1000 employees work at over 30 Deseret Book store locations.

Owned completely by Deseret Management Corporation, which is owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Deseret Book is controled separately, but distributes media in accord with church doctrine. As a publisher, Deseret Book publishes under four imprints with media ranging from doctrine and LDS fiction books, to electronic resources and sound recordings for example Mormon Tabernacle Choir albums.

The Deseret Book Company merged from the Deseret News Bookstore and the Deseret Sunday School Union Bookstore in 1919 and formally adopted its name in 1920. Both of these Utah bookstores trace their organizational roots to George Q. Cannon, a Latter-day Saint General Authority. The bookstore is named after deseret, a word from the Book of Mormon meaning honeybee.

Job Description/Average Wage

Retail Store Manager: The principal responsibility of a retail manager is handling and overseeing all the usual processes that are carried out in the store. He/She manages the product inventory, salespersons, goods for display, sales, etc. However, he doesn’t manage every single record of a product, but roughly has a record of all products and the people who are responsible for managing the products. Apart from product and customer management, he/she also has to take care of the interests of the members in his sales team, as they are the ones who are in direct contact with the consumers.Hiring efficient employees is an important liability handed over to the store manager. He/She has to supervise and participate in recruiting by taking interviews of eligible candidates. He/She also has a very important duty of imparting training and development to the employees and salespersons. Training and development is really needed for employees to increase sales and serve the consumers in a better manner. The position’s average salary is $24,000 to $54,000 a year.

Truck Driver: Your job is to drive light to medium-sized truck to make deliveries and pick-ups of merchandise and sort merchandise transfers and intra-company mail. The perfect candidate will have a CDL with an excellent driving record, be able to perform heavy lifting, and have great interpersonal communication skills.   May require use of automatic routing or location software. May load and unload truck. Your average wage will be from $24.000 to $46.000 a year.

Supervisor: Store Supervisors are liable in assisting other store crew with their task and assuring that they are performing their job well. They also oversee the flow of service in the store and act as the acting officer if the presence of the Manager is not available. Some of the basic tasks are stated below:

• Help other store employees with their work.
• Distribute tasks and orders to employees.
• Train and appraise trainees.
• Check the course of the store from time to time.

The average wage for this job is $15—$21 an hour.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and life insurance
• Paid leave and paid holidays
• 401 (K) savings plan with company match
• Company funded pension plan
• Base salary plus incentive
• Merchandise discount
• Closed Sundays

How to apply

For the easiest and most suitable way to apply for a Deseret Book position, you may fill-up their online job application via this site https://deseretbook.com/hr/apply.     Just enter your information into their safe online form, choose the position(s) you’re interested in, and click submit. Feel free to attach your unformatted, text-only resume into the space provided.

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