Jean Simpson Personnel Services

What Jean Simpson Personnel Services does

Jean Simpson Personnel Services, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned staffing agency headquartered in Shreveport, Louisiana, with a second office in Longview, Texas. Founded in 1974 by Bob and Jean Simpson after they spun out of a national staffing franchise, the company is now led by Jean Simpson's daughter Sandra J. Braddock as President and CEO. The firm serves employers and job seekers across the Ark-La-Tex region (Northwest Louisiana and East Texas) through three specialized divisions: Clerical Staffing (administrative, data entry, customer service, medical office roles), Industrial Staffing (machine operators, mechanics, forklift drivers, construction labor), and Professional Staffing (engineers, accountants, executive assistants). Core service offerings include Direct-Hire Placement, Temporary Staffing, Temp-to-Full-Time transitions, Special Events Staffing, Paymaster payroll services, and Pre-Employment background checks and skills testing.

The business operates a horizontal segmentation model, placing candidates across enterprise, government, and nonprofit accounts including AEP SWEPCO, Willis-Knighton Health System, Haynes International, Caddo Parish Schools, and the Catholic Center. Technology is limited to third-party infrastructure: an OnTempWorks-integrated job board (jobboard.ontempworks.com) for candidate self-service and an HR center (hrcenter.ontempworks.com) for online registration, with no proprietary platform or AI/ML capabilities disclosed. The company reports 140+ average daily openings across its two offices and employs 23 skilled professionals.

Revenue is generated entirely through transaction fees from employer clients — direct-hire placement fees, temp bill-rate spreads, temp-to-hire conversion fees, and paymaster service charges — with no fees charged to applicants. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. GTM is sales-led and relationship-based: direct employer outreach, walk-in applicant registrations (Monday-Friday 8:30am-3pm for industrial), phone-based inquiry, and self-service online job board access. The agency is WBENC-certified as a Women's Business Enterprise, voted Best Employment Agency in Shreveport/Bossier for 11 consecutive years, and celebrated 50 years in business in 2024.

Name

Jean Simpson Personnel Services

Legal name

Jean Simpson Personnel Services, Inc.

Website

https://jeansimpson.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Jean Simpson Personnel Services is a privately held, family-owned staffing agency founded in 1974 in Shreveport, Louisiana, placing clerical, industrial, and professional candidates with employers across Northwest Louisiana and East Texas through two offices and a third-party ATS platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies (BPACACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Clerical & Customer Support Temp Staffing (BPACACAC), Construction & General Labor Staffing (BPACAEAA)

Keywords

• Staffing agency services
• Temporary employment placement
• Direct hire recruitment
• Clerical industrial staffing
• Payroll management services

Headquarters

HQ city

Shreveport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Staffing and Placement Services: Revenue generated from employer clients who pay for staffing and placement services. The company places candidates in direct-hire, temporary, temp-to-full-time, and special events positions. All fees are paid by client companies; no fees charged to applicants.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Jean Simpson Personnel Services is an independent, family-owned staffing agency that connects employers with job seekers in the Ark-La-Tex region (Northwest Louisiana and East Texas). The company provides direct-hire placement, temporary staffing, temp-to-full-time transitions, and special events staffing, organized across three specialized divisions: clerical (administrative/office roles), industrial (manufacturing/warehouse roles), and professional (executive/technical roles). Additional offerings include paymaster (payroll) services and pre-employment screening such as skills testing and background checks.

Product overview

Jean Simpson Personnel Services operates as a staffing and employment agency offering a unified portfolio of workforce solutions. The core services include Direct-Hire Placement, Temporary Staffing, Temp-to-Full Time transitions, Special Events Staffing, and Paymaster Services. These services are organized across three specialized divisions: Clerical Staffing (handling administrative and office positions), Industrial Staffing (serving manufacturing and construction sectors), and Professional Staffing (focused on executive and specialized roles). Additional services include Pre-Employment Services for candidate assessment. The company connects job seekers with employers in Northwest Louisiana and East Texas across these various employment arrangements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Direct-Hire Placement Permanent employment placement service that connects job seekers directly with client companies for full-time positions across clerical, industrial, and professional roles. Targeted at employers in Northwest Louisiana and East Texas seeking long-term hires.
• Temporary Staffing Provides qualified personnel on a temporary basis to meet short-term workforce needs of client companies across clerical, industrial, and professional categories. Aimed at employers in the Ark-La-Tex region needing flexible short-term coverage.
• Temp-to-Full Time Staffing Transitional staffing service that allows client companies to evaluate temporary workers on the job before offering permanent employment. Bridges the temporary and direct-hire engagement models for clerical, industrial, and professional roles.
• Special Events Staffing Provides staffing for special events, concerts, and large-scale occasions with flexible scheduling, including bartenders and hospitality workers in the Ark-La-Tex region.
• Paymaster Services Payroll processing and management service for client employers, handling payroll administration and related functions for placed temporary workers. Available to clients across the clerical, industrial, and professional divisions.
• Pre-Employment Services Background checks, skills testing, and candidate assessment services that help client employers evaluate applicants before placement, provided at no charge to job seekers.
• Clerical Staffing Division Specialized staffing division for clerical and administrative positions including secretaries, receptionists, data entry operators, accounting clerks, customer service representatives, and medical office staff in the Ark-La-Tex region.
• Industrial Staffing Division Specialized staffing division for industrial and manufacturing positions including machine operators, mechanics, forklift drivers, equipment operators, and construction workers in the Ark-La-Tex region.
• Professional Staffing Division Specialized staffing division for professional and executive-level positions including executive assistants, financial auditors, structural engineers, accountants, and audiologists in the Ark-La-Tex region.

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Goodwill Industries of North LouisianaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for job fairs and recruitment events. Collaborated on multiple job fair events including events at Goodwill Industries Job Center locations for the benefit of job seekers in the Shreveport area.
• Willis-Knighton Health SystemminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSponsored job fair partnership with Willis-Knighton Health System for healthcare industry recruitment in the Shreveport area.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• HireLevel: Regional generalist staffing firm based in the U.S. Midwest offering clerical, industrial, and professional staffing to SMB and mid-market employers — comparable in business model and division structure though operating in a different geography.

Broad incumbents

• Kelly Services: Global staffing and workforce solutions provider offering temporary, direct-hire, and managed services across administrative, industrial, and professional segments — a broad incumbent competitor with national employer relationships.
• Adecco Group: One of the world's largest staffing firms, providing temporary staffing, permanent placement, and career transition across clerical, industrial, and professional verticals — competes for the same employer RFPs as Jean Simpson with substantially greater scale and geographic reach.
• Robert Half International: Largest specialized staffing firm in the U.S. with deep presence in clerical/administrative, finance/accounting, and professional placements — overlaps with Jean Simpson's Clerical and Professional divisions as a much larger competitor with proprietary technology.

Direct peers

• AppleOne Employment Services: Privately held generalist staffing firm providing administrative, industrial, accounting/finance, and direct-hire placement through local branches — closely aligned with Jean Simpson's diversified service portfolio and small/mid-market employer focus.
• Express Employment Professionals: Largest privately held staffing company in the U.S., operating a franchise model of local offices providing temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct-hire staffing across clerical, industrial, and professional segments — directly comparable to Jean Simpson's generalist, locally rooted model.
• CornerStone Staffing: Privately held, multi-state generalist staffing firm offering temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct-hire across clerical, industrial, and professional sectors — comparable in service mix, regional concentration, and SMB client base.
• Snelling Staffing Services: Long-established generalist staffing franchise offering temporary, temp-to-hire, direct-hire, and payroll services across clerical, light industrial, and professional categories — directly comparable in offerings and local-office distribution model.
• AtWork Group: Multi-branch generalist staffing franchise placing candidates in administrative, industrial, and professional roles through local offices — highly comparable in service mix, office model, and SMB/employer client focus.
• PeopleReady: Tradesmen International parent company's industrial and general labor staffing brand, specializing in light industrial, construction, and on-demand labor — comparable to Jean Simpson's Industrial Staffing division in end markets and worker profile.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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