Eric Brant
@ericbrant
Resourceful sales and recruiting professional with strong customer service and hiring experience.
What I'm looking for
I am a resourceful, analytical, and reliable professional with broad experience in sales, recruiting, and customer service across retail and staffing industries. I have a track record selling furniture and sleep products, preparing taxes seasonally, retaining customers for telecom, and sourcing and onboarding industrial and security candidates.
I value helping companies grow by improving revenue and retention, streamlining hiring and onboarding, and delivering excellent customer-facing support. My background teaching and instructing also sharpens my communication and coaching skills, which I apply to build relationships and improve team outcomes.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Sleep Specialist
Living Spaces
Sep 2024 - Jun 2025 (9 months)
Sold mattresses, pillows, and sleep accessories while advising customers to match products to sleep needs, contributing to store revenue and upsell of case goods.
Retail Sales Specialist
Furniture Mall of Kansas
May 2024 - Jul 2024 (2 months)
Sold bedroom and dining case goods, submitted special orders, and answered product questions to support customer purchases and order fulfillment.
Retention Specialist
Spectrum
Jul 2023 - Nov 2023 (4 months)
Retained customers by adjusting services and resolving billing and technical issues while explaining service benefits to reduce churn.
Appointment Setter / Recruiter
Grafton Staffing
Aug 2022 - Jul 2023 (11 months)
Sourced and interviewed industrial candidates, processed onboarding documents, and posted job ads to fill assignments efficiently.
Recruiting Supervisor
SK Security
Jun 2022 - Aug 2022 (2 months)
Sourced candidates for security guard roles and managed temporary recruitment activities to meet client staffing needs.
Recruiter
Focus Workforce Management
Sep 2021 - May 2022 (8 months)
Sourced and interviewed applicants for industrial assignments, coordinating placements to fulfill client workforce requirements.
Music Instructor
Self-Employed
Feb 2015 - Sep 2021 (6 years 7 months)
Taught bass, drums, keyboard, and guitar to students of varying ages, developing lesson plans and tracking student progress over multiple years.
Bookseller
Barnes & Noble
Oct 2016 - Jul 2018 (1 year 9 months)
Processed transactions, answered customer inquiries, and made personalized recommendations to drive sales and customer satisfaction.
Discourse Instructor
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Aug 2017 - Mar 2018 (7 months)
Taught Discourse 100 & 200 as a graduate teaching assistant, delivering curriculum and assessing student writing and participation.
Appointment Setter
Celebrity China and Cookware
Mar 2013 - Feb 2015 (1 year 11 months)
Invited engaged and newlywed couples to bridal shows, generating leads and appointments for product demonstrations and sales events.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Bachelor of Arts, English
2015 - 2016
Completed a Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Missouri-Kansas City between 2015 and 2016.
University of Missouri
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
1994 - 1999
Completed a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at the University of Missouri from 1994 to 1999.
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