The Associated Press
CLEVELAND -- There will be long odds for landing a job at
Ohio's first casino opening in March in Cleveland. The casino says
11,800 people applied for 500 dealer jobs by the noon Friday
deadline.
Insurance salesman Robert Berkheimer hopes his classes on
resume-writing and interview skills will help him get a dealer's
job. He's learned to emphasize his service experience.
Cuyahoga Community College offered the free
coaching classes as part of its job-training outreach.
Full-time jobs as table game/poker dealers will pay about $17 to
$22 hourly, plus benefits. That's comparable to the average salary
for welders, machinists and crane operators in the region.
The Cleveland casino will employ 1,600. Overall, casinos in
Cleveland and those opening later in Cincinnati, Columbus and
Toledo will provide more than 6,000 jobs.
