How to hire a jewelry consultant

How to hire a jewelry consultant, step by step

Here's a step-by-step jewelry consultant hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write a jewelry consultant job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new jewelry consultant
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the jewelry consultant you need to hire. Certain jewelry consultant roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

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   Hiring the perfect jewelry consultant also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   The following list breaks down different types of jewelry consultants and their corresponding salaries.

   Type of Jewelry Consultant	Description	Hourly rate
   Jewelry Consultant	Retail sales workers include both those who sell retail merchandise, such as clothing, furniture, and automobiles, (called retail salespersons) and those who sell spare and replacement parts and equipment, especially car parts (called parts salespersons). Both types of workers help customers find the products they want and process customers’ payments.	$17-26
   Sales Clerk	A sales clerk is responsible for assisting customers in purchasing products, responding to customer inquiries, and providing product recommendations. Sales clerks require excellent customer service and communication skills to offer the best services to the customers and maintain good customer feedback for the business... Show more	$7-18
   Retail Clerk	A retail clerk is responsible for selling goods and services to the customers, recommending products based on their needs, and responding to the customers' inquiries and concerns about the product. Retail clerks assist with the store's marketing strategies, organize product displays, monitor inventories, endorse promotional discounts, and help customers on their checkout payments... Show more	$11-18

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Customer Service
   • Sales Floor
   • Product Knowledge
   • POS
   • Bank Deposits
   • Inventory Control
   • Store Performance
   • Cash Drawers
   • Customer Issues
   • Customer Relations
   • Sales Quota
   • Computer System
   • Customer Complaints
   • Loss Prevention

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   Responsibilities:

   • Maintain POS software and assist with computer relate problems as they occur on the network.
   • Exhibit rudimentary math skills and advance communication skills when efficiently cashiering in a fast pace environment.
   • Perform minor repairs on Kohl's jewelry like changing watch batteries and removing watch links.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your jewelry consultant job description is one of the best ways to attract top talent. A jewelry consultant can vary based on:

   • Location. For example, jewelry consultants' average salary in indiana is 39% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level jewelry consultants 33% less than senior-level jewelry consultants.
   • Certifications. A jewelry consultant with certifications usually earns a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for an established firm or a new start-up company can make a big difference in a jewelry consultant's salary.

   Average jewelry consultant salary

   $45,680yearly

   $21.96 hourly rate

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   Entry-level jewelry consultant salary

   $37,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 27, 2025

4. Writing a jewelry consultant job description

   A job description for a jewelry consultant role includes a summary of the job's main responsibilities, required skills, and preferred background experience. Including a salary range can also go a long way in attracting more candidates to apply, and showing the first name of the hiring manager can also make applicants more comfortable. As an example, here's a jewelry consultant job description:

   Jewelry consultant job description example

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   As a member of the store team, your role as a jewelry consultant is to develop strong customer relationships while maximizing sales performance as a jewelry expert. You will help provide exceptional store experiences for each and every customer while developing your skills as a salesperson and teammate.
   
   As a leader in the jewelry industry for four generations and as the largest family-owned jeweler in the U.S., Shane Co. serves our customers with an unparalleled standard of excellence. Our people get to share in our customers' milestone moments such as weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, and everything in between. We are looking for passionate, fun, vibrant individuals who want to be a part of our dynamic company culture in a retail environment.
   
   Our goal for you is to give you an employment experience like no other so you wake up and want to come to work every day! If you love being part of a team as well as providing personal attention to every customer, this is the place for you!
   
   Responsibilities
   
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   As a member of a high performing team, you will be providing excellent service and helping team members do the same. Daily responsibilities may include:
   
   Providing sales presentations based on the features and benefits of our products, closing sales, and clienteling with existing customers.
   Cultivating an in-depth knowledge of our products to provide the best experience possible for our customers.
   Maximizing sales utilizing teamwork, peer to peer coaching, Floor Direction, and methods of selling such as personalizing the sale to the unique needs of the customer.
   Assisting with maintaining accurate inventory of all merchandise and ensuring merchandise security.
   Participating in and exemplifying our company culture.
   Partnering with the Store Visual Merchandiser to understand and help uphold all merchandising standards including case presentation and storytelling.
   Performing duties related to opening or closing the store.
   
   No jewelry experience? No problem! We will provide you with the training you need to be able to demonstrate an in-depth knowledge of our merchandise, represent our brand, and create an exceptional store experience for each and every customer. In addition, we care about your personal experience as an employee and providing you with career development opportunities.
   
   Qualifications
   
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   Prior sales or customer-facing experience required. Retail sales or hospitality industry experience preferred with the ability to present features and benefits of unique products. Prior experience with jewelry sales is neither relevant nor required… we will teach you!
   We are available to our customers when they need us so evening and weekend availability is a must. (Though unlike most retailers, we are closed on major holidays!)
   Genuine enjoyment in working with people is necessary; we love our customers!
   High performing and driven to achieve goals in a fast-paced environment.
   Great listener… we need you to listen to each customer's needs.
   Great ability to provide and receive feedback from peers, supervisors, and customers and adapt behavior with coaching.
   Ability to maintain customer relationships in a changing sales environment.
   Energetic team player.
   Must possess a high level of visual acuity and manual dexterity.
   Excellence in written and spoken English is required; you will communicate with our customers and home office team members in writing as well as face to face. Minimum of a high school diploma or equivalent is required.
   
   Behavioral Characteristics
   
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   Proactive and goal-driven individuals who are confident in themselves and undaunted by challenges will have the best success in this role. Strong initiative, resourcefulness, and communication skills are important, as well as the ability to achieve results through collaboration and thinking creatively. The ability to communicate with each of our unique customers and being able to adapt to their needs is necessary, as is a commitment to results. The ability to work as part of a team while maintaining excellent personal performance is a quality of successful candidates.
   
   Work Environment
   
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   The primary environment for this role is a bright, well-lit, retail store. Standing and walking are required a significant portion of the time. This role requires bending, reaching, twisting, stooping, and occasional lifting of objects. Most business is conducted with customers in person. Manual dexterity, visual acuity, and color discernment are required at a very high level and with high frequency. This role is not a remote role.
   
   Why Work for Shane Co.?
   
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   Shane Co. is a family owned business and everyone who works in our organization is part of the family. This family point of view is exactly why we want to take care of you AND your family.
   
   We want driven and competitive people who help us satisfy our customers' needs. In our stores, we do not sell on commission, we offer a competitive base rate and we bonus based on team performance.
   We focus on providing you a time off package that is very generous for retail! It is important for us to be available when our customers need us. Our store employees do work weekends and evenings. However, you accrue 3 weeks of vacation in your first year! In addition, you also earn 6 sick days per year. We are closed on 7 holidays (unlike most retailers), AND we pay you for one volunteer day per year! The longer you work with us, the more vacation time you earn.
   Unlike other companies who just offer low paying disability insurance to cover your major illness situations, we offer the ability to earn time off at FULL pay for the care of yourself or a family member! When your family needs you, we want you to be able to be there for them.
   We offer very competitive medical, dental and vision plans, as well as a 401 (k) plan with a company match, company paid life insurance, and flexible spending accounts for medical, daycare or mass transit commuting expense. We also offer a number of discounted voluntary benefits including long-term disability, life insurance for your dependents, pet insurance and even things like discounted travel and movie tickets!
   We have benefits focused on you AND any family member (Partner, children and even your parents!) including counseling, legal advice, assistance in finding appropriate medical specialists and even help in understanding medical bills!
   And, of course, we offer a generous discount in our stores or online for you AND your family members!
   
   Pay starting at $21.75 per hour based on the candidate's experience and skills, plus opportunity to bonus monthly based on team performance.
   
   Employer will not sponsor visa or work authorization.

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5. Post your job

   To find jewelry consultants for your business, try out a few different recruiting strategies:

   • Consider internal talent. One of the most important talent pools for any company is its current employees.
   • Ask for referrals. Reach out to friends, family members, and your current work to ask if they know any jewelry consultants they would recommend.
   • Recruit at local colleges. Attend job fairs at local colleges to recruit entry-level jewelry consultants with the right educational background.
   • Social media platforms. LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter have more than 3.5 billion users, and they're a great place for company branding and reaching potential job candidates.

   To find jewelry consultant candidates, you can consider the following options:

   • Post your job opening on Zippia or other job search websites.
   • Use niche websites that focus on engineering and technology jobs, such as salesjobs, salesheads, allretailjobs.com, sales trax.
   • Post your job on free job posting websites.

6. Interview candidates

   To successfully recruit jewelry consultants, your first interview needs to engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. You can go into more detail about the company, the role, and the responsibilities during follow-up interviews.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new jewelry consultant

   Once you've found the jewelry consultant candidate you'd like to hire, it's time to write an offer letter. This should include an explicit job offer that includes the salary and the details of any other perks. Qualified candidates might be looking at multiple positions, so your offer must be competitive if you like the candidate. Also, be prepared for a negotiation stage, as candidates may way want to tweak the details of your initial offer. Once you've settled on these details, you can draft a contract to formalize your agreement.

   It's also good etiquette to follow up with applicants who don't get the job by sending them an email letting them know that the position has been filled.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new jewelry consultant. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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