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 | Dec 17, 2010 | Over 40 and Boomer Job Search, Skills Building, Success at Work
Do you remember the old Canon camera commercials of the 1990’s? I think Andre Agassi had it right: Image is Everything. 20 years later, we are still consumed by image–and probably even more so. Especially when it comes to what we wear, drive, who we...
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...
