Company officials say they need around 600 people to run the 30,000-square-foot interim gaming venue that will feature 900 slot machines, 20 table games, and sports betting.<\/p>\n
Hard Rock ramped up its hiring effort in early May. But the company has encountered a slim applicant pool, which has resulted in Hard Rock deciding to put up cash sign-on bonuses.<\/p>\n
Hard Rock is advertising a base pay of $15-$17\/hour. And at this week’s hiring event in nearby Johnson City, Tn., the 40 people who were hired on the spot were additionally promised a $2,000 signing bonus.<\/p>\n
\nCocktail servers, bartenders, cooks. We’re looking for great people who want a great work environment,”<\/strong> said Danny Jimenez, Hard Rock Bristol’s vice president of food and beverage.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nHard Rock says it still needs about 200 people to open the temporary Bristol casino on July 8. Around 400 positions have been filled. Three other casinos in development in Virginia are also in need of help. Those properties are being built in Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Danville.<\/p>\n
Casino Jobs Aplenty<\/b><\/h2>\n
Chances are a casino near you is hiring. Caesars Entertainment says its Horseshoe Baltimore casino needs 100 workers immediately. The Las Vegas-based casino giant says its Maryland property is one of 50 properties that it operates that has struggled to find employees.<\/p>\n
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Detroit’s three casinos are all actively seeking additional employees, while the Oneida Indian Nation, which owns and operates Turning Stone Resort & Casino in New York, is running a summer dealer school to train table workers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
In Indiana, the French Lick Resort is offering a daily shuttle service to and from Louisville, some 60 miles away, to attract new workers from the Kentucky city.<\/p>\n
And in California, the under-construction $500 million Sky River Casino in Elk Grove is hiring as many as 2,000 employees. The casino, a partnership from the Wilton Rancheria tribe and Boyd Gaming, plans to open this fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Casino workers might presently have the upper hand with employers, as a nationwide labor shortage continues to render gaming properties in need of help. As such, casinos are offering steep sign-on bonuses and an array of perks in an effort to lure in hires. From Atlantic City to Las Vegas and California, casinos are in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":215876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62,33810],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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