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Good Golly......7,000 showed up at the Mohegan racino job fair...for 400 jobs...


09/14/2006
Thousands vie for jobs at Mohegan Sun fair
STAFF REPORT


The Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs job fair was supposed to end at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, but an hour after that more than a hundred people were still snaked throughout the floor, waiting to turn in applications.
About 7,000 people came to the job fair, held Tuesday and Wednesday at Wachovia Arena at Casey Plaza. The majority — about 4,200 people — showed up on Wednesday, with lines creeping out the doors at times.

More than 400 jobs are at stake as the casino finishes phase one of its plan to put in 1,080 slots at the location by the end of the year.

“We’re very pleased,” said Robert Soper, president and chief executive officer of Mohegan. “There have been a lot of talented applicants.”

Soper said applicants should hear back within the next two weeks about further interviews and training.

“The difficult thing is when 7,000 people show up, 1,200 turn in applicants and there’s only 400 jobs,” he said.