{"id":181825,"date":"2021-08-03T12:42:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T19:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/mgm-resorts-looking-to-hire-thousands-for-las-vegas-casino-jobs\/"},"modified":"2021-08-03T13:43:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T20:43:20","slug":"mgm-resorts-looking-to-hire-thousands-for-las-vegas-casino-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/mgm-resorts-looking-to-hire-thousands-for-las-vegas-casino-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"MGM Resorts Looking to Hire Thousands at Las Vegas Casinos, But Workers Scarce"},"content":{"rendered":"

MGM Resorts International is seeking employees for 3,000 job openings at casinos in the Las Vegas Valley. In some instances, the company is offering work to job applicants on the spot.<\/p>\n

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Guests lounge by the pool at the Mirage Las Vegas. Built by casino developer Steve Wynn, the hotel-casino, now owned by MGM Resorts, opened on the west side of the Las Vegas Strip in 1989. (Image: Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Monday, MGM Resorts launched a job fair that lasts through Thursday. The event is taking place at One-Stop Career Center at 6330 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 190, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/i>. No appointment is necessary. Hiring managers are available for in-person interviews that can lead to instant job offers in some cases.<\/p>\n

Brandon Perry, director of MGM Resort\u2019s human resources initiatives, told the newspaper the company needs employees for all sorts of jobs. \u201cThere are needs across the board,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The company especially needs security officers and food and beverage workers, including baristas, cooks, and servers, Perry said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MGM Resorts owns many of the hotel-casinos on the west side of the Las Vegas Strip, including the Excalibur, Park MGM, and Mirage.<\/p>\n

Pandemic Reshapes Job Expectations<\/h2>\n

As job seekers weigh their options in the pandemic work world, employers throughout the Las Vegas area are experiencing many of the same hiring issues as MGM Resorts.<\/p>\n

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People are hesitant to come back and be around large groups of people,\u201d Perry told the newspaper. \u201c<\/b>The most challenging part is that all the employers in Las Vegas are in the same situation. Who\u2019s getting to those candidates first, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Joe Sharpe, project director for One-Stop Career Center, told the newspaper that applicants are being selective about job choices these days. Some potential employees want to work from home and want jobs that provide day care services, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe pandemic has changed people\u2019s perspectives on jobs quite a bit,\u201d Sharpe said.<\/p>\n

Nation-Leading Jobless Rate<\/h2>\n

This search for workers in Southern Nevada comes as the Las Vegas metropolitan area has the highest jobless rate in the nation among large metropolitan areas. These are the 51 US metro areas with a population of 1 million or more.<\/p>\n

In June, the Las Vegas metro area had an unemployment rate of 9.6 percent<\/a>, just ahead of Los Angeles, where the jobless rate was 9.5 percent. The national unemployment rate in June was 6.1 percent, down from 11.2 percent in June 2020 during the early stages of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

As the late summer effort to hire workers continues this year, the Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation is set to end in Nevada on Sept. 4, the newspaper reported. Under this plan, recipients receive $300 each week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While the June jobless rate in Las Vegas is above the national average, it is below the nation-leading 34.2 percent in the city last year during the height of the pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, across the country on the East Coast, Encore Boston Harbor, a Wynn Resorts property, also is having trouble finding workers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Encore executive Jacqui Krum said the resort remains \u201cin continual hiring mode,\u201d according to USA Today.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cWe simply cannot find enough dealers, cashiers or food servers,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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