Executive Search Associates

Aventure Staffing and Professional Services, formerly Rudy Salem Staffing Services was formed in July,1983 in Sioux City, Iowa. Aventure currently operates 7 locations in the Midwest. As our clients business' grew and their locations expanded, Executive Search Associates (ESA) was formed to meet their expanding national staffing requirements in mid to senior level positions.

Today ESA has re-organized and each search consultant specializes in recruiting for a specific discipline or niche where they have first hand experience. In addition to the discipline, ESA can recruit across a broad spectrum of related industries through our large network of professional search consultants.

Most of the people we approach are not actively in the job market. Frequently, they are qualified professionals in satisfactory situations, interested only in having exceptional career opportunities brought to their attention for serious consideration. If you are going to leverage your career to its maximum, you will probably make several timely job changes over the course of your working life. In order to do that most effectively, you need to give careful thought to your professional goals and what you must do in order to achieve them. In this era of corporate restructuring and downsizing, anyone can lose a good job with little notice. Therefore, it's a good idea to establish an early relationship with ESA. If you should unexpectedly lose your job, we'll be ahead of the game by already knowing the kinds of opportunities that will be attractive to you.

• Be honest with us - share not only your values and career aspirations, but also any obstacles to consideration of an opportunity
• Give us a complete description of your work experience
• Send requested material promptly
• If you have concerns, tell us in a timely manner so we can deal with them promptly
• Listen and respond to our counseling – we know the client and his needs
• Provide us with solid professional references who are familiar with your work
• Fulfill your commitments

Executive Search Associates works on behalf of client companies to search for and recruit highly qualified professionals; all fees related to the search are client-paid. In every search we establish a solid working relationship with the client company. This includes developing a thorough understanding of the position specification, organizational structure and company culture, as well as the client's expectations for the prospective employee.

We then search for the best candidates, using our extensive network of referral sources and our central database of already identified candidates. Most of the people we approach are not actively in the job market. Frequently, they are qualified professionals in satisfactory situations, interested only in having exceptional career opportunities brought to their attention for serious consideration.

At this point we determine whether a person's qualifications, interests and objectives are consistent with the opportunity and to brief the prospective candidate on the position requirements. If there is interest and fit, we will discuss the candidate's credentials with the client and arrange for an interview.