<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR>March 10, 2009
IR Jobs
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>20,000 vie for 800 jobs <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Those are Sentosa IR's hot numbers; stunning response at Sands too </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Lim Wei Chean & Alessa Pang
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RWS said successful applicants will get up to six months training, depending on the position. -- PHOTO: GENTING INTERNATIONAL
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->A JOB at one of the upcoming integrated resorts (IRs) here is proving to be a really hot commodity - with both Singaporeans and foreigners.
Resorts World at Sentosa yesterday said it had received 20,000 - and counting - applications for just 800 jobs it had on offer at the Career 2009 and Education 2009 fair, held over four days beginning last Thursday.
The Marina Bay Sands IR, which was also hiring at the same fair, would not say how many applications it received, but its president Nigel Roberts said the level of interest was 'stunning'.
With 500,000 visitors to the fair over four days, and with Marina Bay looking to hire 'thousands', it is likely that it received a similar, if not larger, number of applicants.
Jobs at the casinos appear to be the most sought-after among applicants to the Sentosa IR.
Resorts World's senior vice-president for human resources and training, Ms Seah-Khoo Ee Boon, said half the applicants wanted a gaming-related job.
Of the rest, 40 per cent were gunning for a job in the Universal Studios' theme park.
The applicants, she said, were both Singaporean and foreign, retrenched workers as well as those who had jobs, and ranged from professionals to fresh graduates.
Interviews for the shortlisted candidates started yesterday.
Among those who are keeping their fingers crossed is Singaporean Desmond Goh, 33, who already has a job in a hotel here. He said he was looking for a job at the Sentosa resort because he wanted a change of pace.
A significant number of applicants were also foreigners who flew here just to look for a job. Read the full story in today's edition of The Straits Times.
IR Jobs
</TR><!-- headline one : start --><TR>20,000 vie for 800 jobs <!--10 min-->
</TR><!-- headline one : end --><TR>Those are Sentosa IR's hot numbers; stunning response at Sands too </TR><!-- Author --><TR><TD class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold" colSpan=2>By Lim Wei Chean & Alessa Pang
</TD></TR><!-- show image if available --><TR vAlign=bottom><TD width=330>
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RWS said successful applicants will get up to six months training, depending on the position. -- PHOTO: GENTING INTERNATIONAL
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<!-- START OF : div id="storytext"-->A JOB at one of the upcoming integrated resorts (IRs) here is proving to be a really hot commodity - with both Singaporeans and foreigners.
Resorts World at Sentosa yesterday said it had received 20,000 - and counting - applications for just 800 jobs it had on offer at the Career 2009 and Education 2009 fair, held over four days beginning last Thursday.
The Marina Bay Sands IR, which was also hiring at the same fair, would not say how many applications it received, but its president Nigel Roberts said the level of interest was 'stunning'.
With 500,000 visitors to the fair over four days, and with Marina Bay looking to hire 'thousands', it is likely that it received a similar, if not larger, number of applicants.
Jobs at the casinos appear to be the most sought-after among applicants to the Sentosa IR.
Resorts World's senior vice-president for human resources and training, Ms Seah-Khoo Ee Boon, said half the applicants wanted a gaming-related job.
Of the rest, 40 per cent were gunning for a job in the Universal Studios' theme park.
The applicants, she said, were both Singaporean and foreign, retrenched workers as well as those who had jobs, and ranged from professionals to fresh graduates.
Interviews for the shortlisted candidates started yesterday.
Among those who are keeping their fingers crossed is Singaporean Desmond Goh, 33, who already has a job in a hotel here. He said he was looking for a job at the Sentosa resort because he wanted a change of pace.
A significant number of applicants were also foreigners who flew here just to look for a job. Read the full story in today's edition of The Straits Times.
