But benefits, a more pleasant work environment – all those things count now more than they did before.”

“For every six workers, we got 10 jobs out there open,” Miller said during a virtual June 2023 interview with 8 News Now. Stephen Miller, director of research for UNLV’s Center for Business and Economic Research, says in this kind of climate, employees have the upper hand. The Fontainebleau, left, and Durango Casino & Resort are opening in the next few months, and competition for employees if fierce.īut, will potentials like this be enough to compete with the almost 6,000 positions still vacant at the upcoming and highly anticipated Fontainebleau (December 2023), the hundreds of openings anticipated for holiday retail shopping, and those temporary positions for the Las Vegas Grand Prix (November 2023) and Super Bowl (February 2024)? “Our best candidates that’s helped us grow this company have always been people who started with us as bussers, runners, and we’ve grown them through their careers and now they’re directors, executives.” “We also are making incredible progress with our health and medical insurance coverage with our employees,” Eure said. Though he held interviews for around 200 restaurant positions during a career fair on Monday, that amount represents just a sixth of the 1,200 positions the resort is looking to fill before its November 20 opening.Įure says he tried distinguishing these jobs from the thousands of others available by advertising Clique Hospitality’s work culture, offering employee-of-the-month incentives and noting upward mobility opportunities to applicants. This is the big leagues here in Vegas,” Eure said inside the Rocks Lounge at the Red Rock Resort Casino & Spa Monday morning. He works as Vice President of Restaurants for Clique Hospitality, the company opening a Mexican restaurant and chic lounge in the new Durango Casino & Resort this year.

(KLAS)Īs Keith Eure says, it’s a competition for the best hospitality workers in the world.

Inside a Monday morning job fair for the anticipated Durango Casino & Resort.

Red rock hotel and casino careers