{"id":12317,"date":"2026-03-12T15:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-to-host-annual-city-job-fair-march-20\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T03:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T03:32:43","slug":"cortez-to-host-annual-city-job-fair-march-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/cortez-to-host-annual-city-job-fair-march-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Cortez to host annual city job fair March 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=30992015-a489-49c2-b660-6ec95fd930e1&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1355\" alt=\"Parque de Vida and the Cortez Recreation Center are among the locations where the Parks and Recreation Department is considering creating tobacco-free zones.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Parque de Vida and the Cortez Recreation Center are among the locations where the Parks and Recreation Department is considering creating tobacco-free zones.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">The Journal file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Cortez will host its annual job fair March 20 to promote seasonal and year\u2011round openings across city departments and community programs ahead of the summer season.<\/p>\n<p>The job fair will run from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Cortez Recreation Center, 425 Roger Smith Ave.<\/p>\n<p>The event highlights opportunities in multiple departments, including parks and recreation, and is geared toward seasonal workers, students, retirees and those seeking a long\u2011term job.<\/p>\n<p>Some positions involve outdoor work, maintaining infrastructure and supporting youth and community programs.<\/p>\n<p>Available roles include golf course staff, summer camp workers, lifeguards on the aquatics team and parks and irrigation maintenance staff. Job titles, requirements and salaries may be viewed through the <a href=\"https:\/\/cortezco.applicantpro.com\/jobs\/\" id=\"link-ee2b9adfc42c85485c6ca34980c19ec6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">city\u2019s job listings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees may submit on\u2011site applications, meet department leaders and hiring managers and learn about certifications, training, pay, benefits and job expectations.<\/p>\n<p><em id=\"emphasis-2a55dbedd69621bbed3a6370e5a2bd04\">awatson@the\u2011journal.com<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Openings include golf course staff, lifeguards, summer camp workers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12318,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-12317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12317"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77050,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12317\/revisions\/77050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12317"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=12317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}