He seemed to like me and he sent me along to the second step, a panel interview. Sitting next to him was a guy who looked really familiar - apparently he runs the Showboat poker room. I stood in a long line after getting there at around 7:30 PM yesterday (which was amazing considering it was at the end of a four hour Job Fair, the second of three of them - those who say that the economy sucks and that casinos do provide a good number of jobs are both right) and filled out an application even though I already applied online at the Harrah's website and even though I made up a Dealer Resume.Īfter filling it out and getting in line I finally found myself in a one-on-one situation with a guy who was nice and asked me about ten questions that all had to do with my personality and attitude with one or two questions asking me specifically why I wanted to be a poker dealer but none of which addressed my qualifications (which, while lacking compared to someone with casino experience was probably strong at an open Job Fair).
The Job Fair assumes that not many people in the area have dealer experience or training and in fact whatever credentials I have neither helped nor hurt me. I just went to a Table Games Job Fair for Harrah's.
