The US$4 billion integrated resort<\/a><\/em><\/strong> is expected to open before the end of the year. The project comprises 27,000 square meters of gaming floor, 75,000 square meters of retail and 1,900 rooms across three luxury hotel brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThe recruitment event took place in August, jointly organised with the Macao Federation of Trade Unions, General Union of Neighbourhood Associations of Macau, Macau Gaming Industry Labourers Association and Macao Gaming Industry Employees Home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fresh graduates from local tertiary education institutions were invited to participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SJM explained that all interviews were arranged by pre-appointment due to ongoing Covid-19 guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SJM Chairman Daisy Ho said: \u201cSJM gives priority to recruiting local talent for job openings and is dedicated to promoting career advancement for local employees.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The company had already advised it would move around 1,000 staff from its Grand Lisboa\u00a0property to its new Cotai IR.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ho added: \u201cAs a milestone development of SJM on Cotai, the Grand Lisboa Palace is organising a series of recruitment activities in preparation for its opening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Through multi-channel promotions and collaboration with various organisations, we aim to reach diverse groups of job-seekers in the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSJM highly values the development of local talent. In addition to creating job opportunities for society, we devote great effort in providing training courses for our employees to encourage self-improvement. [This] effort has not been suspended even during the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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