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June 7, 2012
Pre-Registration For Barclays Center Jobs Begins
Public housing residents, as well as those living in neighborhoods surrounding Atlantic Yards, are to be given preference.
Fort Greene–Clinton Hill Patch
by Paul Leonard
Barclays Center unveiled a new jobs website this week amidst continuing controversy over the number—and quality—of available employment opportunities at the site.
A representative of arena developer Forest City Ratner said that jobseekers would be able to pre-register for positions at brooklynbarclayscenterjobs.com in a hiring process expected to last two months.
Once screened, candidates will be asked back for an in-person interview at job fairs to be held in July and August. The first training sessions for new employees will take place in August, according to FCRC.
Despite an announcement made with great fanfare in April that 2,000 jobs would be created at Barclays Center, FCRC execs later walked back that figure, saying that 1,240 full-time equivalent jobs would be made available—meaning that most positions at the mega-arena would be part-time only.
...Graduates of a questionably effective job training program, Brooklyn United For Innovative Local Development (BUILD), will also be given priority, [FCRC VP for external affairs Ashley] Cotton wrote.
Posted by eric at June 7, 2012 6:50 PM