David R. Wilkowske, author of The Chronic Job Hopper: My Ongoing Battle with Attention Deficit Disorder 1969-2005
After graduating from Morristown High School located in Morristown, MN in 1977, Dave Wilkowske went on to the University of Minnesota and graduated five years later in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree from University College - Inter-College Program (ICP) in horticulture and business.
For the next ten years Dave worked in the horticultural field as a landscaper and nurseryman.
Armour,Swift,Echrich-Downer's Grove, IL for Maxim Group (Maxim Group Staff Consultant)
Maxim Group - Staff Consultant at Sentinel Technologies of Downer's Grove, IL for Lockheed-Martin of New York, NY on NYCTA Y2K and WANG to HP-Unix System Migration Project
CNA Insurance Headquarters - Chicago, IL - (Employee)
MCI/WorldCom - Cedar Rapids, IA for Maxim Group (Maxim Group Consultant)
Knoxville Utilities Board (KUB)- Knoxville, TN as an ITR Consultant
Allied Van Lines Corporate Headquarters - Naperville, IL (Contractor and Employee)
In October 2001, one month after the September 11th terrorist attacks he was laid-off from Allied Van Lines due to the economic downturn which occurred at that time.
Since 2001 he's had a roller coaster of dead-end jobs in West Central Alabama and now at the end of 2008 the total count is over sixty-six!
Dave Wilkowske brings over thirty-six years of job-hopping experience to life in The Chronic Job Hopper. Recently Dave and his wife, Cathy, moved from Alabama to Minnesota.