Synko Associates | Michigan Career Coach | Ann Arbor Student Career Counselor | Job Interview Coaching | Corporate Outplacement Service

Our career-transition process helps
you move beyond,
"What is next?" to "What is best?"
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Nick Synko, Principal Partner

Synko Associates offers customized career coaching for individuals and employer-sponsored outplacement support. Drawing on decades of Human Resources experience, our associates understand the fundamentals required by today's employers.

Services include:

career discernment facilitation,
skills assessment,
resume and cover letter development,
job search planning,
social media strategies,
interview preparation and practice,
internal interview preparation,
networking skills development, and
managing job and salary offer negotiations.

Since 1992, we have successfully served all categories and levels of professionals, as well as individuals returning to the workplace and college students beginning their career.

Located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, we serve clients throughout the United States.


Real Time Career Coaching & Resume Development Across the United States Using skype.com & dimdim.com

Thank you for all your help in preparing me for my pharmacy school interview. I am happy to inform you that I was accepted into the PharmD program. Synko Associates gave me the confidence to show my true self to the interviewers, drew out the stories in my life that best answered all questions and made me memorable to the interviewers.
-- Joseph Miekstyn
University of Toledo – School of Pharmacy

Nick was able to take what had been a very bland, generalized resume, and help me to pull out the hidden gems that were inside it. He has a multifaceted approach to the job hunt that brings out the best in every aspect within you. With his knowledge and encouragement, he kept me on track and helped me to find not just my next job, but a new career.
-- Patrick Brown

Your career transition workshops allowed employees at the Ann Arbor News to open their minds and to think about future career possibilities in an entirely new way. I’ve received positive feedback from numerous employees who attended the workshops. Employees have referred to your workshops as “inspirational, informative, practical, logical, stimulating and helpful”. All are true. One particular employee commented on how she could not sleep because she was so motivated and couldn’t wait to get started on applying the tools discussed in the workshop. Your career transition workshops are truly uplifting and practical; I would recommend your workshops to anyone who is experiencing uncertain times at work and to those who are considering a career change.
Thank You,
-- Doretha McDonald, Human Resources Manager
Ann Arbor News

Synko Associates specializes in a highly personalized service approach. They help individuals create a “perfect fit” next step as they advance their career.
-- Darlene Trudell, CAE, Executive Vice President
The Engineering Society of Detroit

Synko Associates is the definition of top notch and compassionate professionals. The career transition service they provided would not have been possible without their creative and flexible approaches. I highly recommend the Synko team as an ethical professional services firm.
-- Dennis P. Blanchette, President & C.E.O.
Ensure Technologies

Two words, "professional and personalized," come to mind when I think of the Synko Associates' team. As Ave Maria College relocated from Ann Arbor to Florida, we needed an outplacement firm that would treat each of our non-relocating employees as the unique individuals they are. We found Synko Associates' career transition coaching process and their personalized service to be highly effective at helping our staff move forward with their future.
-- Gordon Leipold, Vice President, Human Resources
The Ave Maria Foundation

The overall effect of working with Nick and Cathy Synko was to mark a watershed in my life. Career coaching gave me the impetus I needed, the accountability (I have stayed in touch with them ever since), the belief that it was possible to find the answers and the courage to persist until I knew the what, the where, and the how. At this time I am finishing up pre-requisites for nursing (and doing exceedingly well in school). I know I made the right decision.
-- Elizabeth Chewter., Fulltime Mom to Fulltime Nursing Student & Mom

During the last year, I have had the opportunity to work with Synko Associates to provide career transition coaching services for some of our Eastern Michigan University employees. Each member of the Synko team has proven to be a capable and caring professional who has treated our employees with dignity and respect as they move forward with their careers.
-- Karen L. Simpkins, J.D. - Interim Associate Vice President for
Business and Finance-Human Resources
Eastern Michigan University

If you think things will never change for you, you should know I spent 20 years of frustration wandering in the career desert. Nick provided the guidance, support, and encouragement I needed to discover my Purpose and Passion. Thanks to Nick, I have found the courage, commitment, and inner resources to complete my career transition. I heard Nick on a radio show and we made these changes over a few months of working together by phone. It is difficult to believe that someone I only know over the phone has helped me make such dramatic changes in my career and my life.
-- Hugh Costello, President, Mighty Mech LLC, Fairmont, West Virginia

As a medical school applicant, I was more nervous about the interview than the Medical School Admission Test itself! I needed direction and confidence. That is exactly what I got from Synko Associates. Their team of professional career coaches, who were dedicated to my success, gave me clarity of thought, the practice and the confidence I needed to nail the interview. I directly attribute my acceptance to Wayne State University School of Medicine to the outstanding interview preparation I received from Synko Associates. There was no possible way I could have done it without them. They knew how to bring out the best in me as a candidate. Thank you for everything!
-- Andrew Petraszko
University of Michigan Graduate
Wayne State University Medical School Student