Like many twentysomethings who graduated from college in recent years, Gregg Chiarello had a hard time getting a career started. Despite applying for scores of jobs on job boards and company websites, he couldn’t parlay his degree in marketing and years of retail experience into a professional position.
“I was getting nowhere,” said Chiarello, 27, of Somerville.
So Chiarello reached out to an old college friend, who suggested he apply for a job at the Cambridge biotechnology company where the f
