Workforce Opportunity Services

What Workforce Opportunity Services does

Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit social enterprise founded in 2005 by Dr. Arthur M. Langer, originating from research conducted at Columbia University's Graduate School of Education. The company recruits, trains, and develops talent from underserved local communities, college graduates, and military veterans, then deploys them as W2 consultants at Fortune 500 enterprise clients through a distinctive "consulting-to-hire" model that allows clients to convert consultants to full-time employment at no premium or penalty. WOS has served over 8,000 individuals across more than 60 US locations and operates internationally in Costa Rica, France, and the Netherlands.

The service platform is organized around three primary pillars. Consulting-to-Hire Services encompass Managed Service Centers, Facilities Management, and On-Site & Remote Staffing. Educational Services deliver Professional Development Fundamentals and a 40-hour immersive Professional Development curriculum. Advisory Services include AI Solutions, talent acquisition advisory, and workplace readiness measurement. Underlying delivery capabilities span IT service desk operations, 24/7 cybersecurity SOC monitoring using SIEM/EDR platforms (Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, CrowdStrike, Defender), legacy application support (.NET, Java, COBOL), data analytics, and shared services (HR/finance/sales/recruiting operations). The proprietary Langer Workforce Maturity Arc (LWMA) — a Columbia-validated assessment — evaluates participants across six domains using predictive analytics and underpins the training funnel.

The business model blends managed services delivery (billed hourly for W2 consultants), consulting-to-hire staffing, fee-based educational services, and advisory engagements, all under customized multi-year contracts. The go-to-market is enterprise field sales targeting HR and talent acquisition leadership, with named clients including BNY Mellon, Prudential (since 2005), GE, HP, J&J, American Airlines, JetBlue, Parsons, Turner Construction, Blue Cross, Eaton, Eversource, ADP, AAA, IBM, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck, and 75+ additional corporate partners. Pricing is bespoke and engagement-scoped. WOS operates disclosed offices in New York (HQ), Dallas, and Costa Rica (the latter launched September 2024 as the International Division), is led by Dr. Langer as CEO/Chairman, and has hired senior commercial leadership (Steve Petruk, January 2024) to scale managed services sales. The company holds no outside equity, has no subsidiaries, and does not publicly disclose revenue.

Name

Workforce Opportunity Services

Legal name

Workforce Opportunity Services

Website

https://wforce.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that recruits, trains, and places talent from underserved communities and veteran populations as consultants at Fortune 500 enterprise clients, with a model that facilitates conversion to full-time employment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Workforce Development Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (56132), Employment Services (5613), Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Vocational Rehabilitation Services (6243)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

Office & Administrative Temp Staffing (BPACACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dislocated Worker & Rapid Response / Reemployment Programs (EDAAAOAF), Workforce Management & Scheduling (BPACAPAI)

Keywords

• Workforce development services
• Consulting-to-hire staffing
• Managed service centers
• Talent pipeline solutions
• Professional development training

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Managed Services Delivery: WOS recruits, trains, and manages talent pools that deliver managed services including IT support desks, cybersecurity monitoring, data analytics, and shared services to corporate clients. WOS employs the consultants and manages delivery outcomes.
2. Consulting-to-Hire Staffing: WOS places trained consultants at corporate partners as WOS employees. Corporations pay for the consulting service and have the option to convert consultants to FTE at no additional cost. Revenue is generated through billing for consultant hours/services.
3. Educational Services: WOS provides professional development training programs including Professional Development Fundamentals and Professional Development courses, along with workforce leadership seminars, to corporate clients and program participants. Programs include over 40 online courses with completion certificates.
4. Advisory Services: AI advisory services, talent acquisition advisory, and measurement of workplace readiness using WOS's scientific instruments and methodologies. Billed as consulting engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that recruits, trains, employs, and deploys talent from local communities (including underserved populations, college graduates, and military veterans) to corporate clients. WOS delivers managed service centers, facilities management, on-site and remote staffing, educational/professional development programs, and AI advisory services through a consulting-to-hire model where WOS-employed consultants can be converted to client full-time employees at no additional fee. The proprietary Langer Workforce Maturity Arc (LWMA) assessment tool underpins workforce readiness measurement across all engagements.

Product overview

Workforce Opportunity Services (WOS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit offering a comprehensive workforce development ecosystem with three core service pillars: Consulting to Hire (Managed Service Centers, Facilities Management, On-Site & Remote Staffing), Educational Services (Professional Development Fundamentals, Professional Development), and Advisory Services (AI Solutions). The platform includes specialized sub-services for IT support desk, cybersecurity monitoring, legacy application support, data analytics/AI, shared services, and college co-op/internship programs. The Langer Workforce Maturity Arc (LWMA) serves as the foundational assessment tool across the portfolio, measuring workforce readiness across six domains. The Cohort Model provides an end-to-end workforce management solution integrating recruitment, training, deployment, and ongoing development.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Managed Service Centers

Quantifiable outcome

• 8,000+ individuals served since 2005 across 60+ US locations and international operations in Costa Rica, France, and Netherlands
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers18 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration21 records

AI capability7 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

38 partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• AAA Auto Club EnterprisescoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2024Partnership for the WOS/ACE Software Development Cohort program, providing software development training and career pathways for participants with AAA Auto Club Enterprises serving as the employing corporate partner.
• Prudential FinancialflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerWOS and Prudential Financial have partnered since 2005 to provide job training and opportunities for underserved local populations. In 2010 the program expanded to include post-9/11 veterans and military spouses. This represents WOS's longest-standing corporate partnership.
• ADPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions including talent pipelines and managed services from WOS.
• BNY MelloncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS including talent pipeline services.
• American AirlinescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving talent pipeline and workforce development services from WOS.
• Turner ConstructioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving managed services and workforce solutions from WOS.
• ParsonscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving managed services and workforce solutions from WOS.
• GEcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving talent pipeline services from WOS.
• HPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving talent pipeline services from WOS.
• Hewlett-Packard EnterprisecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving talent pipeline services from WOS.
• Johnson & JohnsoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving consulting-to-hire talent pipeline from WOS.
• IBMcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving talent pipeline services from WOS.
• Bristol-Myers SquibbcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• MerckcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• Eaton CorpcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving talent pipeline services from WOS.
• EversourcecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving talent pipeline services from WOS.
• JetBluecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving talent pipeline services from WOS.
• Fannie MaecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• ForrestercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• PanasoniccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• Thomson ReuterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• AvoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• ChubbcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• CNH IndustrialcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• KenvuecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• Mount Sinai Health SystemcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• Express ScriptscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• Blue Cross Blue Shield VermontcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• Guardian Life InsurancecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• Bank LeumicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS.
• Walker-Miller Energy ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorporate partner receiving workforce solutions from WOS. CEO Camille Bryant serves on WOS Board of Directors.
• Columbia UniversityflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch origin of WOS methodology. Dr. Arthur Langer conducted foundational research at Columbia University (2001 Workplace Literacy Program) that led to the development of the Langer Workforce Maturity Arc. WOS was founded based on Columbia research and Dr. Langer continues academic affiliations with Columbia's Graduate School of Education.
• Northeastern UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner for workforce development programs. Dr. Arthur Langer serves as Assoc. Vice-Provost and Director of the Center for Technology Management and Digital Leadership at Northeastern.
• Ramapo College of New JerseycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner. President Cindy R. Jebb Ph.D. serves on WOS Academic Advisory Board.
• Morehouse CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner. President Dr. David Thomas serves on WOS Academic Advisory Board.
• SUNY Empire State CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner. SUNY Distinguished Service Professor Alan Mandell serves on WOS Academic Advisory Board.
• Penn State University (Smeal College of Business)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner. Mellon Foundation Professor Charles Snow serves on WOS Academic Advisory Board.
• The Wharton SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner. George W. Taylor Professor Peter Cappelli serves on WOS Academic Advisory Board.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Per Scholas: Nonprofit providing tuition-free tech training (IT support, cybersecurity, software engineering) to adults from underserved backgrounds and connecting graduates to employer partners — directly comparable to WOS's IT support, cybersecurity, and consulting-to-hire model.
• Apprenti: Nonprofit apprenticeship program that recruits, trains, and places diverse talent (including veterans and underrepresented groups) into technology roles at corporate partners — directly comparable talent-to-employer pipeline model.
• Year Up: Nonprofit workforce development organization that recruits from underserved communities, provides intensive training, and places talent at corporate partners (including Fortune 500) with a similar 'talent pipeline plus corporate partnership' model as WOS.
• NPower: Nonprofit offering tech-focused workforce development, paid training, and job placement for underserved young adults and veterans, with corporate employer partnerships — overlaps with WOS's veteran hiring and IT/cyber training focus.

Broad incumbents

• Randstad: Global HR services firm offering staffing, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), and managed services. Comparable on enterprise staffing and managed service delivery, with global nearshore/offshore capability that competes with WOS's Costa Rica expansion.
• Robert Half International: Global staffing and consulting firm placing finance, technology, legal, and administrative talent, with significant managed solutions practice. Comparable in consulting-to-hire placement and workforce solutions, with vastly greater scale.
• ManpowerGroup: Global workforce solutions company offering temporary staffing, permanent placement, career transition, and talent development. Comparable on staffing plus workforce development, operating at multi-billion dollar scale versus WOS's nonprofit scale.
• Insight Global: Large national staffing and managed services provider offering IT, professional, and healthcare staffing plus MSP/RPO solutions. Comparable on managed service delivery and consulting-to-hire, but as a for-profit incumbent with significantly larger scale than WOS.

Emerging players

• General Assembly: Training-to-hire provider offering bootcamps and corporate training programs in tech, data, and design with employer partnerships — comparable training-plus-employer-pipeline model, though now operated as a for-profit within Adecco.
• Revature: Technology talent development company that trains and deploys entry-level software engineers and IT professionals to enterprise clients — overlapping with WOS's IT support, software development cohort, and consulting-to-hire delivery.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/wforceorg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/workforce-opportunity-services
• Xx.com/wforceorg

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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