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CityCenter Workers Get Uniforms

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By Katharine Euphrat · October 28, 2009 · 8:20 p.m.

CityCenter has begun fitting their 12,000 employees into their new uniforms as the December resort openings approach. The 200,000 uniforms are the work of award-winning designers such as Jhane Barnes and some of them are made from recycled materials. For some, the uniform fitting marked the first step out of unemployment.

Bernard Ibarra, left, executive chef of the Aria resort in CityCenter, interviews chef John Tormey during a food and beverage job fair at the CityCenter Career Center on Thursday. Tormey had just been laid off this morning from his job at The Terrace, a wedding and events business in Henderson, he said.
145,000 have applied so far for 12,000 CityCenter jobs
MGM Mirage hosts job fair Thursday to fill positions for food and beverage workers
Thursday, July 16, 2009
By Brendan Buhler
The work of staffing CityCenter continued Thursday when MGM Mirage hosted a job fair for food and beverage workers. So far, more than 145,000 people have applied for CityCenter's 12,000 jobs. MGM Mirage processes all of these applications at a 29,000-square-foot career center. The first applicants pass through the electronic application. Meet the computers' standards and applicants are off to human resources. Human resources is interviewing about 500 people every day. So far, between 42,000 and 43,000 people have been through departmental interviews.
CityCenter plans to hire hundreds today at job fair
Thursday, July 16, 2009
By Amanda Finnegan
CityCenter is looking to walk away with hundreds of employees after today’s food and beverage job fair.
CityCenter career adviser Renee Garner, left, says goodbye to Catrice Wall after speaking with her about a bartender position Monday at a job center. Many among the record 35,000 who applied in less than a week are out of work, and jobs at the resort on the Strip represent a rare opportunity in this economy.
CityCenter extending hope on a huge scale
the economy: Applicants of all backgrounds are lining up for a shot at its openings
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
By Liz Benston
Shellshocked from months of fruitless searching, job seekers showed up Monday with scrubbed faces and sharp suits at a large building behind the Mirage. As many as 700 people per day will enter the building to await a turn with CityCenter human resources staffers.
The $9.2 billion CityCenter project towers over the Strip on the west side of Las Vegas Boulevard. CityCenter announced Monday it is accepting applications for about 12,000 new jobs.
CityCenter accepting applications for 12,000 jobs
Monday, January 5, 2009
By Cydney Cappello
CityCenter is accepting applications beginning today to fill 12,000 positions, the largest employment opportunity available in the country, the company said.
CityCenter seeking more than 12,000 workers
MGM Mirage expects more than 100,000 applicants in down economy
Thursday, December 18, 2008
By Liz Benston
As employers nationwide shed workers amid the deepening recession, MGM Mirage will kick off the country's largest hiring spree Jan. 5 as it seeks more than 12,000 workers for its $9.2 billion CityCenter resort and other company-owned properties.