Harrah’s Entertainment Hiring 500 Workers in Vegas

Harrah’s Entertainment is looking to fill 500 jobs at a job fair in Las Vegas. The casino operator needs to fill 125 full-time positions and 375 temporary, on-call or part-time positions at several Vegas casinos, the Associated Press reports.

The job fair will be held Wednesday from 9 a.m to 3 pm. at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino. Among the full-time positions to be filled are retail sales associates, guest room attendants, cooks, front desk agents, security officers, food servers and cashiers.

Seasonal or temporary positions include lifeguards, pool hosts and pool attendants and jobs at the World Series of Poker.

The AP notes unemployment has been particularly high in the Las Vegas area. The jobless rate there rose to 13.9 percent in February, the 14^th consecutive month it’s been at double digits.