Mandatory Qualifications
Interns must be 16 years old by June 10th, 2025. River City High School students must have completed at least one course in one of WUSD’s Career Technical Education Pathways. View qualifying courses here. Yolo High School and Washington Middle College students must have a recommendation form filled out by a teacher or counselor. All participants must have also participated in or watched a recording of an online informational session about the internships offered by the Home Run team.
Responsibilities
Interns will get a variety of experiences, including hands on experience inside a small family-run business. Main responsibilities will include retrieving customer orders during pickup days, organizing warehouse inventory, and working directly with the assistant manager to ensure an efficient and safe worksite for all staff. Intern will also work alongside our warehouse team to accurately photograph items that will be posted for auction. If the intern expresses interest, they can also work on our social media accounts and advertising campaigns.
About the Business
BidRL West Sacramento is a local franchised online auction focused on giving consumer goods a second life at bargain prices for the community while reducing waste and products sent to the landfill. We receive weekly truckloads of liquidated goods from large retailers like Amazon, Target, Costco, & Home Depot, photograph each item, and list it for sale starting at only $1. Customers bid on items at home and then pickup their winnings in person at our West Sacramento warehouse.
Preferred Abilities
Willingness to learn, ability to communicate, team player, and positive attitude.
Learning outcomes
Intern will learn customer service and sales skills to maintain existing customers and attract new repeat customers.
Intern will learn the importance of teamwork & collaboration in the workplace.
Intern will learn about the liquidation and reverse logistics industry, and how there is a strong business need for discount retailers.
Intern will learn what it takes to successfully operate a small business.
Special Project
Intern will work on creating at least one Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) document based on the daily work duties of a full-time employee. The SOP will be a simplified step-by-step guide with text and images outlining how to perform a business process.
Additional Information
Primary work environment will be in our warehouse, which can get warm in the summer heat. Daily work will include lifting and moving items up to 50 pounds, using carts and dollies, and standing/walking a lot. Limited work will occur in the office seated at a desk.