Tony Calabrese is the founder of Absolute Transitions, LLC and a Certified Get Five Career Coach. Tony enjoys working with clients who are in job search or looking to change careers. The Get Five methodology offers his clients a strategic and research- based approach to their job search. Tony received his coaching certification from the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (IPEC) and as such can offer his clients the unique combination of working with them both through their career search and life coaching issues as part of his practice.

Tony also does Career Coach and Acclimation Consulting work with REA – Partners in Transition. In that role he provides career coaching and acclimation assistance to accompanying spouses of employees whose companies move them to the New Jersey/New York area.

In 2023, Tony became an outplacement coach/consultant for Careerminds, (when Get Five was acquired by them as a subsidiary under Talent Inc.). Careerminds is a company which provides both resume services and guidance on achieving the goal that is next for you in your career journey. Additionally, he is an outplacement coach for the White Hawk Group, an organization that provides outplacement coaching for associates from Marriott International.

Prior to his coaching career, Tony was with Prudential Financial for 30 years. While there he started as a Programmer, and worked his way up the ranks to Systems Analyst, then Manager of Financial Systems, and ultimately a Director of Financial Systems. He led teams developing and supporting Financial Systems applications in Prudential’s Group Insurance Business Unit.

Tony resides in Maplewood, NJ with his wife, Carolina.