Six Flags to hire 4,000 at Saturday job fair

JACKSON - Six Flags Great Adventure will have a job fair on Saturday in hopes of hiring 4,000 workers for the summer tourism season.

The amusement park is trying to fill dozens of different kinds of jobs. Among them: ride operators, security, landscaping and safari guides.

The Jackson-based amusement park opens its 2016 season on March 23. Its schedule will ramp up during the summer. And it officially lasts until Jan. 1.

3 Shore employers who are hiring

The job fair will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the employment center. Auditions for entertainment jobs – actors, dancers, show hosts, stilt walkers and jugglers – will be at 2 p.m.

Candidates should fill out on application online at www.sixflagsjobs.com before attending the fair. On Saturday, they should go to the employment entrance, one mile west of the main park entrance.

Michael L. Diamond; 732-643-4038; mdiamond@gannettnj.com