Jack Luskin wants to help people of all abilities live meaningful lives. When Mike Amons, Regional Director at Work Opportunities Unlimited (WOU) spoke at his college, Jack learned about WOU’s mission of employment for all, inspiring him to pursue a rewarding internship at WOU! As Jack was earning his associate degree in Psychology/Sociology at MassBay [...]
Career Resource Specialist Martha Cortes has recently been highlighted in an Alumni Q&A featuring accomplished graduates of Northern Essex Community College (NECC), where she earned her Associate Degree in Human Services and three other certificates toward her bachelor's degree. We invite you to read: Alumni Q&A: Meet Martha Cortes ’25, published by the NECC Alumni [...]
The team at Work Opportunities Unlimited (WOU) is dedicated to helping people with barriers to employment find and maintain meaningful careers. With steadfast support from Career Resource Specialist Martha Cortes, WOU client Devon has landed his dream job! Martha began working with Devon in April 2024, after he was referred to WOU from MassAbility for [...]
Work Opportunities Unlimited (WOU) provides person-centered support services to help individuals with disabilities achieve success in the workplace. Finding the right employment opportunity can take a long time, as was the case for Sofia, but Sofia and the team at WOU were tenacious. After searching for a job for years, Sofia is now happily employed! [...]
Martha Cortes, Career Resource Specialist, and Will Ellis, Director of WOU’s Merrimack Valley/Lowell area Every day, the dedicated team of professionals at Work Opportunities Unlimited (WOU) is identifying opportunities, overcoming barriers, and achieving success with people of all abilities. With a passion for helping others, Intern Martha Cortes fits right in at WOU [...]
As a senior majoring in social work at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, Brooke Harris was required to complete a full-year internship. Her first placement got off to a rocky start, but then Brooke joined Work Opportunities Unlimited (WOU). She gained valuable industry skills, helped change the world of work for people with [...]
Toward the end of Kat Fallon’s junior year at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), she was accepted into an internship that was subsequently cancelled. As the social work program she was in required all seniors to participate in a 450-hour internship in order to graduate, Kat had no choice but to find another internship. [...]
As a long-standing tradition, representatives from Work Opportunities Unlimited (WOU) visit area schools and present the organization’s goals and mission to students, in an effort to show them how they can put their education to use and why they should explore career opportunities with WOU after graduation. A visit to UMass Lowell in September of 2018, though, turned into [...]