Local residents applying for jobs with Best Sunshine International, Ltd. prefer to land hotel jobs instead of casino-related positions.<\/p>\n
Best Sunshine, which holds an exclusive casino license on Saipan, has been on a recruitment drive for its \u201clive training\u201d facility at the T Galleria in Garapan.<\/p>\n
The company is eyeing to hire 500 personnel and will prioritize local hires.<\/p>\n
The potential trainees will undergo training at an adjacent \u201ctraining school\u201d at the Bank of Guam before being deployed at the temporary casino in T Galleria.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not having any problems with the hiring, and I wish we had more. A lot of people are coming into the office asking about hotel jobs,\u201d said BSI chief executive officer Mark A. Brown said.<\/p>\n
He said a majority of the applicants are seeking hotel-related jobs.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight this moment, majority [of the applicants] are not dealers. I want more dealers,\u201d Brown said, adding that Best Sunshine will be paying trainees to deal at $7.25 per hour.<\/p>\n
Brown said locals are encouraged to avail of the training and if they don\u2019t like it, at least they will get paid for undergoing the training.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will train you, and you will learn how to deal at $7.25 an hour. And I\u2019m telling you, you will love it,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n
At least two lawmakers are encouraging local residents to give the Best Sunshine opportunity a try.<\/p>\n
Rep. Joseph Lee Pan Guerrero (R-Saipan) said locals should commit to that first step and apply for the casino jobs.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey should not be intimidated. This is an opportunity,\u201d Guerrero said.<\/p>\n
Rep. John Paul Sablan (R-Saipan) earlier said he is particularly worried about the low turnout of local residents applying for jobs posted by Best Sunshine.<\/p>\n
\u201cI met with some of the management of Best Sunshine and from what I gathered, there were only a hundred applicants,\u201d Sablan said.<\/p>\n
Sablan said he is \u201cconcerned\u201d with the low turnout. \u201cWhere are our manpower, how come they are not applying for job opportunities?\u201d Sablan asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to encourage all locals to apply, whether as a dealer, a bellhop, an attendant, a receptionist, or a waiter, \u201d Sablan said, noting that he does not want the economy to \u201ccollapse\u201d due to a manpower shortage.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur locals are not as aggressive as they should be [in applying for the jobs],\u201d Sablan said, adding that he wants locals to \u201cnot be discouraged.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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