Two young Bermudians who were hired by Coral Beach Club for the summer have been given rave reviews by the resort’s managing director.Tim Thuell praised the pair’s ‘remarkable attitude’ and said he hoped their experience would ‘open doors for them’.Donal Johnson and Aarondae Thomas were hired by Mr Thuell a day after being featured in a Royal Gazette article about Operation Put Back, a job placement programme.They were hired on the spot to do landscaping at the South Shore property by Mr Thuell, who had nothing but good things to say about them. And now that the summer employment initiative is about to end, he said the two new employees “have done a good job”.“I hope this brief employment has given them good insight in to what a happy and healthy working environment is like,” said Mr Thuell.“This may open doors for them with us: or other employers, I hope so.“I read the article on June 10 with immediate interest and I saw that we had an opportunity to offer help,” he said.He contacted Cleveland Simmons, one of the proponents behind Operation Put Back that same day.“To my amazement, he had the two young men featured in the newspaper article, in my office. There were polite, keen, and enthusiastic; their attitudes were remarkable.“I have always believed in hiring people based on their ‘attitude’ first and foremost. If you have the ‘right attitude’, then you can probably be trained to perform most basic jobs and tasks.“I stuck my neck out, and offered them jobs in our Grounds Department, starting at 7.00am the following morning. They arrived on time with great attitudes.“I think this hiring has demonstrated to us that even in tough times, we are able to help others, and ourselves at the same time.“I know it will be more of a struggle as we enter the slower months, but this at least has offered these men a regular paycheck for two months, and opened their eyes to the prospect of the hospitality business as a career.”Mr Johnson, 23, has hopes of one day owning his own restaurant and plans to take up culinary courses at the Bermuda College next month.While landscaping might not end up being a full time career he said he and Mr Thomas were ‘just happy to have jobs’,“Even if it is just for the summer to learn a new trade; we’re making out good,” he said. “I get to earn some money for classes and I really like landscaping.“We’re due to finish up at the end of the month, I wish I could stay on but I plan to look for another full-time job to keep saving money to attend school.“I’ve been able to save up a little cash towards that this summer and I’m really glad about that.”Efforts to contact Mr Thomas were unsuccessful, but his mother, Eugenia Thomas, said she had definitely noticed a change in her son since he had been working at Coral Beach.The oldest of three children, Mr Thomas, 17, was one of the first to sign up for employment with Operation Put Back.Raised in a single parent household, he said in a previous interview with The Gazette that one of his main goals was to help his mother.Ms Thomas said he lived up to that goal, and she was very proud of her first born son.“I was quite impressed and pleased because he has always been trying to get employment,” she said. “He has become a lot more responsible and considering his future goals more seriously, and that’s wonderful.“I just wanted to express my appreciation. Aarondae contributes towards the household every week and I feel very proud about that; it’s a good feeling.“We all want to see our children follow the right path, especially when there’s no father involved. Since he has been working at Coral Beach he is more focused on his education goals, and very responsible,” she added.