by Donald Strankowski | Nov 2, 2022 | Avant Garde Career Advice, Job Interviews, Job Search Tactics
Over the course of my 21-year coaching career, I’ve found the vast majority of our clients find the interview process nerve wracking, intimidating, and for some, downright scary. Job interviews are like a mini presentation, and public speaking always scores as one of...
by Donald Strankowski | Aug 27, 2021 | Avant Garde Career Advice
A CBS4 interview with Ascend Career and Life Strategies President, Don Strankowski, talks about why more full-time workers are turning to side hustles and some of the best side hustles to consider for...
by Donald Strankowski | Oct 15, 2020 | Avant Garde Career Advice, Motivation
Don Strankowski offers some key tips and advice for job seekers and talks about the next four weeks (mid-October to mid-November) of 2020 as being The Big Push before the job market greatly...
by Donald Strankowski | Jun 4, 2020 | Avant Garde Career Advice, Career Change, Motivation
I read on a major news site today that there’s a football stadium-sized asteroid hurtling towards earth. Upon seeing the headline, I actually rolled my eyes as in, “Good grief, what the %$#@ next…”. It seems the past 3 months have brought us a level of unrest the...
by Donald Strankowski | Jan 8, 2019 | Avant Garde Career Advice, Job Search Tactics
At the beginning of every new year, most people celebrate by making resolutions for the upcoming year. People generally practice their resolutions during the month of January, but are lucky if they get beyond that. There is a common reason why people fail: they don’t...
by Donald Strankowski | Feb 21, 2018 | Avant Garde Career Advice, Job Search Tactics, Over 40 and Boomer Job Search
You know the drill. We go to school, get the degree, and somehow land that first gig. But one thing colleges and universities don’t teach is how to actually find a job. You would think after investing fifty, eighty, or maybe even one hundred thousand dollars or more...
