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Old 06-03-2011, 07:25 PM
 
Location: Kingman AZ
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Thank you.... Goal is to get into a more customer orientated position though in a casino (front desk, bell,etc). I'm always keeping my eyes and ears open
not a LOT of future in FD or Bells.....casino host is where its at for customer service

 
Old 06-03-2011, 07:36 PM
 
Location: Here and there, you decide.
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not a LOT of future in FD or Bells.....casino host is where its at for customer service
I agree but you need to know clientele. Had to get a position as entry casino host
 
Old 06-03-2011, 08:19 PM
 
Location: Kingman AZ
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I agree but you need to know clientele. Had to get a position as entry casino host
very true.....our hosts have been there forEVER
 
Old 06-03-2011, 10:56 PM
 
Location: ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻ ̡
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From whence they came.


Firstly remember that a huge contributor to the Las Vegas unemployment is/was construction.

Who are these construction workers? I divide them in two main categories.

Union and Non-union

Union- workers did most the public works, casinos, sky rises and condos. Remodels you name it. The demand for labor was so high that Las Vegas could not provide enough labor so we had to call on help from across the country and across the border. Many people worked out of their local unions as travelers here in Las Vegas. They have since returned home but still draw UI from Nevada if it is higher then the state they came from. For many people it is. For the locals that worked in construction you have guys that just two three years ago were making 125k a year running a sky crane. These people have no skills outside of construction so it is harder for them to just transition back to the workforce and of course they are not just gonna go work at McDonalds when UI pays them more.

Non-union- Mostly residential, largely undocumented. Many have migrated back to Mexico and many are still in this country traveling wherever they can find work. Probably easier for them since they did not become accustomed to living high on the hog like their union counterparts. Harder because they are undocumented.

Last but not least we have Strippers. Strippers depend on construction workers to earn a living. Not just strippers but many other business depended on the booming construction industry.


 
Old 06-04-2011, 01:50 AM
 
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Thank you.... Goal is to get into a more customer orientated position though in a casino (front desk, bell,etc). I'm always keeping my eyes and ears open
The goal should be to make some contacts and a bundle of cash via tokes, then quit. Constantly having to kiss the customers @ss as a host, year after year takes its toll on yourself.
 
Old 06-04-2011, 01:55 AM
 
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I JUST got back to work after a 3 month illness....and jumped RIGHT into the hiring/training/firing provess.... I don't know where all these 'unemployed' are...there are jobs out there....but being filled from the MOST unqualifyed pool of applicants I have ever seen. HOW can you be unqualifyed for an ENTRY LEVEL FRIGGIN JOB?

Resumes are FILLED with lies...While I was gone, my boss interviewed, and hired a lady with[allegedly] 4 years experience....on OUR specific hotel system. She was fired 10 days later for terminal stupidity...

Was Airics the only one out there with a brain.....?

The point is that NO ONE is even LOOKING for a job....and these are $10.00 an hour [entry level] jobs.
Is the owner competing with El Cortez and the Boyd properties to be the lowest paying hotel downtown? $10 an hour, come on. The parking garage attendants at the Fitz makes more than that.
 
Old 06-04-2011, 02:14 AM
 
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The goal should be to make some contacts and a bundle of cash via tokes, then quit. Constantly having to kiss the customers @ss as a host, year after year takes its toll on yourself.
Kissing ass is one thing I refuse to do. It never ceases to amaze me at different places I've worked how everyone is walking around acting fake and saying fake things to each other. It's as if dysfunctional families transition right into dysfunctional workplaces.
 
Old 06-04-2011, 07:09 AM
 
Location: Henderson
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If you do not mind me asking guys, how do the casinos treat thier employees? It seems to have become extinct almost everywhere the companies showing thier employees the love via nice parties, etc....Companies have become hardline on employees doing everything they can to be pro-company, work extra hours-extra hard-and put yur job first but have had all the perks disappear. I worked for a Honda company before coming to Vegas and all we got at christmas time was a $10 gift card, and we worked about 70 hours a week..I have looked in to going to Zappos to work and they seem to really be tuned in to taking care of thier employees..
 
Old 06-04-2011, 09:40 AM
 
Location: Kingman AZ
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Is the owner competing with El Cortez and the Boyd properties to be the lowest paying hotel downtown? $10 an hour, come on. The parking garage attendants at the Fitz makes more than that.
we've never been a high paying hotel ....unlike the one next door that THINKS they are a strip property.....there are STILL miniimum wage jobs in the world and they are minimum wage because they should be.....
 
Old 06-04-2011, 12:21 PM
 
Location: North Las Vegas
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This article covers how the advisor to Casino's an state and local government didn't see just how bad this economic melt down coming even for himself.
It's amazing how many people did and no one would listen, just because they weren't considered analysts.

Recession took adviser by surprise

Source: Las Vegas Review Journal


Here is the latest on the local Vegas economy by another analyts:
Local economic index increases in May

Source: Las Vegas Review Journal

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