“When we hire someone, just like any other employer, we are doing the due diligence on the front end to make sure they are in a state to do the job duties that are required of them,” Rattin said. It means providing extra safeguards and support to those employees when they need it. Being a second-chance employer doesn’t mean relaxing the standards with which customers are treated, they said. After that, once hired by a second-chance employer like Five Star, employees have further training and work their way up to going out in the field, Rattin said.Īt the same time, Five Star works on the back end to check in with their employees, have regular accountability meetings, and offer resources. Rattin said the company is doubling its revenue this year.Ĭandidates for the program will have already completed 30-90 days in residential treatment, before spending a year or longer learning their trade. “We hired 135 people in the last 12 months, and with not a lot of attrition either.” “We have people waiting to come work for us,” said Five Star Chief Business Development Officer Christian Rattin. By making a couple of accommodations to help people sustain their recovery, as well as embracing the “ecosystem” of resources and counseling, Emerge’s founding companies, like Five Star Heating and Cooling, have experienced less attrition, better attendance from employees, and have expanded their businesses at a rapid rate. The Dayton region has 37,000 open jobs in the trades, Edwards said. This includes having a place to live, transportation, learning life skills, mentorship and vocational training, which are necessary to to get their life back. With any luck, 4-star tight end Jelani Thurman will be just one of many flips the Tigers pull off during this recruiting cycle.Emerge Recovery and Trade Center’s model eliminates many of the systemic barriers that prevent individuals from achieving long-term success in their recovery, said Emerge’s director of philanthropy, Elaine Bonner. He also said he’ll be paying close attention to how the Tigers use their tight ends, and if John Samuel Shenker’s performance last season is any indication, Thurman will have plenty to see in 2022. Thurman still has several months before he has to have a final decision, and he said it’s likely he comes to catch a game at Jordan-Hare with his teammates in the fall. “I just felt like Ohio State was the move for me right now.” “Me committing to Ohio State, it doesn’t mean I stopped looking at Auburn,” Thurman says. The current Langston Hughes High athlete attended Big Cat with several of his teammates, one of whom is already committed to the Tigers (Terrance Love) and two who are strongly considering their future in orange and blue ( Bo Hughley and Air Noland).Īnd just how strong is Thurman’s pledge to the Buckeyes? According to Auburn Undercover, Thurman says he will continue to watch the Tigers closely, especially during the upcoming season: Thurman is listed as the #106 overall prospect and the #7 tight end in the recruiting class of 2023 as well as the #7 recruit out of the state of Georgia.Īlthough Thurman committed to Ohio State, his interest in Auburn has not gone away. One of the visitors on the Plains this past weekend was 4-star tight end Jelani Thurman, a top target of Auburn football who recently committed to the Ohio State Buckeyes. After hosting a lengthy list of visitors on campus for Big Cat Weekend, the team’s premier summer recruiting event, the Tigers walked away with two commits to the recruiting class of 2024 and good momentum to push through the rest of the 2023 cycle. The Auburn football program is coming off a big weekend on the Plains. By Mary Kate Hughes 3 weeks ago Follow Tweet