If you are looking for a full-time job, landing a temporary position may not seem ideal. However, this type of role offers lots of opportunities. Here’s how working a temp-to-hire position can benefit your career. Try Out Different Jobs You may know someone who landed their dream job only to discover it wasn’t so dreamy.… Read More »
Tag: Seeking Employment
How Your Greatest Weakness Could Cost You Your Dream Job
If you’ve read anything about the most common interview questions, you are very familiar with the “What is your greatest weakness?” question. We talked to several Aventure Branch Managers and Recruiters about the “Greatest Weakness” question, and they let us know exactly how they feel about it, from why it should stay in the interviewing… Read More »
Modern Recruiting: 5 Laws of Attraction
In today’s world, we face recruitment challenges unlike anything we’ve ever known. From the generational cocktail swirling around the water cooler to open positions and a disinterested workforce, companies struggle not only with keeping their current employees happy, but also with recruiting the right talent and getting them started on the right foot. Attracting this… Read More »
How long does it take to find a job with Aventure?
Job hunting can be time-consuming, grueling, and lengthy. The common knowledge is that a job hunt can last about one month for every $10K in salary a job hunter is hoping to make. This is obviously a rough estimate as demographics, demand, experience, and requirements play a huge role in whether or not job offers… Read More »
Three Reasons (and Three Accolades) for How Our Sheldon Office Succeeds
For 10 years, Aventure’s Sheldon branch has worked with local businesses and industry to match the right candidate with the right position and the right company. As it turns out, the Sheldon office itself has it’s own perfect concoction of personalities, talent, and chemistry. In fact, if Aventure had a yearbook, these are the accolades… Read More »
Why Skills and Experience Don’t Matter As Much As You Think
If you’ve been following the blog, you know that Aventure takes considerable time with each job candidate, drawing out the skills and work history to develop a full picture of potential and possible placement. What powers that placement, however, isn’t always what the candidate has the ability to do; rather, it’s what makes the candidate… Read More »
Aventure Taps into Siouxland Potential One Candidate at a Time
If you’re in the job market, it can feel pretty overwhelming. A typo on a resume, a slip in an interview, a mistake on an application—these honest, human mistakes can make even the most qualified candidate miss out on an amazing career or job opportunity. It becomes intimidating especially if you’ve never interviewed before or… Read More »
How to Make Career Fairs Work For You
Spring means new flowers, fresh leaves, and a new lease on life. And with a fresh crop of career fairs on the calendar, it can also mean a new job and a new career. Aventure is here to help you make the most of them and find a job where you can put down roots… Read More »
Looking for a job? Aventure helps you search smarter, not harder.
Job hunting. In a word: Ugh. In today’s world, looking for a job seems so daunting. All the effort of writing the perfect resume and cover letter, applying for the perfect jobs (and the imperfect ones), waiting for responses, and (maybe) getting the chance to shine at an interview. If you get the job, all… Read More »
How to Use the Holidays to Boost Your Productivity
Thanksgiving is over, and now begins the lunacy of the end of the year. Everyone is swamped with social events, shopping, party planning, meal planning, and calendar juggling—and they still have to work a full-time job on top of this. It’s no wonder this time of year makes everyone a little crazy. We at Aventure… Read More »