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Justin M. Bowen
A view of the CityCenter construction on the Strip from the Bellagio walkway.
Published Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 | 2:20 p.m.
Updated Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 | 4:07 p.m.
Sun Archives
- CityCenter extending hope on a huge scale (1-13-2009)
- Priority No. 1: Finding a job (1-9-2009)
- Thousands expected Thursday at Henderson job fair (1-7-2009)
- CityCenter accepting applications for 12,000 jobs (1-5-2009)
Beyond the Sun
The prospect of getting a job at CityCenter, which is hiring some 12,000 people for a late 2009 opening, has thrown some locals into a state of anxious excitement.
Once the downturn obliterated the long-held theory that Las Vegas is resistant to recessions, many locals who have never experienced unemployment have entered a Twilight Zone of uncertainty.
No wonder they also are apprehensive of this new world of regimented, online application processing.
Some online applicants awaiting notification from MGM Mirage are worried they will get lost in the shuffle.
(MGM Mirage says it will contact every applicant for a "pre-interview" sit-down with a human resources staffer. The process ensures that candidates are applying for jobs they are best suited for.)
Others are so antsy for work that they want to apply for just about any job when there's no "all of the above" box to check.
(The online process requires prospective applicants to select a job from the list of postings. The pre-interview is designed to match candidates to the most appropriate jobs.)
Within the first week of accepting online job applications, MGM Mirage had received some 35,000 applications. A week later, that figure was more than 52,000.
Officials now expect more than 150,000 applications, including some 50,000 flooding the site within three weeks. That might be a discouraging prospect for some who are feeling like a minnow in an ocean.
Bill McBeath, president and chief operating officer of CityCenter's Aria resort, says everyone will get their chance to shine.
The company will meet with each of them – provided that they will be applying within the next few months.
Employees must be hired by August, and training begins thereafter. Some 85 percent of them will wear custom-designed uniforms that need fitting.
There's no cutoff date for applications, McBeath said.
"We don't want to penalize someone who's moving to town at the last minute who might have the skill set, the kind of energy level and attitude that we're looking for," he said. "We don't want to then tell them they were too late to the ballgame."
If you currently have a job I would not encourage you to leave it to go here. After they open expect layoffs to begin shortly there after.
My money is riding on city center. I hope it's not a bad bet...
And for all of you who will "rush" in to get these jobs..don't forget to look at these numbers: City Center is hiring "some 12,000" people.
NOW FOR THE 1ST QUOTE: "Within the first week of accepting online job applications, MGM Mirage had received some 35,000 applications. A week later, that figure was more than 52,000."
NOW FOR THE 2ND QUOTE: "Within the first week of accepting online job applications, MGM Mirage had received some 35,000 applications. A week later, that figure was more than 52,000.
Officials now expect more than 150,000 applications, including some 50,000 flooding the site within three weeks..."
Now again, they are only hiring about 12k people and they have already over 300k applicants and that number is still growing! Now maybe those are good for Vegas, but those are LOUSY numbers!
But lets make MGM Mirage to be champions. They are doing so much for so many! Or where have I have I heard that before? Or yea, that's right...put a quarter into this slot machine and you could win a million! Or get this player's card and you will get points and look at all this great stuff you can get! Yea right!
And the new president will change the world!
Good luck Vegas, be smart and do not believe it just because you read it in the newspaper or see on the TV. Look at ALL the sides and remember, even the casinos have their reasons for
"pumping" up this great numbers story!
BUT HEY, ITS A GREAT STORY FOR THE NEW YEAR...
DC DAVE
TO VEGADBD and TO ALL THOSE WHO OTHERWISE BELIEVE THAT OBAMA IS THE GREAT "SAVIOR".
Now explain to me how he did this ... I mean since he has only been in office only a week (at the time of this comment.) Now we ALL PRAY for a change in the new administration....but get real, HE HAD NOTHING WHAT SO EVER TO DO WITH THIS! AND YOU KNOW THIS IS THE TRUTH!
MAN YOUR COMMENTS DO MAKE ME LAUGH THOUGH...THANKS..KEEP THE FUNNIES COMING.
DC DAVE
They can't even get the damn thing built properly, it's incompetence at every turn !!
Hmmm... I'm wondering where the 6,000+ highly paid construction workers are going to go when City Center is completed. Just a thought...
Please people of Vegas, Nevada and other areas. I have worked on site at City Center and know for a fact that Perini will never open within the time promised. Tonight Fox 5 stated that the money is not available thus City Ceneter stands a chance to not meet completion. I placed a call to the News and I was spoken to like to a five year old for asking that the story be repeated. I think MGM should zip the project and call it a day. Over 100 people a week get the boot from Perini for the prior mistakes that Perini made at the start of the project. No Rebar, Steel defects and not to mention that the structure will never stand. Do you realy want to work there? They are only going to hire 6,000. Codes is afraid that the building will crush due to the mistakes of Perini and to date there happens to be over 800 plus Non Compliance reports, no permits and few inspections. Is this safe?
If Perini ever obtains the final backing that it needs and corrections can be resolved which means destroy what is in existance and start over, then Vegas may have a chance of an opening at some point in the distant future. Please don't pack up the kids, pets and load the car thinking this project might be your hope! This is a terrible gamble. The Owner of the MGM has already pulled his money from the MISTAKE as well as the other investors and banks. As I have stated before and will play it again. Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall and he too took a great fall!
Perini will be off the site within another month or my name is not .......! Just keep an eye on them. If you dare work there within the next three years, be careful. As you know, many people are dead only because they were rushed to do the work without proper supervision. Where are the wrongful death lawsuits? Guess they have been warned too or paid off by Perini. You talk about Perini and you die! This is a fact for I am a witness as I observed Perini's corruption daily. When I elected to submit my safety reports, I was told to shut my mouth and write my reports the way that Perini instructed which involved telling a lie to you Nevada. When I said no to the powers that be, I got the boot! Looking back, guess it is best that I am alive and not in a grave! I still fear my life on a daily basis and I cannot file against them for I will never work again. What a terrible position to let "Big Brother" dominate a human. Honestly,I really do not know what to do so if any of you have any positive suggestions I am certainly all ears. If not, then do not bother to reply. Again, be careful if you ever visit the City Center or purchase property. Please do not listen to the news reports for it is my opinion that the the news is being instructed what to say and what not to say! They are not even allowed on the property!
This is great news for the local economy - good to see folks being hired when all you hear about is jobs being lost.
Vivek L
http://www.smallbusinessplanresources.co...
Yeah great job prospect. 15000 to be hired. 10000 to be fired within one month after opening. Great prospect here.
City Cemetery will be a lonely wind swept monument to the world we once knew prior to the real estate bubble burst. It will open and close very quickly, probably get sold off piece by piece for pennies on the dollars that were spent to build it. R.I.P. City Cemetery....
I applied for 2 jobs weeks ago and haven't received any feedback whatsoever.