by Donald Strankowski | Nov 2, 2012 | Avant Garde Career Advice, Skills Building, Success at Work
Ever wonder why employees really quit? A recent Manpower Group study of nearly 20,000 job quitters reveals some rather intriguing facts. FACT: 89 percent of employers believe that employees leave because of money. FACT: 88 percent of employees leave because of things...
by Donald Strankowski | Aug 30, 2012 | Avant Garde Career Advice, Success at Work
The truth is that Americans probably need more—not less—vacation time. While many workers in Finland, Brazil, Russia, the U.K., and France are entitled to as many as 28 to 30 days of government-mandated vacation a year, there are no government mandates in the United...
by Donald Strankowski | Jul 10, 2011 | Avant Garde Career Advice, Success at Work
Hello, my name is Don and I watched almost every episode of American Idol this year. They say the first step to recovery is admission, so there, I did it. I think I started watching because AI held my regular dinner time slot in addition to inviting a new judge for...
by Donald Strankowski | Apr 26, 2011 | Avant Garde Career Advice
Empower yourself to make a change: Use passion, gumption, and maybe even anger as fuel for getting better results. I recently read a story on CNN.com entitled Both parties abandon the jobless. It’s an interesting take on the political stances (or not) of both parties...
by Donald Strankowski | May 10, 2010 | Avant Garde Career Advice, Job Search Tactics
I recently took an entire Sunday afternoon and cleaned out my walk-in closet. The task, which elicited the same level of excitement as being rolled in honey and fed to fire ants, was vastly overdue as the last time I went through my wardrobe was sometime during the...
