Employment
See what the public has to say about the Shark Shoppe! Here are some interview questions asked to the current employees and their advisor, highlighting the fundamentals of entrepreneurship.
Q: What are your favorite items to buy at the Shark Shoppe?
A: Mountain Dew, Slim Jims, and St. Louis Shark clothing.
Q: What was the biggest challenge you encountered when setting up your business?
A: Finding good suppliers that offered shark-related goods.
Q: What was the easiest part of setting up your business?
A: Getting permission was the easiest because all staff and students shared the mutual idea of setting up a school store.
Q: What types of technology do you incorporate in your business?
A: We order goods online from the Sam's Club website, sort through items on oriental trading, and use handheld calculators.
Q: What skills do you look for in an employee?
A: Reliability, punctuality, trustworthiness, dependibility; the need to be showing up for their every shift.
Q: What do you do to promote your business?
A: We took pictures and made colorful signs to hang up in the school hallways as well as local businesses like 7-eleven and McDonalds to attract customers.
Q: How is your store innovative?
A: It is the first school store in the St. Louis school district, and completely operated by kids for kids.
Q: What are your favorite items to buy at the Shark Shoppe?
A: Mountain Dew, Slim Jims, and St. Louis Shark clothing.
Q: What was the biggest challenge you encountered when setting up your business?
A: Finding good suppliers that offered shark-related goods.
Q: What was the easiest part of setting up your business?
A: Getting permission was the easiest because all staff and students shared the mutual idea of setting up a school store.
Q: What types of technology do you incorporate in your business?
A: We order goods online from the Sam's Club website, sort through items on oriental trading, and use handheld calculators.
Q: What skills do you look for in an employee?
A: Reliability, punctuality, trustworthiness, dependibility; the need to be showing up for their every shift.
Q: What do you do to promote your business?
A: We took pictures and made colorful signs to hang up in the school hallways as well as local businesses like 7-eleven and McDonalds to attract customers.
Q: How is your store innovative?
A: It is the first school store in the St. Louis school district, and completely operated by kids for kids.