Job seekers gathered at Presque Isle State Park for a chance to land a summer job on one of Lake Erie’s busiest shorelines.
The Tom Ridge Environmental Center buzzed with activity Sunday morning as dozens of applicants stepped inside for the Lake Erie lifeguard job fair.
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Organizers ran the event in two sessions, one at 10 am and the other at noon, giving people a chance to interview on the spot and potentially walk out with a job offer.
“This has been, sometimes it’s taken us months to get some of them through this process and we were able to get through it in an afternoon,” said Bob North, the Lake Erie lifeguard manager.
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To have all beaches open, the park needs 55 lifeguards on staff.
Officials said they hope Sunday’s job fair helps them avoid the staffing shortages that forced the beach closures in past summers.
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