{"id":130197,"date":"2026-02-11T17:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130197\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T17:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T17:05:08","slug":"bronx-zoo-hosts-career-fair-for-more-than-500-youths-interested-in-working-in-zoos-and-aquariums-bronx-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130197\/","title":{"rendered":"Bronx Zoo hosts career fair for more than 500 youths interested in working in zoos and aquariums \u2013 Bronx Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"800\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/image001-7.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"career fair\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Attendees of the WCS JIVE at the Bronx Zoo on Feb. 7, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: Nat Moss\/WCS<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/bronxzoo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Bronx Zoo<\/a> hosted a career fair for over 500 young people who were interested in working at zoos and aquariums in New York City on Saturday, Feb. 7.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-140016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-07-at-12.41.13.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"751\"  \/>Photo credit: Nat Moss\/WCS\n<\/p>\n<p>The event, known as the WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) Youth JIVE (Job, Internship and Volunteering Expo), is designed to connect these youths with hiring managers for employment, volunteer and internship opportunities at the Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, Queens Zoo and New York Aquarium.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-140015\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/JIVE-table.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"880\"  \/>One of the tables at the career fair at the Bronx Zoo. Photo credit: Nat Moss\/WCS<\/p>\n<p>This marked the tenth year of this career fair. The WCS JIVE provides youths with vital entry points to get exposed to real-world opportunities in conservation, animal care, education, visitor services and more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-140017\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-07-at-12.41.14.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"814\"  \/>Photo credit: Nat Moss\/WCS<\/p>\n<p>In addition to providing direct access to hiring managers, the career fair also gave attendees hands-on guidance and resources to build confidence and professional skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Attendees of the WCS JIVE at the Bronx Zoo on Feb. 7, 2026. Photo credit: Nat Moss\/WCS &#13;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":130198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,25511,55975,9,24,63,129,131,130,55976],"class_list":["post-130197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-bronx-zoo","tag-career-fair","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news","tag-wcs-youth-jive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}