Hire Cashiers for Your Business’ High Season

Looking to Hire a Cashier?

If you’re looking to fill a cashier position for your business, GigSmart can help you find the ideal candidate that meets your needs. Whether temporary or on-demand, seasonal or year-round, full-time or part-time, we connect you to a large pool of applicants with the qualifications you’re looking for to join your team. Make your choice easier with some pointers on how to hire the right cashier for your business.

Hire a Cashier that’s Right for Your Business

Cashiers have a number of responsibilities that while straightforward, require a certain level of skill and care. Since they’ll be interacting with customers face-to-face, customer service is a large percentage of the role. That means that as the main interaction between your business and customers, cashiers represent your business values and ideals and should always provide excellent service. For this reason, finding the right candidate to fill the position is very important, and should be considered carefully. 

Typical Tasks and Responsibilities for Cashiers

What a cashier does on a day-to-day basis will, of course, depend on the specific needs of your business. Typically, most responsibilities that cashiers are tasked with include: 

• Processing cash, debit, and credit card transactions 
•  Issue refunds and exchanges 
• Redeem coupons and gift cards 
• Customer service including answering any questions and building rapport
• Maintaining the cashier counter clean and tidy
• Balancing cash register transactions at the end of shifts 
• Providing accurate transaction reports 
• Upselling

Outside of these responsibilities, you may choose to have your cashier fulfill other tasks like general cleaning duties, answering calls, or other duties that are unique to the needs of your business. Regardless, make sure that your job posting clearly states exactly what you’re looking for to make your search easier. 

Create a Job Description to Match Your Needs

The first step to finding the right cashier for your business is to write up a job post that accurately speaks to the responsibilities of the role. Consider the level and years of experience you’re requiring, and state compensation as well as any benefits that come with employment. If you’d like for them to have a background in sales or other relevant experience, make sure to also include that in your post. 

Onboarding Your Cashier

While most cashier positions don’t require a lot of experience, it’s still crucial to provide your new team member(s) adequate training to ensure their success. Their ability to excel will largely depend on proper training, and since they will be working with money, precision, and accuracy are a must. 

Remember, these individuals are the representatives of your business. It’s important to provide them with proper guidance in terms of how they should interact with the customer, including during high-tension moments that could potentially arise. A properly trained cashier can elevate the customer experience which could then turn into repeat business for you.