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Thursday, 26 March 2009
750 screened for jobs at Marina Bay casino
About 750 job seekers showed up yesterday at a session to start winnowing through the thousands who have applied for Marina Bay Sands’ 4,500 casino jobs.
About 750 job seekers showed up yesterday at a session to start winnowing through the thousands who have applied for Marina Bay Sands’ 4,500 casino jobs.
Organised by the integrated resort together with NTUC’s Employment and Employability Institute (e2i), the recruitment exercise saw applicants attending a career briefing and one-to-one interviews. They also went through tests for colour blindness and mental arithmetic. Such checks would identify those suitable to be croupiers.
But the integrated resort, which is due to open by the end of the year, is not just looking for card dealers. An array of positions, from slot assistants and pit supervisors to surveillance technicians and cashiers, is up for grabs. e2i has estimated at least 3,000 more applicants will be screened over five sessions in the next three weeks, with more to come. Applications are still flowing in.
Marina Bay Sands said about 60 per cent of the ‘thousands’ of casino job applicants are in their 30s and 40s. Eight out of 10 have at least O-level qualifications, and nearly half are unemployed.
Marina Bay Sands’ (MBS) president Nigel Roberts reiterated yesterday that the resort would not scale back hiring despite the downturn.
‘If anything, the interest in joining MBS remains very high, as Singaporeans - whether employed or without a job - look towards carving a career in the new and exciting industry. We are on track to fill 10,000 employees at full strength,’ he said.
He remained upbeat about the project despite some movements at the top: Las Vegas Sands’ executive vice-president Brad Stone, who was overseeing the construction of the Singapore complex, has just resigned, following the departure of president William Weidner earlier this month.
Among the job hopefuls yesterday was Singaporean Arnel Bonador, a 39-year-old former engineer, who was retrenched last month. The sole breadwinner of a family of five is hoping to land the plum position of pit supervisor overseeing croupiers.
‘There’s been a lot of buzz, and as it’s the first time a casino will open in Singapore, it’ll be good to be part of history,’ he said.
In October, e2i filtered through 7,000 applicants for non-casino jobs, and presented Marina Bay Sands with a list of 1,300 candidates for positions like housekeepers, technicians and waiters. Of these, 1,000 will be invited to take up a position by the middle of the year.
The other integrated resort - Resorts World Sentosa - has already hired 10 casino workers, and is looking for more people to fill over 3,000 casino jobs.
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750 screened for jobs at Marina Bay casino
By Tessa Wong
26 March 2009
About 750 job seekers showed up yesterday at a session to start winnowing through the thousands who have applied for Marina Bay Sands’ 4,500 casino jobs.
Organised by the integrated resort together with NTUC’s Employment and Employability Institute (e2i), the recruitment exercise saw applicants attending a career briefing and one-to-one interviews. They also went through tests for colour blindness and mental arithmetic. Such checks would identify those suitable to be croupiers.
But the integrated resort, which is due to open by the end of the year, is not just looking for card dealers. An array of positions, from slot assistants and pit supervisors to surveillance technicians and cashiers, is up for grabs. e2i has estimated at least 3,000 more applicants will be screened over five sessions in the next three weeks, with more to come. Applications are still flowing in.
Marina Bay Sands said about 60 per cent of the ‘thousands’ of casino job applicants are in their 30s and 40s. Eight out of 10 have at least O-level qualifications, and nearly half are unemployed.
Marina Bay Sands’ (MBS) president Nigel Roberts reiterated yesterday that the resort would not scale back hiring despite the downturn.
‘If anything, the interest in joining MBS remains very high, as Singaporeans - whether employed or without a job - look towards carving a career in the new and exciting industry. We are on track to fill 10,000 employees at full strength,’ he said.
He remained upbeat about the project despite some movements at the top: Las Vegas Sands’ executive vice-president Brad Stone, who was overseeing the construction of the Singapore complex, has just resigned, following the departure of president William Weidner earlier this month.
Among the job hopefuls yesterday was Singaporean Arnel Bonador, a 39-year-old former engineer, who was retrenched last month. The sole breadwinner of a family of five is hoping to land the plum position of pit supervisor overseeing croupiers.
‘There’s been a lot of buzz, and as it’s the first time a casino will open in Singapore, it’ll be good to be part of history,’ he said.
In October, e2i filtered through 7,000 applicants for non-casino jobs, and presented Marina Bay Sands with a list of 1,300 candidates for positions like housekeepers, technicians and waiters. Of these, 1,000 will be invited to take up a position by the middle of the year.
The other integrated resort - Resorts World Sentosa - has already hired 10 casino workers, and is looking for more people to fill over 3,000 casino jobs.
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