Word: ackerley
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Dates: during 1983-1983
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...addition, IOU sponsors a "job club" which meets weekly in the basement of Memorial Hall, allowing clients to relate similar experiences. The group gives the agency a "family-like" atmosphere. Ackerley says...
When 19-year-old Michael J. Ackerley dropped out of high school two-years ago, he did not expect the search for a job to be so tough. The addition of a felony conviction to his record in December for stealing a Mercedes Benz convertible seemed to be the final obstacle...
...instead of sentencing the Cambridge resident to a jail stay, the Middlesex County judge sent Ackerley to Individual Opportunities Unlimited (IOU), and he now works for Widener Library's maintenance department cleaning shelves in the stacks...
...individual attention continues as clients start their job hunt and after they are hired. Ackerley says the agency "keeps me on the ball" with daily telephone calls and frequent follow-up visits...