{"id":18918,"date":"2014-03-01T05:30:09","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T05:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=18918"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:18:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T21:18:17","slug":"former-atlantic-club-workers-swarm-golden-nugget-job-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/former-atlantic-club-workers-swarm-golden-nugget-job-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Atlantic Club Workers Swarm Golden Nugget Job Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18931\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18931\" data-style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18931  \" alt=\"Golden Nugget Atlantic Club Atlantic City\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/web1_Atlantic-Club-Closing_Doyl_0.jpg\" width=\"410\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/web1_Atlantic-Club-Closing_Doyl_0.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/web1_Atlantic-Club-Closing_Doyl_0-142x107.jpg 142w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-18931\"class=\"text-description\">Many Atlantic Club employees &#8211; shown here on the casino&#8217;s last day in business in January &#8211; were job-hunting at Golden Nugget this week in Atlantic City (Image: AP\/Wayne Parry)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">When the folks at the Golden Nugget Atlantic City announced an \u201cemergency jobs fair\u201d to fill some newly created customer service spots, they could have hardly expected to be greeted by a cast of over a thousand job seekers lining up around the block. And yet the casino opened its doors this week to a multitude of hopefuls vying to fill just 50 positions; sadly, the prospective employees were facing the worst odds in the casino.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Atlantic Club Employees Turn Out in Droves<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Many of the out-of-work were former workers at the Atlantic Club, which filed for bankruptcy in November 2013 after failing to compete against the newer and bigger casinos of Atlantic City. The Atlantic Club was sold in December for $23.4 million, to be stripped for parts, after a last-minute deal with PokerStars.com fell through due to concerns over the outstanding indictment on the company\u2019s founder Isai Scheinberg. Some 1,600 people lost their jobs when it finally shut its doors on January 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of this year; some had been with the casino since its inception.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"main-blockquote\"><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Golden Nugget general manager Tom Pohlman said the casino&#8217;s burgeoning business was in part due to the closure of the unfortunate Atlantic Club. The Golden Nugget is similar in size, and many of the Atlantic\u2019s former customers now frequent the Nugget. Pohlman confirmed that several thousand former Atlantic customers now have players\u2019 club cards at his casino.<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">It\u2019s important to us to maintain a certain standard of customer service, and we need to bring in immediate help,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate to see how many people are here because that means a lot of people in Atlantic City are out of a job. But there are great candidates here, and we can pick the best of the best.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Hard to Find Work<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Pat Van Woeart &#8211; one of the hopefuls &#8211; worked in a coffee shop at the Atlantic Club and has been out of work since it was shut down.\u201cIt\u2019s been terrible\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve applied everywhere that will take applications, but nobody is hiring. With food prices going up, even milk is more expensive. It\u2019s been really tough. These are all dedicated people and we\u2019re not used to being out of a job. My health benefits are expiring. I need a job and I need it now.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">Ronnie Martinez is a former security guard at the Atlantic Club. He said: \u201cIt\u2019s been tough feeding my family. I hope I get hired here. I have a good work record.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">While the casino initially advertised 50 jobs over the two-day fair, Pohlman said it would try to add 100 more, and this week\u2019s unsuccessful applicants will be considered for high-season summer work. Employment manager Tina Smith said housekeeping and security departments were hiring on the spot, while dealers were being evaluated over the two-days, with decisions made later.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size: medium\">The good news, however, is that there are signs of the recession abating in New Jersey. The state&#8217;s unemployment rate was 7.3 percent in December \u2013 that\u2019s down from 9.6 percent from a year earlier, although there\u2019s still some way to go to reach pre-recession levels of 4.6 percent. By comparison, the December rate was 6.6 percent nationally, 7.1 percent in New York and 6.9 percent in Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; When the folks at the Golden Nugget Atlantic City announced an \u201cemergency jobs fair\u201d to fill some newly created customer service spots, they could have hardly expected to be greeted by a cast of over a thousand job seekers lining up around the block. 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