Fall 2026 Tucson Job Fairs & Hiring Events: Your Complete Guide

Published: September 12, 2026 | By LocalJobPage Team

TUCSON, AZ — The Old Pueblo's hiring calendar wakes up the same week the mornings finally drop below 80. Between now and the first week of October, six in-person hiring events are on the books across Tucson, and they are spread wide enough that almost everyone has one within a short drive: Kino Event Center off Ajo Way, the Goodwill career center on East Fort Lowell, a DES office on South Alvernon, and El Pueblo on West Irvington.

Six verified events, September 14 through October 6, every one of them in person and run through the public workforce system. Here is who is recruiting, where to show up, and which two events you should skip unless you meet the eligibility rules.

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📅 Table of Contents

September 14 — Pima Care at Home Direct Care Hiring Event
September 15 — Banner Health Care Job Fair
September 16 — Youth One-Stop Hiring Event
September 17 — MedStar Medical Transport Hiring Event
September 23 — Veteran Resource Fair
October 6 — Pima County Community Job Fair

Pima Care at Home Direct Care Hiring Event — Monday, September 14

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | DES East Tucson Office, 1455 S Alvernon Way

Pima Care at Home is recruiting direct care workers, and this is the kind of opening that does not ask for a resume full of prior titles. The company's recent ARIZONA@WORK postings for the same role advertised paid training with no experience required, flexible hours and assignments spread across the metro. The work is personal care, light housekeeping, meal help, shopping and companion visits in clients' homes, so a reliable vehicle matters more than a certificate. Note the venue: this employer rotates its hiring events between the county's Fort Lowell office and the East Tucson DES office, so confirm the Alvernon address before you drive over.

1:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Kino Event Center, 2805 E Ajo Way

Banner Health is one of the largest employers in Southern Arizona, and a dedicated afternoon at Kino is the fastest way into a hiring conversation without waiting on an online queue. The county lists this one as health care professional positions, which in practice usually spans nursing, allied health, imaging, lab and patient support. Bring licenses and certifications, not just copies of them, and be ready to name the campus you want. If you have been circling Tucson's health care employers for months, this is the short line.

Youth One-Stop Hiring Event — Wednesday, September 16

3:00 – 5:00 p.m. | El Pueblo Activity Center, 101 W Irvington Road, Building #9

The Pima County Youth One-Stop is bringing more than 20 employers together for job seekers ages 16 to 24, which makes this the single best two hours on the fall calendar for a South Tucson high schooler or a recent grad who has never done a formal interview. The 3 p.m. start is deliberate, landing after the last bell at most TUSD and Sunnyside campuses. Bring a work permit if you are under 18 and a list of the hours you can actually work, because scheduling is what kills most first jobs.

MedStar Medical Transport Hiring Event — Thursday, September 17

10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. | Goodwill Career Center, 3725 E Fort Lowell Road

MedStar is hiring non-emergency medical transport drivers, and it is running a five-hour window on Fort Lowell so you can come before or after a shift somewhere else. This is a solid landing spot for anyone with a clean driving record who wants steady daytime hours instead of gig dispatch roulette. Expect questions about your record, your comfort with wheelchair securement and lift equipment, and your willingness to cover routes out toward the Foothills and the southwest side. The same employer ran a Valencia Road event the week before, so the roster is real and the need is ongoing.

Veteran Resource Fair — Wednesday, September 23

1:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Abrams Public Health Center, 3950 S Country Club Road

Call this one what it is: a resource fair with an employment table, not a job fair with a resource table. Pima County lists health care, VA benefits, housing and employment help under one roof, which makes it the right stop if your job search is tangled up with a benefits question or a housing problem you need solved first. Davis-Monthan separations and Guard members finishing a contract will get more out of three hours here than out of three weeks of applying cold.

Pima County Community Job Fair — Tuesday, October 6

1:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Kino Event Center, 2805 E Ajo Way

This is the big one. The county's community job fair runs several times a year at Kino, and the October edition covers health care, aviation, construction, food, manufacturing, education, transportation, call centers, government and warehouses. The county has not published an October employer roster yet; for scale, the April edition of the same fair advertised up to 50 employers on its flyer. Come dressed for an interview and bring printed resumes, because the aviation and manufacturing tables in particular have a habit of pulling people aside on the spot. The lot off Ajo Way fills up after 1:15, so leave yourself a few extra minutes.

⚠️ Read This Before You Drive Across Town

Not every event on this list is open to everyone, and not every one of them is a job fair:

The September 16 Youth One-Stop event is ages 16 to 24 only. It is not a general job fair. If you are 25, the October 6 fair at the same county system is your event.
The September 23 Veteran Resource Fair is built around veterans and their families. Employment is one table among many, so do not treat it as a hiring event.
The September 14 and September 17 events are single-employer recruitments, not fairs. You will meet one company, not twenty. That is a feature if you want that job and a waste of a morning if you do not.

🔎 How to Pick the Right Ones

Licensed clinical staff: September 15 at Kino, then October 6 for the smaller health systems and clinics.
No experience, need income this month: September 14 for direct care, September 17 for driving. Both train.
Teenagers and recent grads: September 16 at El Pueblo, and nothing else on this list until October 6.
Veterans and military families: September 23 at Abrams for benefits plus work, October 6 for volume.
Trades, warehouse, aviation and manufacturing: hold out for October 6. It is the only event on the calendar carrying those sectors.

📋 What to Bring to Any of Them

Ten printed resumes, even for the single-employer events.
Photo ID, and your Social Security number written down somewhere you can read it.
Licenses and certifications in original form, not phone photos.
Your real availability, in writing, including days you cannot work.
Names and phone numbers for three references.
Water. Kino Event Center is a long walk from the far end of the lot and October in Tucson is still summer.

💼 Where to Aim Your Search This Fall

The events above are a few hours each. The rest of the search happens between them, and the fastest thing you can do today is put your resume in front of the Tucson employers already posting.

Start here:

Frequently Asked Questions

Do any of these Tucson job fairs cost money?

They should not. Every event on this list runs through Pima County's workforce system or a partner career center, and public workforce events do not charge job seekers. If something calls itself a Tucson job fair and wants a fee for entry or for a resume review, walk away.

Do I need to register in advance?

Most of these accept walk-ins, but the single-employer recruitments sometimes ask you to sign up through a form first. Check the county's Pima Works events list or the ARIZONA@WORK calendar the day before, and call 520-724-7622 if a listing is unclear.

What should I wear to a job fair at Kino Event Center?

Interview clothes. The county's own flyer for its community job fair says to come dressed for success, and the aviation, health care and government tables treat the conversation as a first-round screen. Closed-toe shoes if you are chasing warehouse or construction work.

I am 17. Which of these can I attend?

The September 16 event at El Pueblo Activity Center is built for you, with employers specifically hiring ages 16 to 24. Bring a work permit and be ready to talk about the hours you can work around school.

Is there anything on the calendar after October 6?

Nothing confirmed yet. Pima County posts its recruitment events a few weeks out, and this guide gets updated as the county adds them, so check back before you plan a November search.

Are there jobs in Tucson that do not require experience?

Yes, and two of the six events here are aimed squarely at them. Direct care and medical transport both train from scratch. So does a good chunk of what shows up in Tucson's entry-level hiring in any given month.

🚪 Show Up Ready, Then Keep Applying

A job fair is a shortcut, not a strategy. The people who land something in the next three weeks are the ones who walk into Kino on October 6 having already applied to nine places online. Create your free LocalJobPage account to save searches, upload a resume once and get alerted when Tucson employers post, then browse everything currently open on our Tucson jobs board.

Employers: if you are recruiting in Pima County this fall and want your roles in front of Tucson job seekers before they walk into a fair, post your openings on LocalJobPage.