I got a part time seasonal position at Sephora!!!
It totally wasn’t planned. I was there 1 day with my mom because she’s NEVER been to a Sephora store. One of the employee, who turned out to be the assistant manager, asked if we needed any help. I cheerfully replied, “oh no! I’m totally good. I know this store so well I could practically work here!”
He laughed, and asked if I would like an application to really work there, and I was in a good mood so I said, “sure!” The manager of the store came by to say hi, so I thought, wow, I must of made an impression, I should apply.
I submitted the application, went through the interview process, and got hired! What helped? The immense amount of knowledge I have from reading blogs like the BBs! I know so much more about skincare than the average shopper, and having these online discussions about beauty translated effortlessly into real life conversations during the interviews. So thank you Brains!!!
I just completed the orientation and left with some goodies. I got a NARS lipstick in Masai, which is a sheer shimmery plum, a Laura Mercier in Plum Berry, a Cargo Eyeshadow Duo in Arizona, which contains a gold taupe and a dark purple that are both sheer but with buildable pigments, a facial wash by Cosmedicine, and a deluxe sized sample of Clinique’s Repairwear Intensive Eyecream.
I can’t WAIT to start working there. The store I’m in is actually surrounded by a lot of finance/consulting firms (Century City), so a lot of our clients are probably really stressed out right now. We all know shopping and getting that cute new shade of lipstick/gloss is such a great stress reliever, so being there and being able to help them lift their spirits will make me feel fulfilled.
Oh yea.. I do have to get a new Caudalie lip balm. My husband needed some lip balm, but I was sleeping, so I told him to get it from my bag. I have 2 lip balms in my bag, the Caudalie one, and a Softlip one. He saw the Caudalie one first, tried it, and liked it so much he took it from me! And this is a man who used soap to wash his face for the longest time (now he uses Nivea)! Oh well, there’s that employee discount waiting for me. <3 <3 <3
2 responses so far ↓
1 Nicky // Nov 4, 2008 at 1:07 am
hey I just applied to a sephora store. what is your payrate and are you seasonal? how long was your orientation? Would love to hear from you.
2 Gloria // Nov 4, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Hey Nicky,
I haven’t officially started yet since training keeps getting pushed back. For this is what I know for now. I’m hired as a seasonal, but the store tries to retain around 80% of all their seasonal hires as a permanent cast member. It really depends on how well the store did/is doing around the end of January. I’m getting paid $11/hour, which is probably going right back to Sephora anyways. The orientation itself was around 4 hours, from 10 to 2:30 with a 30 minute break. I still have a 4 hour training that includes 2 hours of POS training before the store opens, and 2 hours of shadowing, before I can start working.
Hope this helps!
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