Sands China Ltd held a two-day large-scale recruitment fair on Tuesday and yesterday at The Venetian Macao, offering local residents the opportunity to explore a range of non-gaming career opportunities at Sands China properties.
Decorated in a French theme – a celebration of the mid-September opening of the Parisian Macao, the company’s newest integrated resort – the fair offered 900 vacancies from around 80 positions.
All vacancies were for technical positions and non-gaming positions in more than 20 departments, such as housekeeping, food and beverage, stewarding, front office and concierge.
According to Antonio Ramirez, senior vice president of Human Resources for Sands China Ltd, around 1,500 Macau residents attended the job fair. Over 160 contracts were signed on-site.
“They [applicants] are trying to find a job that they are more passionate [about], which is normal and acceptable, […] so if we do have the job that matches their expectations, yes they will accept,” he said.
Ramirez stressed that recruiting local talent is the property’s priority. He admitted that a few departments and positions were not as “popular” as the others.
“All the gaming positions are very popular. So those are [the] positions which, at this stage, we have more candidates than our needs,” he noted.
“What we can do and what we will do is to try to explain to other people the other [job positions] that we have.”
An applicant who wanted to apply to the Spa Department told the Times that she had been asked to try another department, as she did not possess the necessary qualifications.
“I don’t have the related experience,” she said.
When asked why she would want to work at the property, she explained, “I think Venetian [Sands China Ltd] is a really good company. [There’s] so many different benefits for the team members.”
The fair featured a complete recruitment flow for most positions, from on-site interviews to contract signings. Lynzy Valles
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