Dhaka , Bangladesh ( CNN ) -- The young seamstress who survived 17 days in the rubble of a collapsed factory building got a new job Thursday -- a five-star hotel said it had hired her as its `` public area ambassador . '' `` We are proud to have her on board with us . I hope we can together create a good future and career for this young woman , '' Westin Dhaka Hotel General Manager Azeem Shah said of 19-year-old Reshma . Like many women in Bangladesh , she goes goes by one name . Reshma had been undergoing treatment at a hospital since her rescue on May 10 , and she accepted the new job in the housekeeping department of the Starwood Hotels and Resorts facility when she was released Thursday . `` I am really happy to join here , '' Reshma told reporters at the hotel , where she met with media . Reshma surprised searchers and workers clearing rubble at the collapsed Rana Plaza building when she cried out for help in a faint voice more than two weeks after the nine-story structure fell , killing 1,130 people and injuring more than 2,400 . Rescuers pulled her from a dark chamber under remnants of the factory where she had worked as a sewing-machine operator . She said she survived on some water in a bottle she found and four crackers . `` The people who were with me under the rubble died . I heard people screaming . 'Save me , save me , ' they screamed . But I could n't find them . I tried , '' Reshma said after her rescue . Five apparel factories at Rana Plaza made clothes for various brands , including British discount fashion retailer Primark and Canada 's Loblaw Cos Ltd as well as Spanish retailer Mango .
Reshma was rescued from the rubble of a collapsed factory building on May 10 . The rescue operation is being carried out by volunteers and local residents in the city of Samarra. A hotel in Dhaka says it has hired here as its `` public area ambassador ''