Jobs you can get now

Easy, low-stress outdoor work at a park you already know, about 15 minutes away. The City of Lakewood hires seasonal gate attendants (collect the entry fee, greet visitors), maintenance, and seasonal rangers, with weekend-friendly schedules and a free park and rec-center pass. No degree, they train you. This is a real apply-today job on the city’s own portal, search “Bear Creek Lake Park.”

The City of Golden’s beautiful golf club, right by the house. Fossil Trace hires golf outside guest services (cart and range attendant, player assistant, starter), pro shop, and cart-fleet staff, seasonal and part-time, outdoors, with morning, evening, and weekend shifts. No degree, easy hire. This opens the City of Golden’s own jobs board, search “Fossil Trace” or “golf.”

A senior-living community right in Golden hiring room-service and dining servers, front desk / concierge, and life-enrichment helpers, the upbeat, resident-facing roles, no caregiving and no needles. You love older people, it is close to home, and it is on their own careers page right now. A warm, easy first door.

Right in Golden, with real openings posted now. They staff servers, setup and breakdown, and event crew for nights and weekends, so it flexes around anything else you are doing. They say “hire character, train skill,” so your food experience and food-handler card put you at the front of the line. Open the careers page and apply to whatever event role is live, or email your resume to nicole@biscuitsandberries.com.

Seasonal, mid-May to mid-September. Gate attendant, maintenance laborer (weekend-only options), and seasonal ranger at the park you already ride. Weekend-friendly, outdoors, no degree. Apply on the City of Lakewood portal and search “Bear Creek Lake Park.”

Cart and range attendant, player assistant, starter, pro shop, and cart-fleet roles at Golden’s own club, minutes from home. Outdoors, flexible shifts, no degree. Opens the City of Golden jobs board, search “Fossil Trace” or “golf.”

Two more city golf courses close to home, both run by the City of Lakewood. They hire cart and outside-services attendants, starters, and course crew in season, outdoor and weekend-friendly, no degree. Apply on the City of Lakewood portal and search “golf” or the course name.

Your local rec district, minutes from home. Front desk, program leaders, camp, and aquatics roles, lots of part-time and seasonal options, active people-first work with no degree. Filter to the recreation and programs roles near you.

In-town outdoor and rec work: parks crew, recreation staff, front desk, and lifeguard/aquatics (a nice pre-health bonus, and you keep CPR fresh). Seasonal, part-time summer schedules. Check the City of Golden’s own openings.

Jeffco’s parks headquarters is right in Golden, and they run summer Park Services and grounds crews, outdoor work close to home, no degree. Apply through the county’s own jobs portal.

South Jeffco rec district hiring full-time, part-time, and seasonal staff in aquatics, fitness, parks, and front desk. Front desk minimum age is 16, so you are set. Perk: free use of all their centers.

The easy way in is a seasonal Guest Services or guest-engagement role, working the gates and grounds around the animals, then growing toward animal-care work. Search seasonal or guest services.

This big hotel is right in Golden at Denver West and runs weddings, conferences, and banquets in 15 event rooms, so it hires banquet servers to work those events. Per-event serving, like catering, with solid pay. Apply on Marriott’s own careers site and search Golden, Colorado for the food and beverage roles.

The catch-all for in-town work. The City of Golden posts recreation, parks, guest services, seasonal, and support roles on its own board, many no-degree and minutes from home. Worth checking weekly. Open the board and browse what is live.

The iconic venue, about 20 to 30 minutes away, staffs up for the summer-long concert season. Aramark and the venue hire concessions, bar-back, and event staff that follow the show calendar, so it is night and weekend work you can stack around anything. This opens the Red Rocks employment page listing the venue’s hiring partners.

Sign up once and you can be working this weekend. Accept one-off shifts (server, concessions, event help) that fit your calendar, filter to shifts near Golden. Pure flexibility, higher than minimum, no long-term commitment, instant pay on eligible shifts.

A local, woman-owned Wheat Ridge agency, close to home, that crews Coors Field, Ball Arena, Red Rocks, festivals, galas, and hotels. Lots of evening and weekend shifts you can pick up. Their “Apply Now, Join the DES team” button is live.

Gets you inside concert, festival, and sports venues. Event-based, lots of evening and weekend shifts you can pick up. Apply Now button is live.

Big, well-run Denver caterer with openings posted on its own careers page. Service Staff and Event Culinary roles run full and part-time at event locations around the metro, so you pick the weekends that work.

A big, long-running Denver caterer with openings live now, including catering attendant (front and back of house) and a server assistant role at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Per-event and temporary, so you pick up the shifts you want. No experience required for attendant roles, they train you.

An award-winning Denver-area caterer just up Wadsworth from Golden that runs 500+ events a year, with open hospitality jobs posted on its own apply page. Weekend event work close to home, nationally recognized as a great place to work.

Their online form lets you check Seasonal and Part Time and pick Service Staff or Set-up, built for exactly the weekend event work you want. Peak season May to October.

They say it straight on their own page: you choose which events you work, so it is perfect to stack around anything. Previous serving helps but they hire newcomers too. Boulder is a bit of a drive but the pick-your-shifts setup makes it worth a look.

“Hiring party people” for event staff, bartenders, event managers, and drivers, weekend-heavy event work, part-time roles open now on their own careers page. Widens your odds of landing weekend per-event shifts.

A Denver hospitality group that runs restaurants and events and hires front-of-house and server staff through its own careers page. They make a big deal of training people up from the ground, so it is a friendly first door.

One of Denver’s biggest caterers, doing 1,000+ events a year, with a real application form on its own site (pick “Front of House” or “Event Operations”). The office is south in Centennial but events run at venues all over the metro, including the west side. Best as flexible weekend cash.

An event-staffing agency with a live Denver market and its own careers page. Event by event, weekends and one-offs. Apply through their careers page and tell them your availability.

App-based, you accept or decline each posted shift, so it is as flexible as it gets. Register once and start picking up paid weekend shifts right away.

A premium event-staffing agency hiring servers, bartenders, and crew right now, quick to onboard. You pick up shifts as they post. Apply through their Apply Now page.

Build your own schedule, accept single days or short runs, filter near Golden. No resume needed, good fill-in work around a main job.

A big conference hotel in Lakewood with an on-call banquet server opening live on its own careers page. You serve weddings, conferences, and banquets event by event, so it flexes around your schedule. TIPS certification is a plus, not required.

A private club in Lakewood with food and beverage on par with Denver’s best restaurants, hiring dining room and banquet servers on its own hiring page. Free shift meals, flexible scheduling, a calm, well-run floor.

A few well-known caterers keep event-staff rosters but have no formal jobs page, so you reach out directly: Three Tomatoes Catering (Denver, since 1977), Relish Catering & Events (Lakewood, close to home), and Y.Lo Epicure (Denver). Use their contact page to ask about joining the server/event staff roster, more weekend options. This link opens Relish; the others are threetomatoes.com and yloepicure.com.

Colorful breakfast spot with a fun, personality-first culture, born in Denver. Daytime-only shifts so your nights stay free. They keep current host and server openings on their own careers page. Pick a nearby location.

A locally-owned pizza-and-pasta spot right in Olde Town Arvada, minutes from home, with server and host openings live on its own careers page. Flexible scheduling, paid sick leave, and a fun walkable neighborhood.

Big, lively steakhouse in Arvada with a host opening live and servers hired often. Fun crew, weekly pay, flexible schedules. At 19 you can serve alcohol, so the server role is open to you too. Filter to Arvada.

The Lakewood Olive Garden has both a server and a host opening live on its own careers page. Steady chain with lots of part-time shifts and managers who promote from within. At 19 you can take the server role and earn tips.

The Cheesecake Factory at Colorado Mills in Lakewood hired a huge staff, so server, host, busser, and barista roles are live on its own careers page. Busy, high-tip restaurant minutes from Golden. Choose the Colorado Mills location.

A bright daytime breakfast-and-brunch spot that hires servers and bussers at its Lakewood location. Daytime-only shifts, so your nights and weekend evenings stay free. No experience needed, they train you. Filter to Lakewood, CO.

A fun, casual burger chain with server and host openings near home in Lakewood and Arvada. Flexible scheduling, 50 percent off the food, health options even part-time. At 19 you can take the server role.

The Lakewood steakhouse (separate from the Arvada one) hires hosts and servers often, no experience required. Weekly pay and a fun, busy floor. At 19 you can serve. Filter to Lakewood.

The big sports-and-dining restaurant at Colorado Mills in Lakewood has server, host, and busser openings live on its own careers page, minutes from Golden. Strong tips and lots of part-time shifts. At 19 you can serve.

A big casual restaurant and brewhouse in Lakewood with a server opening (and a take-out role) live on its own careers site. Flexible scheduling, daily pay option, team-member dining discount. At 19 you can serve.

A relaxed pizza-and-beer taproom in Lakewood with host, server, busser, and dishwasher roles posted on its own jobs site. Flexible scheduling built around school, weekly pay, a friendly crew. At 19 you can take the server role.

A fun, well-loved Colorado brewery with a beertender (server) opening live on its own careers page at the Littleton taproom. At 19 you can serve alcohol in Colorado, so this works. Littleton is a bit of a drive but in your zone.

Flexible shifts, good benefits even part-time, and they help pay for college. This link is filtered to barista openings around Denver and the west metro.

Fast, fun, high-energy drive-thru coffee. They hire on personality and train you, and host quick “hiring parties” right at the shop. Very you.

A friendly Colorado-grown drive-thru coffee chain with barista openings at three Arvada stores (Independence St, W. 92nd Lane, and W. 67th Ave), all close to home. No experience needed, they train you, cash tips daily.

A cozy coffeehouse chain that trains baristas in everything, no experience required. Flexible schedules and an employee discount. Filter to a Lakewood or Arvada store close to home.

Smoothies, wraps, and a sunny vibe. Crew member roles need no experience and they train you. Pick a Colorado cafe.

Purpose-driven smoothies and a wellness focus, no smoothie experience needed, they teach you everything. Filter to a Lakewood or west-Denver store close to home.

Crew member openings at Arvada and Lakewood Chipotles, both minutes from home. No experience needed, they train you, and over 80 percent of their managers started as crew.

The Mediterranean bowl spot at Belmar in Lakewood has a team member opening on its own careers page. Greet guests, build bowls, keep the line moving, no experience required. Benefits even part-time.

A Colorado-founded fast-casual chain with team member openings in Arvada and Lakewood. Flexible hours, friendly crew, quick hire.

Sub-shop crew openings at the Lakewood (Wadsworth) and Arvada (Howell St) stores. Greet customers, make subs, no experience needed. Each shop is locally owned, so pick your store.

A fresh-Mex spot in Lakewood with a team member opening live. Build burritos and bowls, no experience needed. They raise your pay at 30, 60, and 90 days and promote from within.

The chicken-fingers spot in Lakewood hires crewmembers on its own careers site. Entry-level, no experience required, paid training. Filter to Lakewood, CO.

A friendly burger-and-custard spot in Arvada with crew openings, no experience required, front or back of house. Flexible schedules, free shift meals, free uniform, a scholarship program.

A Colorado-grown burrito spot known for treating its crew well, with front-line roles in the Lakewood area. Make food and greet guests, no experience needed. Medical, dental, vision, 401k, and PTO for everyone.

A fun, lively taco spot in Lakewood hiring cashiers and runners (front of house), no experience needed. Tip share on top of hourly, flexible schedules, a daily-pay option.

A Denver-born all-natural fried chicken spot with front-of-house cashier and concierge roles in the west metro. Fast hire, no experience needed. Health, dental, vision after an intro period plus paid sick leave.

A fresh, wholesome fast-casual spot on West Colfax in Lakewood, minutes from Golden, hiring front-of-house team members. Healthy menu, friendly crew, easy interview, no experience needed. Very your vibe.

The bakery-cafe has cashier and team member roles in Lakewood and Arvada, plus a baker spot. Flexible part-time shifts, tips for hourly associates, free meals on shift.

A Colorado-grown health-food chain with a Lakewood store close to home. Grocery associates, cashiers, and stockers, no experience needed, wellness-and-good-food vibe, very you. Search Lakewood on their job board.

Kroger’s Colorado grocery chain, with stores right in Golden and all over Lakewood. Courtesy clerks, cashiers, and department clerks (deli, produce, bakery), full and part time, flexible scheduling and tuition reimbursement. Pre-filtered to Golden.

Another big grocery option with stores in Golden and Lakewood. Courtesy associates, cashiers, and clerks with just a high school diploma, lots of part-time shifts. Choose a nearby store.

Two Target stores in Lakewood, including one on West Colfax minutes from Golden. Guest advocates (cashiers), style, food and beverage, and fulfillment team members, plus a Starbucks spot inside. Search 80401 or 80226.

A fun, upbeat grocery store people love to work at, known for friendly crews and solid pay and benefits even part time. The closest stores are Lakewood and Boulder. Check for a current Crew Member opening or join the talent pool.

Kind, welcoming Colorado gym. Front-desk team members greet members and keep the vibe friendly, no experience needed, they promote from within. Filter to a Lakewood or Arvada club close to home.

A big, friendly gym with locations in both Lakewood and Arvada. The Member Experience Specialist is the front-desk role, greeting members, no experience or cert needed. Two free memberships. Filter to Lakewood or Arvada.

Check guests in, keep the studio running, welcome people all day, warm people work with no certificate needed. Free all-access membership, and it gets you discounted (sometimes free) teacher training from the inside. Pick the Lakewood or Boulder studio.

The big climbing-gym network has Denver and Golden-area locations. Front desk staff welcome climbers and can grow into instruction. A perfect fit for an active, outdoorsy person.

Greet guests, book appointments, and help people choose a membership, all people work, no license needed. It pays today and puts you inside a spa. Search the Lakewood or Arvada studio nearest home.

Elements studios hire front-desk associates to book appointments and welcome guests, no license needed. Calm, upbeat people work. Pick an Arvada or west-metro studio near home.

You already know Liz here, so this is a warm door. Ask about Life Enrichment (activities) assistant, front desk, or dining/server roles, the fun, social side with the residents, not hands-on care. Minutes from home in Arvada. Bonus: residents have dogs, so once you work here you can offer to walk them directly for cash, no Wag cut.

Right in Golden. Room service / dining servers, concierge / front desk, and life-enrichment helpers, all the upbeat resident-facing roles, no caregiving required.

Big Colorado health system. Patient transporters move patients by wheelchair and bed, and Food & Nutrition Services delivers meal trays. Active all day, no needles. Open their Denver-area search, then type Transporter or Food Service.

Lutheran is in Wheat Ridge and St. Anthony is right in Lakewood, both close to home. They hire rehab/therapy aides, patient access reps, food service, and environmental services. Search by Wheat Ridge or Lakewood.

HealthONE runs Rose, Swedish, Sky Ridge, and Presbyterian/St. Luke’s. Patient transporters, patient access (front desk check-in), and dietary aides. Open the Denver search, then add Transporter, Patient Access, or Dietary.

One of Denver’s biggest employers. Patient transport, Food & Nutrition Services, environmental services, and patient access, all no-degree entry roles with a real path to grow. Open the job board, then type Transport, Nutrition, or Patient Access.

The easiest animal money to start today. Open the app and turn on availability for extra cash. The bigger move once you are hired somewhere: walk a client’s or your workplace’s dogs directly and keep 100 percent with no Wag cut.

Dog daycare and boarding with a location right in Golden. Counselors supervise the pups at play and keep them safe, full or part time, no experience needed. This link goes to the Golden camp’s own careers page.

Family-owned dog daycare and boarding in Lakewood hiring part-time Daycare Attendants, with a chance at full-time. Watch over playgroups, keep things clean and safe, indoors and out. No experience required, they train you. 18+, reliable transportation, weekend availability. They also list Dog Trainer and Groomer roles to grow into.

Learn dog grooming the no-tuition way: PetSmart pays you to train as a Pet Stylist, no experience required, hands-on with animals every shift. Search their Colorado salon and store jobs, pick a Lakewood or Arvada location.

Hands-on with animals all day, no experience needed for many roles (and no needles for the assistant side). Banfield openings near Denver.

The biggest ski and snowboard shop in the Rockies, headquartered in Lakewood with stores all over Colorado. Ski and snowboard retail and rental-tech roles ramp up toward winter, with a free pass at 20+ hours a week. Pick anything in the Lakewood area.

The 2026/2027 season postings are already up, so you can line up winter now. Lift ops, guest services, ski/ride school desk, and hospitality at Vail, Breck, Keystone, and more, with a free pass. Some roles need age 21, and mountain housing can be tight, so check early. You snowboard, so this is a fun paid winter.

Denver-based airline, right at DEN. Help travelers with check-in, bags, boarding passes, and rebooking. No degree, and free and discounted flights for you and your family. Some remote customer-service and reservation roles too.

Gate, ticketing, and customer solutions roles at United’s big Denver hub.

Delta hires reservation and customer-care agents, some work-from-home. Check the location rules on each posting.

Fully remote from home (you provide a quiet room, internet, and a phone line). Needs a high-school diploma, some customer-service experience, and 25+ wpm typing. Your reception experience is a clean match, and no commute. Look under Customer Support.

A local, fast-growing Denver company running day tours into the Colorado Rockies. Lead the group, share the stories, keep the day fun and safe, no tour certificate needed, they accept life experience. Heads-up: you drive a large passenger van, so it needs a clean driving record.

The company behind the high school spring break trips to Cabo. They hire student Campus Managers to rep trips on campus and on-site staff who travel with the groups. A familiar, fun way in. Email your resume and a short note on why you fit.

They run student trips across the US and hire US-based seasonal tour directors who travel with the groups. Your US passport is all you need. Look under seasonal opportunities.

Littleton, CO travel company (Globus, Cosmos, Avalon) that hires and trains US-based North America tour directors. Local, US pay, and a real career path.

EF Ultimate Break runs small-group trips for 18 to 35 year olds, India included, so it is built for your age. The apply-today way in is their Campus Ambassador program: promote trips and earn travel credit and free trips (this earns travel, not wages). A realistic first step toward getting paid around India travel later.

A statewide dispatcher door. The entry trainee level needs only that you are 18+, a Colorado resident, and have a clear speaking voice, no degree, and they put you through 12 to 23 weeks of paid training. Non-sworn, no academy. Follow the “How to Apply” steps.

A long-established Denver agency with a dedicated Athletic and Fit models division, a great match for your build. Submit your photos through their own Submissions page. Rule: never pay upfront fees or for “classes,” and you never have to use their photographer.

A current Denver talent agency with a commercial and fashion division and a simple apply page. They ask for a headshot, side profile, waist-up, and full-length photos by email. Same safety rule: you never pay to get signed.

A boutique Denver agency for commercial print, e-commerce, runway, and fit modeling. Their site states plainly they charge no fees to sign or to schedule a portfolio shoot, and require no training. Apply through their apply page. Never pay to get signed.