The Resource

What The Resource does

The Resource Company, Inc. is a privately held, founder-led staffing and workforce-solutions firm founded in 1980 and headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It provides temporary staffing, direct-hire placement, temp-to-hire, contract recruiting / RPO, and a Hybrid Pricing structure (spread fees with built-in guarantee periods) to employers across eight industry verticals — primarily Manufacturing & Industrial, Distribution & Warehousing, Finance & Accounting, and Office/Clerical, with secondary coverage of Call Center, Sales/Retail, HR, and IT. The firm serves a regional client base across the Piedmont Triad and broader North Carolina through 9 physical offices and a consultative, sales-led go-to-market model with dedicated account managers and on-site coordinators for high-volume accounts.

The firm's core differentiator is the proprietary, trademarked CORE Assessment — a personality and behavioral instrument with claimed 97.7% retest reliability — embedded in the CORE Hiring System (Job Blueprint + Top Performer identification). Adjacent offerings include Next-Level Learning (50+ customizable training modules), Executive & Leadership Coaching, and a full employee benefits package (ACA medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with 4% match, plus ZayZoon early-wage access). The technology stack is conventional SaaS — isolved for HRIS/payroll, AbleTeams for the employee portal, Taylor Protocols for assessment delivery, and ZayZoon for earned-wage access — with no disclosed proprietary AI/ML capabilities.

The Resource generates revenue on a professional-services / fee basis: temp staffing spreads (bill rate over payroll) on every hour worked, contingency direct-hire fees on successful placements, RPO/contract recruiting fees, and training/coaching fees. Pricing is quote-based, not publicly disclosed, and varies by account volume, workers' compensation costs, and lead time. The firm claims 100,000+ lifetime placements, 6,300+ placements in the past year, client relationships exceeding 25 years, and a 4.6-star Google rating. Ownership remains with founder CEO Kathy Hartung; there is no disclosed PE/VC ownership, no funding rounds, and no parent company.

Name

The Resource

Legal name

The Resource Company, Inc.

Website

https://theresource.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Resource is a privately held, founder-led North Carolina staffing and workforce-solutions firm (founded 1980) that places temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct-hire workers across eight industry verticals via nine regional offices and its proprietary CORE Assessment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Winston Salem

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices9 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing Services: Provides temporary employees to clients for variable workloads, busy seasons, or large projects. Clients pay for staffing services while The Resource handles payroll, benefits administration, and workers' compensation.
2. Direct Hire Placement: Recruitment consultants find and screen candidates for permanent positions. Employers pay a fee (typically contingency-based) only when a successful hire is made.
3. Temp-to-Hire: Clients can evaluate employees on-the-job before making a permanent hiring decision. Provides risk-free evaluation period with conversion to direct hire when satisfied.
4. Contract Recruiting/RPO: Puts The Resource's team of expert recruiters to work on filling client positions. The team serves as an extension of the organization's HR/operations management.
5. Hybrid Pricing Structure: Spreads the direct hire fee out over time with a built-in guarantee period. If a candidate does not work out over the agreed time period, the client does not continue to pay.
6. Leadership & Professional Development: Training, coaching and consulting solutions including Next-Level Learning courses, executive coaching, and CORE Assessment for organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

The Resource provides temporary staffing, direct hire placement, temp-to-hire, and contract recruiting/RPO services to employers across North Carolina, leveraging a proprietary CORE Assessment behavioral evaluation tool to match candidates to roles. The company handles payroll, benefits administration, and workers' compensation for temporary placements while also offering professional development services including Next-Level Learning courses and executive coaching.

Product overview

The Resource operates as a staffing and workforce solutions company offering a unified portfolio of hiring and talent development services. The core offerings center on staffing solutions (temporary staffing, direct hire placement, temp-to-hire, and contract recruiting/RPO), supported by proprietary assessment technology (CORE Assessment and CORE Hiring System) for matching candidates to roles. Adjacent services include professional development (Next-Level Learning courses and Executive and Leadership Coaching) and employee benefits administration (medical, dental, 401k, ZayZoon early wage access). The company specializes across eight industry verticals covering industrial/manufacturing, professional/clerical, and logistics/distribution sectors throughout North Carolina.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• CORE Assessment: A proprietary assessment tool with 97.7% retest reliability that measures core values, work styles, motivations, learning approaches, and conflict handling to help match candidates with suitable roles.
• Next-Level Learning
• Leadership & Executive Coaching

Products and services

• Temporary Staffing Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 92% retention after 6 months for major placements
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature1 record

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Hire Dynamics: Hire Dynamics is a Southeast-focused staffing firm providing temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire services across industrial, office, and logistics segments — a direct regional peer with overlapping geographies in the Carolinas and similar mid-market customer positioning.
• Staffmark Group: Staffmark is a national staffing firm offering temporary, direct hire, and RPO services with strong industrial and manufacturing placement expertise — operating in many of the same U.S. markets as The Resource and serving comparable mid-market employers.
• Express Employment Professionals: Express Employment Professionals is a franchised staffing network offering temporary, direct hire, and temp-to-hire services across small and mid-sized U.S. markets — closely matching The Resource's horizontal segment focus and mid-market customer base, with active NC franchise presence.
• Snelling Staffing: Snelling is a franchised staffing network offering temporary, temp-to-hire, direct hire, and RPO services across multiple U.S. markets, with active NC locations — a comparable mid-market generalist staffing peer serving similar SMB and mid-market employers.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half: Robert Half is a national staffing leader specializing in finance, accounting, administrative, and professional placements — directly overlapping The Resource's Finance & Accounting and Office/Clerical segments, but operating as a publicly traded incumbent with far broader geographic reach.
• Aerotek: Aerotek is a large national staffing firm specializing in industrial, manufacturing, and warehouse placements — directly overlapping The Resource's primary segments — but operates at national scale across all U.S. states, making it a broad incumbent with overlapping capability rather than a regional specialist.
• Randstad North America: Randstad is one of the largest global staffing firms with significant industrial, administrative, and professional placement operations across the U.S., including North Carolina — a broad incumbent whose scale, RPO capabilities, and tech investments dwarf those of regional players like The Resource.
• Kelly Services: Kelly Services is a global staffing and workforce solutions provider with strong industrial, manufacturing, and administrative placement capabilities — overlapping heavily with The Resource's core verticals but operating at national and international scale.

Regional players

• CornerStone Staffing: CornerStone Staffing is a Texas-headquartered regional staffing firm specializing in light industrial, clerical, and professional placements — operating as a regional peer in scale and segment focus, though its primary geography is Texas rather than North Carolina.
• Personnel Services Inc. (PSI): PSI is a regional North Carolina-based staffing and workforce solutions firm serving similar manufacturing, clerical, and professional segments to The Resource, making it a direct regional peer in the same Triad-adjacent geography.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/theresourceco
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/307607
• Instagraminstagram.com/theresourcejobs
• Xx.com/theresource_co

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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