Like other businesses in dire need of workers, San Manuel has upped the ante by offering incentives. “We’re doing well considering this unique environment, but it’s more challenging to fill our entry-level positions,” Jasmine Takeshita, San Manuel’s director of talent acquisitions said earlier this month. More openings are being filled to staff the casino’s new 432-room hotel, set to open later this year. The hiring process at casinos can be time-consuming, and some former workers may have moved onto other jobs while others are nervous about returning to crowded work environments with COVID-19 and its far more contagious Delta variant rapidly boosting infection rates.Īt San Manuel, recruitment is underway for cooks, cashiers, janitors, groundskeepers and a variety of other positions to work in the casino’s expanded gaming space, new 24-hour restaurant, high-end dining venue and newly completed retail shops.
With the initial phase of its $550 million expansion plan now completed, San Manuel Casino is grappling with the same problem other Southern California casinos are facing - how to fill all of its job openings.Īnd there are plenty, as the Highland facility is looking to hire 2,500 additional workers by year’s end.īut it won’t be easy.
