The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians’ Four Winds® Casinos are pleased to announce the dates for four upcoming job fairs to streamline the application process for the expected 1,200 new hires for the South Bend property. At each job fair, human resources staff from Four Winds will be on hand to provide information on all positions and to accept applications.
According to Frank Freedman, Chief Operating Officer of Four Winds Casinos, many of the available postings will be hospitality positions in food and beverage for the new property’s five restaurants and three bars. Traditional casino positions will also be needed.
The first job fair takes place on Saturday, July 22 from 10 am. to 3 p.m. at Jackson Middle School which is located at 5001 Miami St. in South Bend.
Other job fair dates are Saturday, August 5 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Four Winds Field; Saturday, September 9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Jackson Middle School; and Tuesday, October 3 from 2 to 7 p.m. at Century Center.
Applicants are encouraged to regularly visit the Four Winds website, www.fourwindscasino.com, and look under employment for an ongoing list of current postings.
Freedman added construction on Four Winds Casino South Bend has passed the halfway point, and is on target to be completed in early 2018. It will have 175,000 square feet and include 1,800 slot machines, five restaurants, a coffee shop, three bars, a retail outlet, and approximately 4,500 parking spaces including an enclosed parking structure. To date, more than 300 construction workers have been hired.
About The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians
The Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians’ sovereignty was reaffirmed under legislation signed into law by President Clinton in September of 1994. The Pokagon Band is dedicated to providing community development initiatives such as housing, education, family services, medical care and cultural preservation for its approximately 5,000 citizens. The Pokagon Band’s ten-county service area includes four counties in Southwestern Michigan and six in Northern Indiana. Its main administrative offices are located in Dowagiac, Mich., with a satellite office in South Bend, Ind. In 2007, it opened Four Winds Casino Resort in New Buffalo, Mich., followed by Four Winds Hartford in 2011 and Four Winds Dowagiac in 2013. More information is available at www.pokagonband-nsn.gov.
About Four Winds Casinos
Four Winds New Buffalo, located at 11111 Wilson Road in New Buffalo, Mich., Four Winds Hartford, located at 68600 Red Arrow Highway in Hartford, Mich., and Four Winds Dowagiac, located at 58700 M-51 South in Dowagiac, Mich., are owned by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. Four Winds New Buffalo offers 130,000 square feet of gaming with more than 2,600 slot machines, 50 table games, five restaurants, entertainment bars, retail venues, a pool, and a 415-room hotel, making it the premier gaming resort in the Midwest. Four Winds Hartford features more than 550 slot machines, nine table games, a 74-seat restaurant, and a 15-seat bar. Four Winds Dowagiac features 400 slot machines, seven table games and one restaurant. Please play responsibly. You must be 21 years of age to gamble. For more information on Four Winds Casinos, please call 1-(866)-4WINDS1 (866-494-6371) or visit www.fourwindscasino.com. Additionally, be sure to like Four Winds Casinos on Facebook at www.facebook.com/fourwindscasino and follow on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/fourwindscasino.
