December 27, 2024

Ohio State football | At job fair, ex-players now hiring

Tim May The Columbus Dispatch @TIM_MAYsports The job fair that Ohio State coach Urban Meyer and his staff instituted five years ago has come full circle. Meyer said as much Friday night as this year’s fair took place at the Huntington Club in Ohio Stadium. He watched as former players who attended the fair years ago returned to represent their employers. “To see Tommy Schutt come back, Joel Hale (and Adam Griffin), they got jobs because of this job fair,” Meyer said. “We operate under the saying, ‘There’s testimony; there’s theory.’ Theory is the way it’s supposed to be; testimony is real.” When the fair started, as an offshoot of Meyer’s Real Life Wednesdays program, it was theory, but “now it’s real,” he said. “We’re seeing jobs coming as a result of this.” The job fair featured 54 companies that ranged from financial institutions to media to auto dealerships to…

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