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Cultural Sensitivity in Vegas and Trainees without Training Positions
Dear Friends,
It is well understood here in the US that it is important to be culturally sensitive when traveling and doing business abroad. The MGM Grand Hotel, which I visited this past weekend in Las Vegas, learned that a lack of cultural sensitivity can have consequences even here at home. California, the home of the largest number of Las Vegas visitors, is also the home to the largest number of Chinese outside of China. And the Chinese, with their belief in good fortune and luck, are enthusiastic gamblers. They should be wonderful patrons of the MGM, the largest hotel and casino in the world. But the Chinese also have beliefs on what brings bad luck. Which brings us to the grand entrance of the MGM Grand Hotel which, when opened, was a giant lion through which guests and gamblers would enter. Getting eaten by a lion is not a very auspicious way to begin one’s gambling adventure. Chinese avoided the MGM. Today, Chinese do go to the MGM – after the hotel spent a small fortune redesigning their entrance with the lion standing majestically to the side of the front doors.
Trainees without Training Positions
As the US economy continues to falter International Trainees and Interns on J Exchange Visitor visas are one of the groups that is suffering. Making their situation even more difficult is the fact that, almost without exception, they have paid for the opportunity to come and learn through their American work-experience. We will talk about what happens to Trainees and Interns who are laid off next week.
This week we still have positions available in the great Mid-west.