Barber Honored for Fighting Unemployment One Haircut at a Time

Deerfield barber, entrepreneur team up to help people find jobs. Today he is Huffington Posts's greatest person of the day.

Elias Otero is a quiet man of action.  The owner of Otero’s Barber Shop in Deerfield has been doing something about Sept. 11 since the attacks occurred 10 years ago and now he is tackling the nation’s unemployment problem. Each Wednesday Otero gives free haircuts to the unemployed just as he has been doing for returning servicemen since the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon 10 years ago. Dec. 8 he is being recognized as Huffington Post’s greatest person of the day. There is a price for the haircuts. The job seeker or returning member of the armed forces must bring a resume that will be placed in a binder in the shop so anyone there who may need to hire someone can take a look. “This is a little piece but every little bit …

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