Some casinos are even unsure whether they will be reopened once again. With this, many people are afloat and have lost their jobs.
You can always easily look for a job in the online sector of the casino industry, but you should know that there are still other opportunities out there. Aside from working at an online casino during this pandemic. You just need to be able to point out the skills that you have based on your previous work.
Skills That You Can Showcase on Your CV
Whatever your job title is when you worked at a casino, be it a dealer, cashier, a casino manager, a customer service rep, or even a bartender, you already have the so-called transferrable skills that will be useful for other industries.
You can always emphasize the skills you learned from your job post whether it’s technical, hard, and soft skills. You just really need to know how applicable your current skills are to your next target job. Generally, as someone who worked at a casino, you already have customer service knowledge. That is something that can be pleasing to see on a resume.
You should also put the certifications and training that you’ve undergone during your time at the casino. Be sure to include the specific skills that you have. If you’ve been a cashier then showcase that you’re able to handle cash transactions and keep your cash drawers balanced.
Job Positions You Can Apply for in Other Industries
Whatever your previous role was in the casino, here are the job opportunities that other industries can offer you as well.
- Bank Teller
This is an option if you’ve been part of the cashier team in a casino. If you’ve previously done this, you already have the necessary core skills to handle money at the bank. Of course, you just need to check if the bank has other requirements for you to be able to apply to that work position.
If you’re not comfortable working in a bank, as a cashier, you can be a cashier outside the casino. You can work at a restaurant, a shop, supermarket, the mall, and many other establishments that would require the service of a cashier.
- Sales Associate
Whether you were part of the cashier or you were at the casino floor facing customers or players the whole time, you’ve most likely developed your people-handling skills. You are probably already good at building rapport with people, which is useful as a sales associate.
- Food Service
If you were at the casino floor all the time, ensuring that the customers are well taken care of, then you have the chance to also be able to prove that you can be part of the foodservice industry. You can be a waiter, a receptionist, or even work behind the kitchen. It depends on your interest and skills that you’ve acquired as someone who worked at the casino. This is something you can pursue if you’ve worked at the casino bar or kitchen.
- Security Personnel
Of course, if this is what your main role was at the casino, you can do this elsewhere. Working as security personnel at a casino would look good on a resume or CV. Casinos are known to have high-level security and security personnel in such establishments are well-trained. Be sure to share your experiences that would impress an interviewer during your job interview.
These are the few job opportunities that are waiting for you outside the casino industry. We’re still in the middle of a pandemic and things are different nowadays. You can expect that job interviews would happen over the phone or through online video conferences nowadays.
Even if the interview is going to be in a form of a video conference, make sure that you still dress up. Find a place in your house that would look good on the camera. Be attentive to nuances and always wait for your turn to speak during an interview.
During a job interview, be sure that you mainly talk about real experiences instead of citing a situational approach in different scenarios. This would allow the interviewer to assess your behavior. They would always rather hear what you did instead of what you would do if you were faced with a certain situation.