Mountaineer Job Fair

The Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort held its first job fair since table games were passed in West Virginia. The fair was held on Monday at the track, and more than 400 people chose to attend the event. By 4 pm, they had seen hundreds of resumes and applications from people applying for a variety of positions.

Their public relations director, Tamara Cronin said that they are going to need more than just dealers, so it is good that they have had as many people apply as they have, for the different positions that they will have to offer. Since voters approved the table games at Mountaineer on June 30th, the track has been busy at work preparing for the impending table game addition.

They are going to need 442 dealers and operators total, and they have about 140 signed up already. They will have 90 casino style games, with at least half of those going to poker. Cronin said the other half will end up as blackjack, roulette, craps and baccarat.

There were other departments represented in addition to the gaming one, as they will need more employees in their marketing, security, food and beverage, and service areas as well. Cronin said she was not surprised at the number of people who showed up, thought it was representative of the number of jobs that are needed in the county.

Cronin said that there is obviously a big need for jobs in Hancock County, and the number of applicants just solidified what a great choice voters made in making the table games legal. They said that they will be holding more job fairs as well as this one.

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