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.
