Mohegan Sun Pays Current
Employees to Recruit
- Uncasville, CT - Mohegan
Sun has upped the ante in its effort to hire more
than 3,000 workers for its expanded resort casino, announced
March 8 it will pay current employees $500 for every successful
worker they recruit. In addition, every employee who entices
some one new to work at Mohegan
Sun will be eligible for two drawings for $40,000
Corvettes.
The
company plans to hire 3,250 people by the spring of 2002
to staff its $1 billion Sunburst expansion. That is on
top of the 1,000 new card dealers it will need, including
700 new hires and 300 current employees now in other jobs.
The
casino will add 3,500 employees when it opens the first
phase of Sunburst this fall, including a new casino, a
100,000-seat arena, and retail and restaurant concourses.
In April 2002, Mohegan Sun will open its 1,200-room luxury
hotel and convention center, for which it will need another
450 workers.
The
program will run from April 1, 2001 to April 1, 2002.
Employees can refer anyone they know, including friends
and strangers, and will get $500 after the person is hired
and completes 90 days.
Mohegan
Sun is seeking dealers, food and beverage employees,
coin and cage cashiers, security officers, slot attendants
and other vendors leasing, restaurant, and retail workers.
United Way Organizations
Thank Casinos for Contributions
- KANSAS CITY, KS - Kansas City's Heart of American United
Way joined at least nine other regional United Way organizations
March 7 in Washington to thank the nation's casino industry
for its combined $10 million in contribution in 2000.
Frank Fahrenkopf Jr., president and chief executive of
the American Gaming Association, noted that casinos annually
contribute more than $50 million to various charitable
and civic causes, while employees collectively donate
1 million hours of community service.
Tropicana
Atlantic City to Host Irish Festival
- ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Tropicana's
annual Irish Festival will take place March 16-18, from
noon to 8:00 pm in its Grand Exhibition Center, located
on the fourth floor of the South Tower. A splendid array
of traditional crafts, food and exciting entertainment
will be on display throughout the exhibition center. Entertainment
will include Dermit Henry, The Full Circle band and peformances
by the Irish Step Dancers Spectacular.