Customs hosts job fair Saturday in Blaine

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BLAINE � The U.S. Customs and Border Protection office at the Peace Arch border crossing will be one of 15 locations nationwide hosting a National Career Day for the agency Saturday as it prepares to fill 11,000 positions this year.

The agency�s top national recruiter, Joe Arata, says about 8,000 of the jobs are front-line law-enforcement positions, while the other 3,000 are support positions.

While some of the jobs are based at the Blaine border crossing, in the Seattle area or other locations in Washington state, Arata says job seekers boost their chances if they can relocate.

Applicants for Border Patrol agent jobs must be under 40 while candidates for Customs field-operations officer positions must be under 37. The age restriction does not apply to support positions.

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