by Donald Strankowski | Dec 13, 2022 | General, Motivation, Success at Work
The following post was written by Ascend Executive Career Coach, Joan Runnheim-Olson: Searching for a job can be challenging during good times and that challenge can be compounded during uncertain times. Today with the triple health threat of Covid, the flu, and RSV...
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 | Sep 10, 2020 | Be Your Own Boss, Motivation
As I shopped for oatmeal at Whole Foods, a catchy 80’s tune comes on that takes me back 30 years. Turns out, despite the success of this 80’s one hit wonder duo, the path to getting this song to still be relevant 30 years later wasn’t an easy one. Facing much...
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 | Jul 7, 2010 | Motivation, Over 40 and Boomer Job Search, Skills Building, Success at Work
I recently read a CNNMoney.com article about how 1.2 million people are out of work but have become so discouraged that they’ve quit looking. The article went on to say that these non-lookers, now officially called “Discouraged Workers,” are not even...
