Human Resources Director Gloria Baron said several team members have been hired under conditional employment, especially during the pandemic when it was difficult for some to complete all the requirements right away. An offer was made to hire him with the condition he complete his education within one year of his hire date. When he applied for the position of Player Services Ambassador in March, Townsend did not meet the education requirement of a high school diploma or equivalent, but he impressed staff with his honesty and extensive experience working with people. It’s the first place where I feel like I’m coming to a home when I come to work.” “Finding a place like this to work at has been a long time coming for me. “She’s the best boss ever,” Townsend said. He was presented with a medallion from his supervisor, Player Services Manager Priscilla Frank. The applause and well-wishes filled the air as he was given a symbolic cap and gown to wear during the party. Several members of SCR’s marketing department, led by Chief Marketing Officer Martin Moore, lined the hallway where Townsend entered for work that evening. The following day, a surprise congratulatory graduation party was held at SCR, before the start of his shift for the day. After working in the health care field as a certified nursing assistant, among other service-industry jobs for the past 25 years, he said working at the casino has been more than he could have hoped for.Ī few of his colleagues attended his drive-thru graduation ceremony at the Hemet Adult School July 17. This company put me first – and that’s never happened to me before,” he said. That did not happen until he started working for the Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians a few months ago. Finishing school was not an immediate priority for him but Townsend, now 51, believed he would eventually have an opportunity to return and get his diploma. As a teenager, living in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, he got off track and dropped out of high school.īecoming a father at the age of 16 created an obligation to go to work. When Dayshawn Townsend became employed by Soboba Casino Resort in San Jacinto he did not know that it would lead to his fulfillment of a longtime goal he had set for himself.

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