“We don’t want to be in a position where we can open all the restaurants and open at 100 percent of our occupancy but not have enough people to serve our guests the way we want to serve them,” said Randy Goldberg, MGM’s vice president of talent acquisition strategy. Local company leaders say these efforts should reduce staffing shortages and help prepare them for further business upticks that are expected to go hand-in-hand with the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in the coming months. At a job fair last week, the company hired more than 100 people on the spot. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) tourism ramps up across the Las Vegas Valley, some casino companies are rushing to fill hundreds of jobs to keep up.Ī handful of operators have launched hiring events in recent weeks: Circa resort-casino in downtown Las Vegas, for instance, is hosting drive-thru hiring events this month, while MGM Resorts International is holding job fairs every Wednesday until further notice. Virgin Las Vegas held casting call for pool, bartenders and model bartenders positions. Job seekers line up to apply for jobs at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, on Thursday, April 22, 2021, in Las Vegas.

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