On November 8, Advent Group hosted the seminar, Workplace Culture: Fantasy, Delusion and Reality. Led by HR Strategist and Consultant Arlene Vernon of HRx, we explored discrepancies between our perception of workplace culture and reality. Attendees completed an honest assessment of their organization’s culture traits – rating each trait from different perspectives. We learned how to exhibit culture-building values, authenticity, and… Read more »
A big congratulations to our HR Superhero of the Month for October, HR Specialist Jackie Bloden! We presented the award to Jackie just before Halloween and arrived to find the whole team dressed for “Halloween Shark Week”, complete with shark hats and shredded tees. 🙂 What an awesome place to work!! When nominated for the… Read more »
The American Staffing Association honored Advent Group with a national Care Award for outstanding social responsibility initiatives among ASA member staffing agencies and associates across the country. The ASA Care Award winners will be celebrated at Staffing World® 2018 on Oct. 16‒18 in metro Washington, DC. The Advent Group was honored for our Girls Today, Leaders Tomorrow program, a… Read more »
At Advent Group, we understand the power of perspective. It’s true to say that we’re a team of recruiters, administrative assistants, managers, salespeople, marketers, and account reps. But, we’re also entrepreneurs, violinists, chefs, travelers, entertainers, and writers. Working for a recruiting agency means connecting people with jobs. But, it also means a tearful thank you… Read more »
We are pleased to announce the promotion of Katy Smith to Division Director for Advent Creative Group. Katy joined Advent Creative five years ago and through her dedicated, hands-on approach to delivering recruiting and service excellence, the division has experienced unprecedented growth. Katy has an exceptional reputation in our marketplace and is frequently recognized for outstanding… Read more »
This corporate recruiter and long-term client of Advent Talent Group explains below what differentiates Advent Talent Group and why Advent is her go-to staffing agency. 1. What has made this partnership most successful? Callie and the Advent team have been extremely efficient in their responses, communication, and overall partnership with our company. You can really… Read more »
Advent Group is happy to announce that we have been named a Best Place to Work by the Minneapolis and St. Paul Business Journal. The Best Places to Work nominees were selected based on anonymous employee questionnaires to determine which Minnesota companies best create and maintain engaging work environments for their employees, through team-building activities,… Read more »
This year, Advent has selected “Breaking Barriers” as our cornerstone initiative under our Advent Cares program. We created this initiative to assist individuals in our community who have experienced significant barriers to economic stability, wellness and success. Advent has selected our long-term community partner, Avivo of Minneapolis, to carry out our initiative. Avivo provides a… Read more »
$300 Flash Promo Today Only What do you get when you cross Administrative Professionals’ Day (today) with National Superhero Day on Sat? A Flash promo of course! TODAY ONLY from 9 – 3 pm, take $300 off ANY new staffing request of 40 hours or more! We have some seriously SUPER talent available right now and if you have been thinking about… Read more »
This Director of Human Resources for a major non-profit, and happy ATG client, shares her experience with ATG over the past five years of partnership. Tell me about your experience with Advent Talent Group: I’ve had the privilege of working with Advent Talent Group for the last five years. When I encounter a challenging staffing… Read more »
I appreciated how you and others kept in touch with me through the process building momentum. I never felt like things were stalling and/or that I was slipping through the cracks.