RWS wishes Singapore... Happy Birthday!

We rounded up our team members from various parts of the resort to sing a song for Singapore's 45th birthday. Check out our "homegrown choir" and the NG scenes as well ;)

Don't forget to join us at Resorts World Sentosa and celebrate this special occasion with us. We've got a whole line-up of National Day festivities going on.

Hint: We've got prizes for the “Best Dressed Family”, so come dressed in the national colours (red and white) with your loved ones!

Finding your way to Resorts World Sentosa

"How do I get to Resorts World Sentosa?";
"What are the parking charges?";
"Do I have to pay the Sentosa Island admission fee?"

If these are questions that are plaguing you, wonder no more. Help is here. We've compiled some of the most frequently asked questions on our Facebook Fanpage and here they are.

We may have the land of Far Far Away, but Sentosa is not far from the mainland at all.

Driving in
If you are driving in, then be sure to head to RWS B1 carpark; you will only have to pay the parking charges. We have revised our parking rates, which you can check here.

There will be no island admission fee imposed. However, if you miss the left turn into the tunnel leading you to the carpark, then you'll end up at the Sentosa booths, where you'll have to "feed" the island admission toll collector, unless of course, you're a hotel guest. Then all you need to do is flash your hotel confirmation to have the admission fee waived. 




Taking public transport
If you think driving in might be a tad troublesome or expensive, no worries. We do have a wide range of public transportation options available.

If you live in the vicinity of Tiong Bahru, Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Jurong, and Tampines, then you're in luck. There are free shuttle bus services from these locations to the resort. And the schedules are conveniently posted on our website.

We have the MRT option for you too. Take the Noth East line to Harbourfront Station, and you'll have two options at your disposal. You can hop onto the Sentosa Express (Level 3 - Lobby L of VivoCity) and take a one-stop S$3 monorail ride to Waterfront Station. Alternatively, you can always flag the RWS 8 at VivoCity or Merrill Lynch HarbourFront bus stops, for a quick S$2 ride.

And that's for the ride in. On the way out, remember that there are no charges for both Sentosa Express and RWS 8. If one has a long queue and the other doesn't, just board the fastest option available. It's all up to you.






If you have any problems getting into the resort, or run into issues, don't be shy, let us know. Send your suggestions or feedback to us at feedback@rwsentosa.com

Getting to Resorts World Sentosa

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Here's wishing you a very prosperous and Happy Chinese New Year.

We have heard feedback about how some visitors were unsure about getting to us, so here's some information and videos about how to get to us.

Public Bus Services direct to Resorts World Sentosa
Public bus services will ensure a convenient connection from the tourist belt and most hotels in the city to Resorts World Sentosa.

RWS8: Board/alight at bus stops outside VivoCity, Merrill Lynch HarbourFront and before Seah Im Road. Flat fare of S$2.00 applies when entering the resort. There will not be any fee charged during exit.

RWS 88: Board/ alight at bus stop next to City Hall MRT Station (NS25/ EW13), opposite The Adelphi on Coleman Street. Flat fare of S$2.00 applies for both entry to Resorts World and exit from Resorts World.  Available on Saturdays, Sundays & public holidays.

963R: Board/ alight at any 963R bus stop, boading point at Woodlands Regional Interchange. Fare range: S$1.50 - S$2.35. Fare will be charged for both entry to Resorts World and exit from Resorts World. Available on Saturdays, Sundays & public holidays.

NR1: Board/ alight at selected bus stops from Marina, Boat Quay, Clarke Quay, Orchard, Toa Payoh, Bishan, Ang Mo Kio & Yishun. Flat fare of S$3.50 applies. Fare will be charged for both entry to Resorts World and exit from Resorts World. Available on Fridays, Saturdays & eve of public holidays.


NR6: Board/ alight at selected bus stops from Marina,  Boat Quay, Clarke Quay, Orchard, Serangoon, Yio Chu Kang & Sengkang. Flat fare of S$3.50 applies. Fare will be charged for both entry to Resorts World and exit from Resorts World. Available on Fridays, Saturdays & eve of public holidays.

Frequency of 5 to 7 minutes during the peak period and 10 to 15 minutes during the non peak period. Refer to this map for directions.

Car
If guests drive, please show the gantry your hotel confirmation for an island admission waiver.

Hard Rock Hotel Singapore™:
Drop-off: After entering Sentosa island, go past the Sentosa admission gantry and turn right at the roundabout. Continue along Artillery Road until you see Resorts World Hard Rock Hotel Singapore to your right. Turn right and follow the signs to your hotel or the carpark.

Exit: Turn left towards Festive Hotel. Exit through a right ramp gate. Follow Sentosa island signs towards City.

Festive Hotel™:
Drop off: After entering Sentosa island, go past the Sentosa admission gantry and turn right at the roundabout. Continue along Artillery Road until you see Resorts World Sentosa entrance to your right. Turn right and follow the signs to Festive Hotel front porch.

Exit: Turn left. Exit through a right ramp gate. Follow Sentosa island signs towards City.

Hotel Michael™:
Drop off: After entering Sentosa island, go past the Sentosa admission gantry and turn right at the roundabout. Continue along Artillery Road until you see Resorts World Sentosa entrance on your right. Turn right and follow the signs to Hotel Michael Rotunda.

Exit: Turn left. Exit through a right ramp gate. Follow Sentosa island signs towards City.

Crockfords™ Tower:
Drop-off: After entering Sentosa island, go past the Sentosa admission gantry and turn right at the roundabout. Continue along Artillery Road until you see Resorts World Sentosa entrance on your right. Turn right and follow the signs to Crockfords Tower Rotunda.

Exit: Turn left. Exit through a right ramp gate. Follow Sentosa island signs towards City.

Parking for all guests: Keep left on the Causeway into Sentosa. Turn down into Resorts World Sentosa and keep to the right lane which will take you to carpark, Basement 1. Park at the Red or Blue zone. Proceed right towards the Festive Grand theatre. Our ambassadors and signage will guide you to your respective hotel.

Please be advised of our basement car park charges:

Weekdays
(7 am to 7 pm) $6 for the first hour, $2 per hour thereafter
(12 pm to 2 pm) $1 for the first hour, $2 per hour thereafter
7 pm to 7 am $4 per entry
Parking is capped at $20 in any 24-hour period

Weekends
(7 am to 7 pm) $7 for the first hour, $2 per hour thereafter
7 pm to 7 am $4 per entry
Parking is capped at $20 in any 24-hour period

Please note parking charges for Public Holidays are the same as for Weekends

The Sentosa Express
The Sentosa Express connects from VivoCity (Level 3, Lobby L) shopping mall to the resort in minutes with increased frequency at peak hours to ensure fast transit. Guest can alight at the Waterfront Station. A flat fee of S$3.00 applies. Find out more.

Cable Car (closed until mid 2010)
A cable car ride offers the most relaxing way to arrive in Sentosa, offering dramatic views of HarbourFront vicinity, Keppel Harbour and Mount Faber park on mainland Singapore.

Cab
Visitors traveling in via car or cab can enter the resort on the 6-lane Sentosa Bridge and go directly to the over 3,000 parking spaces directly beneath the resort.

Taxi Bays: There are taxi bays located at various points of the resort to ensure visitors easy access to taxis.

If entering via RWS B1 car park, only prevailing taxi chartes apply. If entering via Sentosa gantry, Sentosa island admission and taxi charges apply. All guests departing from RWS will be required to pay a S$3.00 surcharge

Refer to this map for directions.

Limousine service
Our executive limousine service is available exclusively for VIP guests, and offers a relaxed and hassle- free drive in total comfort by professional drivers. More details will be available soon.

Limousine fleet
We have limousines readily available for airport transfers and any on-call services. More details will be available soon.

Boardwalk / Travellator (Walking)
By the 3rd quarter of 2010, guests will be able to take a five-to-ten minute walk from VivoCity City shopping mall to the resort using the travellators.

MRT
The North-East line MRT rail system (HarbourFront Station) provides quick and easy connections from any corner of Singapore to HarbourFront Centre and VivoCity shopping malls.

From there, you may take any of the following transportation:

Sentosa Express: Go to the 3rd level (Lobby L) of VivoCity shopping mall to transfer to Sentosa Express to enter the resort.

RWS 8: Proceed to the bus stop either outside VivoCity or Merrill Lynch HarbourFront. For a flat fee of S$2.00, guests will be taken into the resort.

Public Buses
Public buses are readily available from all corners of Singapore to HarbourFront Center and VivoCity shopping malls, after which guests can hop onto RWS 8. To ensure easy access, public bus services will increase frequency and add additional services, based on demand during peak hour periods. Get more details on SMRT and SBS bus services.

Bus numbers: 65, 80, 93, 188, 855, 10, 30, 97, 100, 131, 143, 145 & 166.

Tourist Coaches
There would be tourist coach bays around the resort to ensure convenient drop-offs for those taking coach into the resort for easy check-in to respective hotels.

Please feel free to download this handy brochure to get to us.

Want To Make History?

[Written by Karen C from HR]


Resorts World Sentosa is on track to open in early 2010. Our very first event will take place in just a few months. Want to be a part of this exciting occasion? Wait no longer! The RWS HR team invites you for a chance to be a part of the pioneer team.

We’re looking for part-time F&B folks to be waiters/waitresses, cooks, etc. Come help us serve up delightful dishes and prepare the freshest ingredients for a sumptuous meal. And I don’t mean to boast, but we have attractive hourly rates and fun@work is compulsory. Singaporeans and PRs only! (note: foreign students that are eligible to work under MOM’s Work Pass exemption policy can also apply.)

FYI, the fun doesn’t stop at our inaugural event. During the year, we’ll have an exciting lineup of events around the resort. Feel free to let us know that you’re interested in working during the year too (school holidays, weekends, etc). For a flavor of what’s to come, check out the images below.

Business retreat at one of Asia’s largest column-free ballrooms?

Birthday bash at Hollywood Boulevard?

Wedding at Shrek’s father-in-law’s castle?

To be a part of our exciting RWS events, come see us this Sunday! Details below.

Date: Sunday, Nov 8
Time: 8am-4pm
Venue: 213 Pandan Gardens (Resorts World office) Click on pics to enlarge.

1) Board our free RWS shuttle bus from Jurong East MRT/Interchange between 7:30am & 3:30pm (departs every 30 minutes)


2) You can also take an SBS bus or drive.
Note: Do refer to http://bit.ly/4ift7C for more information as well.

Please bring 2 photos, photocopies of your NRIC & certs, and bank account number (for salary processing).

We strongly advise all interested candidates to come on Sunday. However, if you’re really unable to make it, email your resume to careers@rwsentosa.com.

Where HR will be this month

We will be at e2i next Wednesday (Nov 11) and Thursday (Nov 12), 2pm. For these two events, only Singaporean and SPR applications will be entertained.

Update on Croupier Training in Manila

Last time I blogged about the croupiers getting caught in one of the worst typhoons in Manila’s history. Just a few days ago, I found that that they really can’t get enough of (or get away from) the water. The croupiers took a trip to Villa Escudero for some sun and fun. Have a look:

Happy smiling people

Water Rafting – waiting for the rafts

Water Rafting – getting on the rafts (don’t fall in!!)

Carabao Ride

Other highlights include lunch at the waterfalls, a cultural show, and fishing! We heard that no one actually caught any fish. No worries, croupiers. Just stick to your full-time jobs! That will keep our visitors at the Resorts World Casino very happy.


That’s all I have for now. Chat again soon.

Powering away with the recruitment

[Written by Karen C from HR]


Still looking to join RWS? Guess what?

That’s right. The RWS HR team put together another recruitment drive at Suntec Convention Centre on Oct 12 & 13. Psst, this way for a sneak peak at our recruitment drive. The entire foyer of the second floor ballroom was lined with candidates filling in applications for jobs in Retail (Sales Associates), F&B (Waiter/Waitress, Commis Cook, Bartender) and Universal Studios Singapore® (Crew).

Some candidates even received immediate job offers. Welcome to the RWS family!!

If you missed this round, we are still accepting applications. You can write us at careers@rwsentosa.com, surf our job descriptions at www.rwsentosa.com/careers, or visit us at any of our recruitment talks. Our HR folks will be at e2i (141 Redhill Road) at 2pm this Wed (Oct 21), next Wed (Oct 28) and next Thurs (Oct 29).

Not even a typhoon will stop us from opening in early 2010

Enough of that recruitment talk. What happens after a candidate is hired into the RWS family? Training, obviously. We’ve been busy prepping our staff for our early 2010 opening. Not to get you all excited or anything, but our doors will be opening very very soon. (In fact, our first event will happen even before our early 2010 opening! Click here for more details.)


I digress - I really want to share a little insider info about the croupier training in Manila. As some of you might already know, we’ve been sending hundreds of croupiers to our Genting casino in Manila for hands-on training.

However, as many of you probably already know, Manila was also recently hit by one of the biggest tropical storms in its entire history. Needless to say, our croupiers were also affected.

Before our croupiers realized how severe the storm was, they were still happily taking pictures and having a bit of fun with the strong winds/rain.

The aftermath of the storm

This is an account by one of our trainers, Wendy C:

“On the weekend that Tropical Storm Ketsana hit (26 September 2009), the Resorts World croupiers were due to go on a group outing to the Tagaytay Highlands [for the uninitiated, Tagaytay is a volcanic highland resort with cool weather, nice mountainous views, trekking, river activities and horse riding]. Our plans were cancelled after the storm drenched Manila with very heavy rain and strong winds. The storm flooded parts of the city, including the area where our croupiers are staying, and knocked out the water and electricity at their apartments.

"We worked closely with our partners in Manila to deliver drinking water to the croupiers at their apartments and made sure we kept in regular contact with them. We also arranged for their cooks to prepare and deliver meals, both lunch and dinner, to the croupiers for a whole week after the storm.

"Over and above, we also gave the name list of all our trainees to the Singapore Embassy in the Philippines in the event of a worsening of the situation and a need for evacuation."

We are glad that our croupiers are safe and are very satisfied with their progress in the mastery of multiple table games & chip handling. However, we are exceptionally pleased with their contributions to the residents of Manila.

After the disaster, our kind croupiers raised money to help Filipinos who were affected by the storm. They raised a total of 52,690 Pesos and donated to the needy. There was even a  youtube video of our trainees rescuing cars from the flood!

Their outstanding behavior in the face of a crisis makes us very proud to have them as part of the RWS family.

Back to the old school

[Written by Karen C from HR]


Been pretty occupied with university recruitment talks lately.  So far, I've met some great undergrads.  One of their favourite questions is, "What can I do?"  So in return, I asked one of them, "Well, what sounds good to you?"

And his reply was, "Everything!  I just want to be part of this."

I love meeting people like that. The enthusiasm is infectious.


The RWS Management Trainee Program

Many undergrads that I spoke to were looking for management trainee programs with RWS.  However, I explained that our formal programs would only be rolled out after our opening, when we reached a more steady state of operation.

Right now, our sights are focused on opening up the resort.  We’re still on track for an early-2010 opening, which is really only a few months away!!

Part-time Jobs

Although we haven’t started our management training program yet, we encourage current students to use our part-time jobs as stepping stones in preparation for a full-time career at our IR.

Training starts prior to our opening and will be fully paid for.  To further sweeten the deal, we offer attractive part-time rates for hospitality jobs, and those that work night shifts will also be sent to their nearest bus stop after work (as close to home as you can get)!

The positions are:

1. Waiter/Waitress

2. Bellman

3. Sales Associate (Universal Studios Singapore)

4. Crew (Universal Studios Singapore)

5. Traffic Warden


Especially if you’re a first or second year student with the luxury of few years before graduation, consider these part-time jobs.  You can work in between classes, during holidays, weekends… the hours are flexible!

Try your hand at any of our numerous F&B outlets during one of your vacations, and then move to any of our six themed hotels the next.  And if you’re game, you could top it off with a Universal Studios experience.

Before you know it, you’d have created the entire IR experience for yourself!  When you’re ready to interview for your full-time position, you can tell us with confidence that you know exactly what it takes to work at our IR.

Think about this:  If we had to choose between two candidates for a full-time job, who would we pick?  The candidate with the RWS work experience?  Or the one without?

I’m all about the full-time…

You might be a December ’09 graduate or available for immediate hire, so you’d rather delve straight into a full-time job at RWS.  Completely understandable.  We’d like to highlight a couple of full-time job opportunities:

1. Croupier

2. Guest Services Ambassador (GSA)

Our croupier and GSA jobs are not easy. Croupiers need to master several different table games, be strong at mental calculations, have good finger dexterity, and be sharp and alert.  Our GSAs are involved in Casino Marketing, and need to be poised (they represent our glamourous Resorts World Casino) and have great interpersonal skills (they manage anyone from regular guests to members to VIPs).

How to Apply

If you’re interested in the part-time and full-time opportunities mentioned in this post, do apply online at www.rwsentosa.com/careers or email us at careers@rwsentosa.com, clearly indicating the position you are interested in.

If you think that you might be better suited for other full-time opportunities, then you can also visit our careers website for the full range of options.  As a side note, if your graduation date is some time next year or several years out and you’re ONLY looking for full-time opportunities, do apply with us closer to your graduation date.

Tying up the odds and ends from Aug 22/23

Btw, we're almost done short-listing and conducting all interviews from the Aug 22/23 recruitment drive.  If you know anyone who’s still waiting on us, they probably were not shortlisted for the position that they applied for.

However, we still encourage them to apply for other RWS positions that they qualify for!

That’s all for now! Talk soon!

Hello World!

[Written by Karen C from HR]


Hi everybody and welcome to the RWS HR blog! Through this blog, I hope that you will get to know our HR team a little better and find out what goes on behind the scenes to build up our fast-expanding RWS family.

I'm sure I've met some of you before, either when we chatted at career fairs or when I presented at recruitment talks. My main responsibility at RWS is to help in planning the resort-wide recruitment strategy, which comprises partnering organisations to bring in our talent pool all the way to the details of logistics planning for recruitment events. If you see me at future recruitment events, please feel free to ask me questions or just say hi!

I joined RWS because I wanted to be in the centre of the action and buzz of creating this Sentosa IR. So far, I have not been disappointed. Things move very fast around here so that definitely keeps me on my toes. I'm constantly challenged to come up with solutions for situations that I've never encountered before, and flexibility is my new middle name. Honestly, I never imagined that Shrek would one day be my colleague or that I'd be learning the rules of pai gow on my lunch break (all in the name of work, of course).

As many of you know by now, RWS will be opening in early 2010. By the end of the year, we plan to be 8,000-strong! In order to track down the best possible team members, we participated in several major career fairs, which include Career & Education 2009 and our June recruitment drive at Suntec.

We also recently concluded August walk-in interviews for our operational positions, which saw almost 16,000 job seekers persevering in the long lines and all sorts of tropical weather tribulations. We'd like to take this time to thank everyone that stopped by and for your very overwhelming interest to be part of RWS.

For those that didn't secure an interview during the August 22 or 23 walk-in interview sessions, we are in the process of conducting interviews and regret that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. If you haven't heard from us after two months, we encourage you to seek out other job opportunities either in RWS or other organisations. If you are still awaiting the results of your interviews and/or offer letters, do be patient with us. We are processing thousands of applications/offers every week and working as fast as we can!

Meantime, keep your eyes and ears peeled for available job opportunities that are constantly updated on our RWS careers page (www.rwsentosa.com/careers). Also, come join us at any of our recruitment talks that are organised through our partners and various institutions & corporations. On September 30 at 1:30pm, we will be presenting at e2i’s Integrated Resorts industry preview (www.e2i.com.sg to register and for more information). Come say hi!


See you soon.