Navigating the employment market can be challenging due to a constantly shifting landscape, but thankfully, many companies are trying to make the process much easier. Portland-based companies have developed new tech that matches candidates with the right jobs, while other local companies are relying on traditional recruiting efforts to fill vacant positions. Below are some of the top companies in these spaces to know about.
Top Staffing Agencies in Portland to Know
- Built In
- Scion Staffing
- Let’s Work
- Nauwork
- YearOne
- Emerald Staffing
- Xfactor Consulting
Top Staffing Agencies in Portland
Built In connects in-demand talent with thousands of companies, from startups to large enterprises, looking to fill technical and expert-level roles. It focuses on boosting employer branding while publishing industry-leading content and news to target highly skilled candidates. 5 million tech professionals visit Built In every month. Learn More.
Scion Staffing is a national executive recruiting and staffing firm that helps companies fill VP and C-level roles. It predominantly works in IT, medical, creative and nonprofit fields.
Let’s Work excels at providing staffing services in the Portland area for on-demand and specialized roles. The company calls itself a “proactive recruitment” firm and provides skill training for candidates in addition to its placement services.
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Nauwork’s platform focuses on finding the perfect candidate for the right jobs and analyzes multiple factors, including skills, cultural fit and work environment. The platform then handpicks candidates and highlights their unique insights for its clients. The result is greater matching services and happier employers.
Committed to helping early-career software engineers, YearOne takes a different approach to recruitment. First, it focuses on providing candidates with additional education and peer networking opportunities. Then, it connects candidates with employers for mentorship and career opportunities.
Emerald Staffing is an agency focused on Lake Oswego, a suburb of Portland, with over 40 years of experience filling corporate and industrial positions. Emerald Staffing’s services include candidate recruiting, screening and skill assessments.
Xfactor Consulting specializes in directly hiring staff and guiding candidates through their job search. Previously, the company filled logistics coordinator, inventory manager and product manager roles by building lasting partnerships with its clients.
Specializing in tech recruiting, ProFocus works with various clients to fill vacancies and provide consulting services. It sets itself apart from other staffing companies by having a deep understanding of tech roles and their client needs for each role.
Lexicon Solutions markets itself as a boutique IT and engineering recruiting agency that provides contract, contract-to-hire, direct replacement and payroll services. As a boutique firm, it mainly focuses on recruiting for IT systems, software development, AI and engineering roles.
24 Seven Talent is a staffing agency for marketing companies. It helps clients in that space find full-time and freelance talent and works in various marketing niches like creative, tech, fashion and retail marketing.
Keller finds and places tech professionals in sectors ranging from blockchain to SaaS and IoT. For executive search, it claims a database of global candidates. In addition to search, Keller offers career growth coaching for candidates, and DEI, ESG and workforce transformation consulting for organizations.
ProSource Network focuses on finding and placing professionals in IT engineering, finance and accounting roles throughout the Pacific Northwest. The company promises employers that it fully screens and vets candidates to make sure all are highly qualified.
National staffing company Robert Half has offices in both Portland and suburban Beaverton. Robert Half helps companies and job seekers with remote and on-site placements in tech, legal, accounting, and marketing and creative fields.
Insight Global helps companies and job seekers with staffing and temp needs. In addition to staffing services, it offers culture and DEI consulting, tech solutions via its Evergreen division, and executive recruiting services. Insight Global places in tech, IT, engineering and other industries.
Mac’s List, a certified B Corp., strives to make hiring and job seeking more of a human process. Its job board, started as an email list by founder Mac Pritchard in 2001, lists positions throughout the Pacific Northwest. Community partners in the area include the Technology Association of Portland.
Boly:Welch, a woman-owned and -led company, has been doing business in Portland for nearly four decades. The company helps job seekers find both contract and full-time permanent positions and helps employers with executive search as well as temp-to-hire and direct hire. It also offers HR consulting services.
VanderHouwen helps employers find contract and full-time employees as well as high-level executives, with pointers on best hiring practices. For job seekers, this family-owned business offers salary guides, custom job alerts and job-search tips. The company opened in Portland in 1987.
Opti Staffing Group helps job seekers and employers with placements in high tech, finance, manufacturing, customer service and heavy industrial roles. Its website offers salary guides for both employers and candidates. Opti also has offices in Alaska and Washington State.
SalesFirst Recruiting focuses on sales and marketing roles, including account executives, sales engineers and outside reps. It offers employers help with contingent, contained and retained searches. Job seekers can take an online assessment to fine-tune their searches. SalesFirst has offices in Denver, Colorado and Scottsdale, Arizona and says it places employees in all 50 states.
Staffing Solutions helps local businesses find employees for IT, engineering, legal and business-services roles. It promises job seekers help in finding a new position, whether they are entry level or more experienced professionals. For both seekers and lookers, Staffing Solutions promise a commitment to DEI.
Staffing Partners helps with job placements in light industrial, administrative and clerical settings in Portland and Beaverton; additional offices serve Eugene and Bend, Oregon. Job seekers can use Staffing Partner’s site to upload resumes and download tax forms and applications; its blog offers helpful advice for employers.
BeginRight helps job seekers find and employers fill clerical, industrial and trade positions. It helps employers find temporary, temp-to-hire and contract-to-hire workers and promises an extensive screening process. BeginRight has locations in Arizona, Washington State and Idaho as well as Portland.
Talent Groups focuses on healthcare IT staffing, and supports DEI efforts through its Talent Academy. Its blog covers industry news as well as helpful hints, such as how employers can integrate AI into hiring processes. The company was formed in 2023 when Talent Group merged with Portland-based EdgeLink and Queen Consulting.
Aerotek’s Southeast Portland office assists professionals and employers with placement in aviation and airport operations, manufacturing and production, construction, distribution and logistics, and facilities and maintenance. Its website helps job seekers personalize searches. Aerotek has 250 locations around the country.
Innova specializes in helping companies find professionals to fill IT and various tech roles, including cloud, mobile, web application development and Big Data. The company says its focus on the Portland market helps employers secure top-quality talent. For job seekers, Innova’s website lists job openings in the Portland area.
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