MEMPHIS, TN -
(WMC-TV) - Hundreds of people turned out Tuesday for a chance at employment. In fact, some people camped out all night just to be first in line when the Great American Steamboat Company began accepting applications.
The company is trying to fill some 300 jobs.
Thomas Love was standing outside the Cook Convention Center hours before the doors opened on the Great American Steamboat Company's job fair.
"I want that job this bad, I want it, I need it," said Love, who camped out overnight so that he could be the first in line to apply for work.
And when the job fair opened just before 7 a.m., Love and hundreds of others rushed in to be interviewed for a variety of positions.
Those who get hired will most likely work on the Steamboat American Queen which will take guests on cruises up and down the Mississippi River.
"It's a big, floating hotel that… (has) several restaurants, bars and lounges," said Tim Rubacky, of the Great American Steamboat Company.
The list of jobs Mid-Southerners are applying for includes everything from executive chefs, to managers and waiters.
Salaries range from $25,000 to $80,000 a year.
But many people who turned out said the benefits were just as attractive as the pay checks and that's something company officials hope will give them a hardworking group of applicants to choose from.
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Hundreds of people turned out Tuesday for a chance at employment. In fact, some people camped out all night just to be first in line when the Great American Steamboat Company began accepting applications.
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