Thousands of people move to Las Vegas every month, and many of them find work in the city's core industry, hotel-casinos. But they're not just handing out jobs at the state line, The market is competitive and, surprisingly, some of the jobs with the simplest descriptions and least amount of experience are the hardest to get.
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Hospitality
• Bartender
An estimated 100 million alcoholic drinks are consumed each year in Las Vegas. With demand like that, you may think bartenders are a dime a dozen, and the jobs are just waiting to be filled.
• Bellman
You know you're not in the motor lodge anymore when a bellman arrives to carry your bags in a Las Vegas hotel. It's a service many travelers today may have never experienced until they have stayed in one of the city's sprawling, luxurious resorts.
• Cocktail Server
One of the most ubiquitous figures in any casino is the cocktail server. She is a Las Vegas icon, and not everyone who knows her way around a tray of Bud Light and tequila shots is guaranteed to take a turn in her high heels.
• Concierge
If there's a jack of all trades in the hotel industry, it's the concierge. They make dinner reservations and arrange for taxis and limos. They come to the traveler's rescue with forgotten items. They plan weddings, help arrange for child and pet care, even find the nearest AA meeting for a guest. The concierge strives to make a hotel's guests feel at home, or like they never even left.
• Front Desk/Reservations Agent
The front desk is the nerve center of any hotel, and the people who work there do far more than hand out room keys. They're on hospitality's front lines, welcoming guests to the hotel, taking their requests and complaints, funneling them to the correct departments, and seeing them off when their stay is over.
• Valet Attendant
Valet parking in Las Vegas is practically viewed as an inalienable right. At virtually every hotel-casino, and even hospitals and shopping centers, it's free -- just be sure to tip. Longtime locals and visitors alike have come to take valet parking for granted as one of the city's best perks.
Gaming
• Casino Host
A casino host is like a genie in the bottle to hotel guests & gamblers: He has the power to grant wishes.
• Dealer
Despite the fact that slot and video poker machines make up most of a casino's revenue, and electronic versions of table games are on the rise, well-trained dealers for table games are still in demand throughout Las Vegas. And there's no shortage of people lining up to learn how to shuffle cards and sling dice.
• Slot Tech
Slot machines are a casino's bread and butter, accounting for roughly half of its gaming revenue. It's no surprise, then, that qualified technicians are in high demand to keep the machines humming (and ringing, and beeping, and clanging).
• Sports Book Ticket Writer
Next to anchoring SportsCenter, it's a fan's dream job: Watch sports all day and help people make money off the games and races.
Entertainment
• Entertainer
One of the most indelible icons of Las Vegas is the showgirl -- beautiful and statuesque, glittering and glamorous, gliding effortlessly across the stage in high heels, spectacular headpieces and not much else.
