John on the job! Sometimes job seekers aren’t sure of their potential and need a boost of confidence, like John when he first came to Work Opportunities Unlimited as a high school senior in 2017. During his initial meeting with Career Resource Specialist Danny Dzengelewski, John sat quietly and kept his head down. [...]
Aaron Stone, Team Leader in our Auburn, ME market, has helped thousands of individuals over the past 20 years as a direct support professional and was recently interviewed by Caring for ME about his work in the field. Aaron has advice for those interested in the field of human services and also shares what he'd [...]
L to R: Ryan Mountain, Aaron Stone, Mike Murtha (Auburn, ME) On May 23, 2023, Aaron Stone, a Career Resource Specialist and Team Leader on the Auburn Team, was presented a Success at Work award during a team meeting. He was nominated for the award by Director Mike Murtha. Work Opportunities Unlimited (WOU) [...]
(Falmouth, ME) On September 27th, Zach Dandy, a Career Resource Specialist in our Portland market, was awarded a Success-at-Work Award during a team meeting. He was nominated for the award by Sarah Pednault, our director for the market. L to R: Sarah Pednault, Zach Dandy, Ryan Mountain During the presentation Sarah highlighted Zach’s [...]
(York County, ME) On March 9, 2022 - Jill Rowell, a Career Resource Specialist and Team Leader in our York County, Maine market, was awarded a Success-at-Work Award during a team meeting. She was nominated for the award by Nick Mastrella, our York County Director. Pictured L to R: York County Director Nick [...]
We're pleased to share this excellent news coverage of our York County clients at work and featuring CRS Jill Rowell. It's always heartening when we can share the good work of WOU with a broad audience and this is another great example of positively impacting lives! Click the video below to watch the segment from [...]
The 2021 Frank Loughran Award is awarded to Kelsey Mola! This award was established in memory of our late Vice President to recognize excellence in Supported Employment. It is given annually to an employee who has exhibited creativity in job development strategies for individuals with disabilities and a commitment to natural supports in the workplace. [...]
At our 2021 Annual Meeting, several of our team members received recognition for unique contributions throughout the year. We're pleased to share the good news that our team member Amanda Tosoni received the 2021 Roger LaChapelle Award. This award is given annually to the team member with the most significant job placement results company-wide. The [...]
The 2021 Retained Placement Award is given to the Career Resource Specialist who played an instrumental and the most influential role in assisting a client retain a job that required some or all of the following: creativity, patience, excellent communication, job site modification, effective retention planning including employer coaching, successful interventions, natural supports, and the [...]
The Mission Support Award was established to recognize a team member who doesn’t work on the front lines; rather, this team member supports other members of the organization in their work serving our stakeholders. The winner is selected from the nominations made by fellow team members. We received many nominations this year and thank everyone [...]
