Universal hiring 3,000 for summer
Universal Orlando Resort intends to hire for 3,000 positions to handle the summer season, the company announced Thursday.
The open spots are for part-time and full-time work in several departments including attractions, food services and custodial as well as information technology, finance, marketing or human resources.
The jobs come with “competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits packages” as well as other perks such as free park admission and guest passes, Universal said in a news release.
People who are interested can apply online at www.UniversalOrlandoJobs.com. The company says it will hold several appointment-only job fairs during the next few weeks.
Universal is growing as it opens the new Fast & Furious — Supercharged ride this spring and the Aventura Hotel with 600 rooms in a 16-story tower, in August.
The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings report April 25. also fought a lawsuit filed by a group of investors who accused the company of misleading stockholders about the effect of the movie on the parks’ business. A trial has been proposed to begin July 8, 2019, according court records.
The lawsuit and the criminal case are “parallel” and could involve some of the same witnesses and evidence, wrote U.S. District Judge Michael Anello from the Southern District of California in an order filed last week approving the government’s request.
The government had asked for seven depositions of former and current employees to be delayed which included ex-Chief Executive Officer Jim Atchison, ex-Chief Financial Officer James Heaney, ex-Chief Parks Operations Daniel Brown, ex-vice president of corporate communications Fred Jacobs and Marc Swanson, the company’s current chief financial officer.
Neither SeaWorld or the investors objected to the government’s request, according to court documents.
“Although the public has an interest in the resolution of civil cases such as the one here, that interest pales in comparison to the public interest as a whole in unraveling [a] criminal . . . scheme and punishing those responsible for that scheme,” wrote Sandra Moser, the DOJ’s acting chief of the fraud division, in court documents.
Tourists and locals who are looking for ethnic restaurants and multicultural businesses can find information on where to go thanks to a new guidebook.
About 50,000 copies of “Diverse City: A Multicultural Guide to Orlando” are printed and now available for free at several locations, including Orange County Convention Center, Or- lando City Hall, Rosen Hotels or online.
The guidebook highlights businesses from Orlando’s African-American, Asian-American and Hispanic communities and is intended to give them more exposure to tourists who might not be aware, said Zita Steglich Ross, who published the guide. Ross is a former Visit Orlando director of convention sales who works in the hospitality and event planning industry.
The guide covers nightlife, restaurants and where to experience diversity in the arts or multicultural business associations.
“When I travel, I always look for local restaurants that’s not on the beaten path. It’s something the local people would go to,” said Ross, who sold ads to pay for the guide and researched the establishments. “It’s for people like myself who want to experience something different.”
Ross said she plans to keep updating the list on the website Diversecityorlando .com.
Universal Orlando has rolled out a limited-time ticket offer for Florida residents. The deal, good for four days’ admission to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure theme parks, must be purchased online by April 30 and completely used by June 28.
The price for a discounted ticket that allows free movement between two parks is $204.99 ($195.99 for ages 3-9). A version that restricts visitors to one park per day sells for $164.99 ($155.99 for ages 3-9). There are no block-out dates.
Volcano Bay, the water park that debuted last May at Universal Orlando, is not part of this deal.