MGM-Mirage is smart

Posted on March 6, 2008
Filed Under Community Partnerships, Gaming, Job Growth |

According to a recent Las Vegas Sun Article:

MGM Mirage is tapping Southern Nevada’s higher education institutions for help in staffing its more than $8 billion CityCenter development, scheduled to open in 2009.

How the company and schools will collaborate on filling some of the 12,000 jobs CityCenter will create has yet to be decided.

“All that we can really say at this point is that the Career Services Center at UNLV’s Hotel College is currently in discussions with MGM about helping them recruit UNLV students for the CityCenter project,” UNLV spokesman Gian Galassi said in an e-mail. “And, because talks are ongoing, it would be premature to discuss specific details of those efforts, but a partnership would likely include various recruitment components, including internships, job placements, etc.”

Besides assisting in recruitment, local schools could help potential employees develop skills that would help on the job. CSN and UNLV have well-respected gaming and hospitality programs.

MGM Mirage spokesman Gordon Absher said potential partnerships would benefit schools by giving students and alumni an opportunity to explore careers in the hospitality industry.

Not all CityCenter jobs will be in customer service. The development will also seek employees in fields such as technology and accounting.

If CSN and MGM Mirage strike a deal, it won’t be the first time the college has partnered with a major casino company.

Obviously this makes sense. The reason for our local educational infrastructure is to be able to ‘grow our own.’ UNLV and CSN are both recognized for the hospitality programs they have in place.