Sands holds career day exclusively for local students

About 120 local university students gathered this week at the Venetian Macao’s Adelson Advanced Education Centre to attend an exclusive Integrated Resort Career Exhibition, organized by Sands China, targeting local university students and graduates.
Departments from non-gaming sectors were represented, from housekeeping to food and beverage.
During the exhibition, students had the chance to tour display rooms showcasing various career opportunities in areas such as conventions and exhibitions, food and beverage, hotel and concierge and housekeeping, as well as in the soon-to-open Parisian Macao. Sands China team members were on hand to give an introduction to the daily operations of different departments.
Asked how many positions would be available to the candidates present yesterday Antonio Ramirez, senior vice president of human resources at Sands China, said: “To all candidates present here today, if they want to work with us, we will have an opportunity for them.” Ramirez expressed the belief that compared to other resorts in Macau, Sands China has specific advantages. “Our advantages are our size and the different opportunities we have,” he declared.
However, he admitted that some positions struggle to find people willing to apply for them. “Room attendant, it is a position that is not popular,” he noted. “The positions we have available here are not for room attendants. This event is for Macau students that graduated from Macau universities. We are trying to give opportunities to those who have a degree,” Ramirez informed.
Regarding hiring non-local employees, the Sands executive claimed that locals are presently the target of all current and future job fairs.
Short-term programs such as the Parisian Experience Program, the Summer/Winter Break Integrated Resort Experience Program, or the Fast Track Supervisor Program, are also available, which carry the purpose of providing a flexible work experience, as well as of training exceptional graduates to fill-in for supervisory-level roles within four to 12 months.
Applicant Chen Zhen, an undergraduate student majoring in Business Administration and Marketing at the Macau Polytechnic Institute, told the Times that he is looking forward to working for the procurement section of Sands. “They have these programs, which other companies never mentioned they would be organizing,” said Chen when explaining why the Career Exhibition attracted him there.
Another applicant, Tony Ngan, a sophomore student majoring in Finance at the University of Macau, said that he went to the event in order to find a way of spending his summer vacations. “My father works for Sands, he recommended me to come here. They are offering all these short-term programs which turn out to be good opportunities. I think Sands comes out ahead in what may concern Macau, since the opportunities they provide are the greatest,” he said. Staff reporter