Job @ Burswood
Look, I don't know if this is PLAIN coincidence or "someone" is trying to tell me something!
Last weekend, I was working @ Willetton Newsagency as usual and this customer walked up to me and well, people walk up to me every 2 seconds becoz I am behind a COUNTER! hahaha
but thats not the point, what caught my attention was the shirt that man was wearing. He was wearing a shirt with a little logo saying BURSWOOD on it. Being a small fan of Burswood I started talking to the man and asked him what kind of work he is doing in Burswood. After a while he started to tell me about jobs opportunity in Burswood and said that I should apply for a job there. He said he would drop off some application forms over the next few days.
People usually say that, I don't really expect people to remmeber small things like that 
So.. Weekend ended with no suprises but on Monday morning, I decided to go down to city library before going to uni so I took the train like usual and this guy asked me which platform he should take if he wants to go to Burswood. Since Thornlie is the final station, there is only one platform. Feeling curious once again, I talked to the guy about his job at Burswood and he is actually a Dealer and Supervisor in the CASINO itself so he was telling me the pay rate, how much u get a forthnight and stuff like that. What got my attention was the fact that u get free uniform, free training, free food (no crappy food, they are quality good food) and free training plus u get like breaks every hour which is PAID for anyway.
With all the benefits and such a GREAT pay to top it off. I started thinking about it but yet I didn't really put it in mind. I told myself I would do it but when.. I dont really know… Nonetheless the guy totally motivated me..
Few days passed like that.. I was working again.. sitting there quite bored so I started flipping through the papers and after a few page.. I saw this HUGE ads with a huge heading saying JOB @ Burswood or something like that.
LOL! So thats 3 different exposure in less then a week and they all came rather naturally. I didn't ask for it, I didn't force it.. It just came to me so that should be a great enough sign to take action!
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I keep telling myself I will get the application form "when I get around to it" which will be in a week or two! Alrite, here goes again.. I was working @ the Newsagency again and as I walked out to eat my Breakfast (I did morning shift) I was thinking about the Job @ Burswood, thinking when I should go in n get the forms and planning the whole thing and when i finished I walked back in and my boss told me something
Boss: Finished?
Ken: Yeh, it was really nice, thanks!
Boss: Oh yeh, someone dropped off some application forms for you
Ken: Really?
Boss: Yeh, its the burswood one. One of the customer said you wanted it.
Ken: Oh.. Thanks..
So there goes..
If you enlarge it you could probably read the message, if you cant be bothered here it is
Hi Ken
You can use these or visit website for online jobs which are vacant
Good Luck
Signed
What AMAZED me was that the guy actually remembered, what AMAZED me more is that he remembered my name and actually wrote me a note. Seriously, I am going to fill those forms in tomorrow and sending them in as soon as possible.
Burswood here I come.. Maybe this is one way to stop me from gambling :)
March 25th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
YAY GO YOU! go for it kenneth!
you’ve got nothing to lose man!
GANBATTE!
March 25th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
Hehe, law of attraction!
opportunity right there! go for it
March 25th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
STOP you from gambling? oooh, are you sure? ; ) heh. : )
March 28th, 2007 at 11:24 am
Well, I get to gamble for free I suppose… hmm not with my own money but yeh.. i am NOT allowed to gamble when im working thr
I am actually handing in my application in the next week or so
Thanks tomato :D, reeny ur right! lol sarah.. trust me
March 29th, 2007 at 11:08 pm
: )
April 4th, 2007 at 11:27 pm
The food isn’t quality - trust me!
Day shift = cooked relatively fresh, but…
…night shift = reheated
There isn’t much variety either - there’s only so many days you can put up with non-stop tuna pates, hard rice etc.
Oh, and DON’T work in Security - from what I saw when I was working at Burswood, a lot of people who aren’t in Security want to transfer there, but a fair few people in Security seem quite unhappy and are leaving in droves!
April 5th, 2007 at 3:36 am
lol. ex-burswood is so rite. the food aint nice. its the same menu week after week. but the soft serves are nice. =D macdonalds quality. haha…
where r u plannin 2 work? try convention centre! haha… u get 2 build up skills + meet tonnes of ppl there.
April 5th, 2007 at 11:09 am
oh, dang! i thot they had nice nice food.. meh… alrite! food isnt the biggest concern for now.. just want to know this..
they said u get a 15 mins break every hours which is paid for (is that true?) i hope they didnt lie about that one lol
@ ex-burswood - doubt i want to work in security
im not tht buffed up to do that
@ zhong - convention centre! what do u do thr :S dnt tell me kitchen hand! haha
April 8th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Don’t do any job that doesn’t pay penalties - you WILL be screwed with weekend work on flat rates whilst everyone else is on time and a half or double time.
Croups get 15-20 minute breaks every hour. You’ll do 8 hour shifts with many chances for overtime. Turnover’s pretty high and there’s never enough staff so you’ll usually be right for any overtime, which is paid at double time. Some of my colleagues did 16 hour shifts, which I think is excessive, but if you need the money…
Oh, and it starts off slow - at first you’ll only have blackjack or Roulette (depending on your maths skills). After a few months you’ll get a few more games and it’ll become interesting. Unless you REALLY love the games, day after day and hour after hour of blackjack or roulette gets old fast!
Also make sure you’re able to deal with the general scum that seem to inhabit the casino 24/7 - I don’t mean the weekend binge drinkers, but the type who come in at 4am, are there at 4am the next day, haven’t washed in 24 hours, are down on their luck and drunk.
Pay and benefits were good, but I couldn’t stand the patrons or management for more than a few months! If I were you, I’d get any job with penalties that is away from the casino gaming floor (except parking) - you’ll enjoy it a lot more and will probably stay there for longer.
April 9th, 2007 at 12:19 am
thanks for those advice ex-burswood
i will definitely look into it 
would you have any recommendation..
i dont wanna work in F&B thou.. im sick of those
April 9th, 2007 at 11:55 am
http://seek.com.au/jobsearch/index.ascx?AdvertiserID=20717392,1059794
Anything that doesn’t involve working in or on the casino gaming floor itself! Maybe something working in the hotels or the Convention Centre - it’s always going to be steady and will peak at certain times of the year.
People get sucked into the fantasy that working in the casino itself is a vibrant and happening place etc. - it translates to dead day and weeknight shifts, then weekends in which you’ll be snowed under no matter which department you work in. Patrons + alcohol + loss of money (often in large amounts) = taking it out on staff. Anyone who says they enjoy dealing with drunk abusive patrons on a regular basis is either masochistic or lying. I can’t stress it enough = stay off the gaming floor!