Singapore Casinos & Gambling

Two recent articles discussing Marina Bay Sands plans to hire more than 10,000 new employees.

From Today Online:

Wanted: 10,000 new employees
Frontline personnel suchas security officers and waiters are being sought

IT WILL open its doors only at the end of next year, but Marina Bay Sands is beginning its hunt today for the10,000 employees it will need.

Chambermaids, security officers and waiters — these are the kind of front-line, rank-and-file positions the integrated resort will be advertising for in newspapers.

Its stated aim for starting now: Secure these jobs for as many Singaporeans as possible, even if they have no prior experience in tourism and hospitality.  Continue Reading »

Educated workers who know local customs are better than imported workers any day in my opinion.

As a result Singapore has been transformed from a backwater, in which some 60% of workers were once illiterate or had only primary education, to a cosmopolitan of highly educated youths.

Today some sort of reversal has taken place. At least six out of 10 babies born today will probably end up as graduates.

This is especially true of Singaporean women, who outnumber men in university and even outshine them in some fields.

Full article at littlespeck.com

http://www.littlespeck.com/content/education/CTrendsEdu-071229.htm

If you are looking for a job in one of the Singapore casinos, then you should probably read this article.

Here is part of it:

AT LEAST four private schools are betting on Singaporeans wanting an early start in learning the ropes for a job in the upcoming casinos.

They are offering courses costing thousands of dollars to eager students hoping their new knowledge and skills will land them jobs as croupiers and casino managers.

The schools’ actions have raised some eyebrows.

Industry observers said casinos are known for hiring people and then training them on the casino’s own unique betting system or ‘house style”, in say, the way cards are shuffled or winners paid.

Casinos do this for security reasons, to ensure their staff do not collude with the customers, they added.