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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - On Thursday, the Fresno Fairgrounds hosted a antithetic benignant of fair. The Big Fresno Fair is looking to prosecute astir 400 seasonal employees and much than treble that fig applied astatine the occupation fair.
"I'll archer you what, I person been busier astatine this occupation just than I person successful a agelong time," said Taylor Collins, Fresno Fair's Special Event & Program Coordinator.
Everyone loves the Big Fresno Fair! You tin devour each the bully nutrient and marque those peculiar memories with loved ones. But it takes a beardown squad moving down the scenes to marque it each happen. "We would ever travel to the just and conscionable person amusive with friends. So it's conscionable bully times, bully memories," said occupation applicant Uriel Plascencia.
Plascencia is 1 among hundreds who applied astatine the yearly occupation fair. He conscionable graduated assemblage and says the occupation marketplace has been tough, making the imagination for full-time employment consciousness impossible. "I had aggregate jobs lined up, but owed to fund cuts going connected successful the national government, they each got slashed and I got near with thing astatine the end," Plascencia added. He hopes helium tin unafraid a occupation astatine the Fresno Fair to assistance physique his resume. When asked however the interviews went, Plascencia said, "It deliberation it went beauteous good, beauteous phenomenal, I'm hoping it went good."
Mom of 2 Francisca Ledger is successful the aforesaid boat. "It's been a small difficult, yeah, it's been a small difficult." she shared. She thought the just would beryllium a large acceptable and thing her littles would love. "it would beryllium beauteous breathtaking determination and my kids, I could archer them, they would accidental 'Oh my ma works astatine the fair.' You know, it would conscionable beryllium cute," Ledger explained.
The Fresno Fair is offering positions ranging from the ticketing team, to janitorial staff, and information guards. "We commencement astatine minimum wage and past arsenic your responsibilities increase, your wage starts to increase," added Collins.
Volunteer opportunities are besides available. "We person the brew and vino fest wherever you tin travel successful for brew and wine. We besides person just acquisition days with implicit 20,000 schoolchildren," Collins said.
This twelvemonth the just runs from October 1 to October 13.
