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Universal Orlando is looking to hire more than 1,000 restaurant employees. 
Universal Orlando is hiring more than 1,000 restaurant employees for the theme park resort.
Positions are full-time and part-time and include wait staff, bartenders, line cooks, cashiers, dishwashers and quick service personnel, according to a news release.
Universal recently announced it was raising its starting pay to $15 an hour.
There are also “numerous” culinary positions available with a starting pay rate of $15.50, Universal said, as well as Food & Beverage management roles with comprehensive benefits packages.
Restaurants across the country have been struggling to hire workers, leading some to raise wages.
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