Singaporeans wishing to try their hand at dealing cards at a casino can apply for jobs this week at the two upcoming integrated resorts. Resorts World at Sentosa (RWS) and Marina Bay Sands will both kick off their first recruitment drive for gaming staff, together with other non-gaming positions, at the Career 2009 & Education 2009 fair starting Thursday. The gaming positions available include dealers, pit supervisors and surveillance operators.

The major recruiting effort for Pittsburgh’s Rivers Casino begins in late March with a one-day career fair, where managers in charge of everything from food service to finance will set up booths and talk shop with potential employees. Following that, the company will hold periodic job fairs - a mall booth with pamphlets, for example, to spread awareness of the new employer.

City of Dreams, the integrated entertainment resort set to be open on the Cotai Strip, officially announced yesterday its major recruitment drive of 7,000 positions in Macau. The property, developed by Melco Crown Entertainment Limited, is scheduled to unveil its door in the first half of this year. As part of the recruitment drive, the company will be hosting a Macau Recruitment Fair on February 7 and February 8 on Level 2 at the the Macau Tower.