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600 Jobs up for Grabs in the Poconos

TANNERSVILLE — Hundreds of new positions need to be filled, and fast, in the Poconos. Camelback Resort is hosting a job fair Friday night and Saturday mor...

TANNERSVILLE -- Hundreds of new positions need to be filled, and fast, in the Poconos.

Camelback Resort is hosting a job fair Friday night and Saturday morning to hire for its new resort and indoor water park.

Camelback is getting down to business at their new indoor water park. The slides are being assembled and now the resort is looking to hire the people to run it.

"Everything from lifeguards to front desk associates to maintenance to activities coordinators, everything. We're looking to hire all positions," said marketing specialist Kelly Joffe.

About 600 full-time and part-time jobs are up for grabs, something the Pocono Mountains Visitors Bureau believes is good for the entire area.

"It's huge for the region and it's our thought that with the boost there, we're going to see a boost in employment all around," said visitors bureau official Elizabeth Richardson.

On-the-spot interviews are scheduled to take place in the chateau resort, at the base of the mountain this Friday and Saturday.

"Fill out an application, bring it with them, bring a resume if they have one because they're going to be conducting on-the-spot interviews," Joffe said.

Those 600 positions need to be filled quickly, because although it might not look like it, the waterpark is scheduled to open in a little more than a month.

"Yeah, we're opening up really soon. We target on opening up for April, so, like I said, we're looking to fill 600 positions and we're looking to fill them quickly," Joffe added.

The visitors bureau says already one third of the Poconos relies on tourism jobs.

"It's better here than it is in a lot of our neighboring regions and I think tourism has a huge thing to do with that," Richardson said.

Camelback says all of the jobs come with competitive pay and perks.

For more information on Camelback resort's job fair, click here.

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