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New Red Rock restaurant to hire 200 workers
Yard House, a new restaurant and bar opening at the Red Rock Resort, is looking to put 200 people to work. The restaurant, which will open June 6, is hiring for both front and back-of-house positions, including servers, bartenders, kitchen workers and management staff. The restaurant will open June 6. [Read Full Article]

Jobless benefits are extended
Every few days, a good friend calls or texts me to find out if unemployment benefits have been extended yet. [Read Full Article]

Planet Hollywood hiring 800 workers for new towers
Planet Hollywood will start its recruiting process for 800 employees with a two-day job fair next week, the company announced today. The employees will staff its PH Towers, scheduled to open later this year. [Read Full Article]

Hard Rock’s new Strip location to hire 500 workers
There’s a bit of good news for Nevada’s unemployed coming later this week. The Strip’s new Hard Rock Café, set to open this summer, is looking to hire more than 500 employees to staff the restaurant’s second Las Vegas location. [Read Full Article]

CityCenter hotel begins search for 500 workers
CityCenter’s Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas is accepting applications to fill more than 500 jobs, the hotel announced today. The non-gaming, luxury hotel will be hiring for a variety of positions including in food and beverage, hotel operations, spa and fitness, finance, facilities and security. [Read Full Article]

Report: Las Vegas could be magnet for green jobs
Las Vegas could become a hub of green jobs aimed at putting the less educated to work, according to a report released today. By shifting $882 million from fossil fuels to clean energy, Las Vegas could produce almost 5,000 new jobs with the bulk of them employing high school-educated workers. [Read Full Article]

Training’s fast and jobs abound, so nursing aide program packs ’em in
At an orientation last week for the College of Southern Nevada’s summer nursing assistant program, its director asked attendees how many were pursuing an education as a result of the economy. [Read Full Article]