Pit Bosses

Pit bosses may advance in a number of ways. After obtaining experience, they may locate similar positions in larger or more prestigious casinos. This typically results in increased responsibilities and earnings. Another advancement possibility is to get some experience and be promoted to a job as a shift manager. Once a pit boss obtains experience as a shift manager, he or she may be promoted to positions as either the director of table games (which is an administrative position) or casino manager.

It is important to note that there are no hard and fast rules for climbing the career ladder in the gaming industry. While work performance is important, advancement in many jobs is based on experience, education, training, employee attitude, customer service, and, of course, individual career aspirations. The best way to advance your career is to get your foot in the door and then look for additional opportunities of interest to you. Many casinos offer in-house executive training programs for employees who are interested in climbing the career ladder by moving into higher level casino management positions. Information on opportunities such as this are generally disseminated via internal employee communications or through the human resources department.