Staffing Boutique

What Staffing Boutique does

Staffing Boutique is a privately held, woman-owned staffing agency founded in 2011 by Katie Warnock and headquartered at 99 Hudson Street in Manhattan. The firm specializes in recruiting temporary, contract, substitute, and permanent personnel exclusively for nonprofit, education, and government organizations, operating across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and serving an explicit base of more than 100 clients that includes charter networks such as Brooklyn Lab Charter School and KIPP NYC, foundations such as the Geraldine Dodge Foundation, and nonprofits such as SEEDS, Synergos, the Legal Action Center, Ronald McDonald House, and the Rural India Supporting Trust.

Its service portfolio comprises four core lines: Temp Staffing (short-term and substitute coverage, including dedicated substitute-teacher placement), Permanent Placement (direct hire and executive search from frontline to C-suite), Payroll Services (back-office processing with state and federal tax compliance), and Government Staffing (with a published Capability Statement to access public-sector procurement). There is no proprietary technology platform; operations run on a Bullhorn ATS, a candidate job board on the company website, and a custom database maintained in-house. Distribution is relationship-driven: the firm runs high-volume LinkedIn InMail and email outreach campaigns and generates authority through content marketing (a regularly published blog, the K-12 Workforce Planning Playbook, and a proprietary 193-respondent teacher retention survey) and recurring monthly appearances as guest and sponsor on The Nonprofit Show via the American Nonprofit Academy.

Commercially, the firm earns revenue through traditional professional-services mechanics — placement fees on permanent hires, staffing markups on contract/temp placements, and recurring fees for payroll processing — under custom, quote-based pricing without a publicly disclosed fee schedule. It holds Woman-Owned Business Enterprise (WBE) certifications in New York City, New York State, and New Jersey, which provide privileged access to MWBE procurement pipelines, particularly for the newer Government Staffing line. The firm is entirely founder-owned and bootstrapped, with no external institutional investment, and runs a lean team with a Managing Director of Staffing, Account Executives, Education Recruiters, a Database Manager, and a Talent Strategies Consultant supporting sales, sourcing, and operations.

Name

Staffing Boutique

Legal name

Staffing Boutique, Inc.

Website

https://staffingboutique.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2011

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Staffing Boutique is a woman-owned, New York-based staffing agency founded in 2011 that provides temporary, substitute-teacher, permanent placement, payroll, and government staffing services to more than 100 nonprofit, education, and public-sector clients across NY, NJ, and CT.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Education and Nonprofit Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies (BPACACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Staffing, HR, Credentialing & Substitute Management (EDAJAHAH), Government & Public Sector Temp Staffing (BPACACAL)

Keywords

• Nonprofit staffing services
• Education sector recruitment
• Substitute teacher staffing
• Permanent placement services
• Payroll processing services

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary/Contract Staffing Placements: Placement of temporary, short-term, and substitute personnel (teachers, aides, admin staff) into nonprofit and education organizations. Revenue is earned through staffing fees charged to client employers for placed contractors.
2. Permanent Placement / Direct Hire: Retained or contingency search for permanent hires across all staffing levels from frontline to C-suite. Clients pay placement fees upon successful placement of a candidate.
3. Payroll Services: Back-office payroll processing for nonprofit and small business clients, including compliance with state and federal tax regulations. Revenue generated through payroll service fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Staffing Boutique is a full-service staffing agency that recruits and places temporary, substitute, and permanent personnel for schools, nonprofits, healthcare, and government organizations across the NYC metro area. Its core offerings include temp staffing, permanent placement and executive search, payroll processing with state and federal tax compliance, and a government-staffing capability supported by a published capability statement. The firm also distributes a K-12 Workforce Planning Playbook as a thought-leadership resource for school administrators.

Product overview

Staffing Boutique is a full-service staffing agency offering a portfolio of staffing solutions including Temp Staffing, Permanent Placement, Payroll Services, Government Staffing, and Substitute Teacher Staffing. The company specializes in the nonprofit and education sectors, serving clients across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Additionally, they provide the K–12 Workforce Planning Playbook as a resource for educational clients. Services are delivered through relationship-driven, personalized approach rather than a unified software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Temp Staffing Temporary and short-term staffing placements for nonprofits, schools, and other mission-driven employers, supplying flexible personnel for projects, seasonal demands, and substitute coverage. Job seekers can also apply for flexible temp roles.
• Permanent Placement Direct-hire and executive-search service placing permanent talent from frontline to C-suite roles in nonprofit and educational institutions, with recruiters managing strategy, candidate curation, assessment, and decision support.
• Payroll Services Back-office payroll processing for nonprofit, small-business, and government-sector clients, handling paperwork and ensuring compliance with state and federal tax regulations.
• Government Staffing Staffing solutions tailored for government-sector employers, supported by a capability statement for procurement and contract vehicles.
• Substitute Teacher Staffing Dedicated substitute-teacher staffing service supplying schools in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut with substitute coverage, addressing chronic substitute shortages and last-minute coverage gaps.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 100 clients served as a trusted staffing partner
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers10 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• American Nonprofit AcademycoreGTM or Marketing PartnerStaffing Boutique is a monthly guest and sponsor of The Nonprofit Show, a daily 30-minute telecast covering topics from missions to money to management in the nonprofit sector. Katie Warnock and team appear as recurring guests to discuss staffing, hiring, and talent topics relevant to nonprofit and education leaders.
• Altadena Brick By BrickminorOthersA disaster relief initiative supporting Altadena families displaced by the January 2025 Eaton Fire. Staffing Boutique's partners page links to this organization, demonstrating the firm's community engagement and support for local causes beyond staffing services.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Source4Teachers (TeacherStaff): A substitute teacher and education support staffing firm operating in the Northeast U.S., directly competing with Staffing Boutique for K-12 substitute teacher contracts in NY/NJ/PA.
• AppleOne Employment Services: A staffing firm with mission-aligned verticals including nonprofit and education placements, overlapping with Staffing Boutique's SMB employer base and direct hire plus temporary staffing services.
• KEES (Keeling & Associates): An executive search firm focused exclusively on nonprofit leadership, directly comparable to Staffing Boutique's nonprofit permanent placement and executive search practice.
• Koya Partners: An executive search firm specializing in mission-driven and nonprofit leadership placements, competing for the same permanent placement / executive search engagements in the nonprofit sector that Staffing Boutique serves.
• Kelly Educational Staffing: The education-focused staffing division of Kelly Services, providing substitute teachers, paraprofessionals, and education support staff nationally — directly overlapping with Staffing Boutique's substitute teacher and K-12 staffing offerings.

Others

• Frontline Education: A K-12 operational software provider whose absence management and substitute management tools are sold to the same school district customers that Staffing Boutique serves — adjacent ecosystem participant rather than a direct staffing competitor.
• Building Hope: A nonprofit services provider supporting charter schools and community-based education organizations — adjacent to Staffing Boutique's charter school client base and a complementary channel for staffing partnerships.

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half: A large generalist staffing firm with a nonprofit and education practice; competes for the same administrative and executive placements as Staffing Boutique but at much larger scale across multiple verticals.
• Insight Global: A large national staffing and talent solutions firm with active education sector placements; broader portfolio than Staffing Boutique but overlaps in K-12 and nonprofit temp/contract staffing.
• Aquent: A staffing and talent solutions firm with exposure to nonprofit, education, and mission-driven clients; broader portfolio but overlapping in permanent and contract placements for mission-aligned organizations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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