Qualified Staffing

What Qualified Staffing does

Qualified Staffing is a privately held US staffing and recruitment firm founded in 1988 and headquartered in Flint, Michigan. It supplies temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire workers across four primary verticals — Light Industrial (manufacturing, warehouse, logistics), Administrative & Clerical, Education, and Professional & Management — to enterprise and mid-market employers through a sales-led go-to-market motion executed via 40+ local offices across 12 US states. The firm operates a multi-model delivery layer including standard temporary placement, Vendor-on-Premise (VOP) on-site staffing management, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), and payroll services, with pricing negotiated per client engagement and no public rate card.

Underlying technology is third-party rather than proprietary: the firm runs Avionte staffing software for timekeeping, employee portals, and candidate management, and operates an online job portal (jobs.q-staffing.com) for candidate application flow. The Q-Connect program is an internally branded employee engagement and retention initiative rather than a technology product. The business has accumulated 300,000+ placements since founding and reports industry-leading client retention of 10+ years, with 12+ years of average tenure among its management team and an Excellent-rated NPS.

The company operates as Qualified Staffing Group, a Family of Companies that includes wholly-owned specialty subsidiaries: Qualified Professional & Technical (technical and professional skills), STSI (nationwide engineering staffing), and Myticas Consulting (telecom, engineering, ERP, and IT software development staffing across North America, including a Canadian presence in Ottawa). Revenue is not publicly disclosed; group headcount is reported as 10,000+, though this includes deployed contract and temporary workers. CEO Lyndia Lacasse leads the firm, and ownership structure and external investors are not disclosed in available sources.

Name

Qualified Staffing

Legal name

Qualified Staffing

Website

https://q-staffing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

5,001–10,000 employees

Short description

Qualified Staffing is a privately held, Flint, Michigan-based staffing firm founded in 1988 that provides temporary, temp-to-hire, direct hire, RPO, VOP, and payroll services across light industrial, administrative, education, and professional verticals through 40+ US offices and specialty subsidiaries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320), Employment Services (5613), Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Payroll Services (541214)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363), Services-Facilities Support Management Services (8744)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies (BPACACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

High-Volume / High-Turnover Temp Staffing (BPACACAF), Administrative, Clerical & Office Support Direct Hire (BPACAFAF), Clerical & Customer Support Temp Staffing (BPACACAC), Contingent Workforce / Contractor RPO (Contractor Recruiting) (BPACABAK)

Keywords

• Temporary staffing services
• Direct hire placement
• Light industrial staffing
• Recruitment process outsourcing
• Professional management staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Flint

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices28 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 workers to employers for short-term assignments, seasonal work, or project-based needs. The company handles payroll, taxes, and employment compliance for placed workers.
2. Temp-to-Hire Placements: Employers can trial temporary workers before making permanent hiring decisions, with the option to convert to direct hire after evaluation period.
3. Direct Placement / Direct Hire: Permanent placement of candidates with employer clients, typically with fee structure based on placement.
4. Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO): Outsourced recruitment services where Qualified Staffing manages the entire hiring process for employers.
5. Vendor-on-Premise (VOP): On-site staffing management where Qualified Staffing maintains a presence at client facilities to manage contingent workforce needs.
6. Payroll Services: Payroll processing services for clients who have their own workers but need payroll administration support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Qualified Staffing is a privately held staffing and recruitment firm that supplies contingent and permanent workforces to employer clients across the United States. Its core services include temporary staffing, temp-to-hire, and direct hire placements across four specialty areas—Light Industrial, Administrative & Clerical, Education, and Professional & Management—supplemented by Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), Vendor-on-Premise (VOP), and payroll services.

Product overview

Qualified Staffing is a staffing and recruitment services company offering a comprehensive portfolio of workforce solutions. The core offering includes temporary staffing, temp-to-hire, and direct placement services across four primary specialties: Light Industrial, Administrative & Clerical, Education, and Professional & Management. Additional services include Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), Vendor-on-Premise (VOP), and Payroll Services. The company also operates three specialized sub-brands: Qualified Professional & Technical (technical and professional skills), STSI (engineering staffing), and Myticas Consulting (IT, telecom, and ERP staffing). The Q-Connect employee engagement program supports workforce retention. With over 40 offices across the United States, the company has employed over 300,000 people since its founding in 1988.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Qualified Professional & Technical: Focused on staffing and recruiting for tough-to-find technical and professional skills. Contract, contract-to-hire and direct hire placements.
• STSI
• Myticas Consulting
• Q-Connect

Products and services

• Temporary Staffing Services Provides short-term, project-based, and seasonal workers to employer clients; Qualified Staffing handles payroll, taxes, benefits, and employment compliance for placed workers.
• Temp-to-Hire Placements Allows employers to trial a temporary worker on assignment before converting them to a direct hire after an evaluation period.
• Direct Hire Placement Permanent placement of candidates with employer clients on a placement-fee basis, including sourcing, screening, and onboarding support.
• Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Qualified Staffing assumes ownership of the client's full hiring process, from requisition through offer, under a managed-services engagement.
• Vendor-on-Premise (VOP) Qualified Staffing embeds personnel at the client facility to manage the contingent workforce, including scheduling, supervision, and reporting.
• Payroll Services Processes payroll, withholds and remits taxes, and administers insurance for workers supplied by the client, on a fee-for-service basis.
• Light Industrial Staffing Supplies machine operators, material handlers, assemblers, welders, CNC operators, and quality-control technicians to manufacturing, warehouse, and production employers.
• Administrative & Clerical Staffing Provides administrative assistants, data-entry, office support, and front-desk personnel to employers across multiple industries.
• Education Staffing Places teachers, paraprofessionals, substitutes, and education administrative staff with school districts and education employers.
• Professional & Management Staffing Places executive assistants, finance, IT, and project-management professionals with employers for permanent and contract engagements.

Quantifiable outcome

• 300,000+ people employed since 1988
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Qualified Professional & TechnicalcoreOthersPart of the Qualified Staffing Group of companies. Focused on staffing and recruiting for tough-to-find technical and professional skills. Offers contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire placements.
• STSIcoreOthersNationwide engineering staffing firm specializing in staff augmentation through direct hire, short- or long-term contract, and contract-to-direct placements.
• Myticas ConsultingcoreOthersStaffing and recruiting firm for telecom, engineering, ERP and IT software development for public and private sector enterprise level environments throughout North America.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Kelly Services: Large publicly traded staffing incumbent offering temporary staffing, direct hire, and managed services across industrial, professional, and education verticals — broader portfolio but overlapping core service lines with Qualified Staffing.
• Adecco Group: Global staffing leader (Akkodis, LHH, Adecco) with extensive US operations across industrial, professional, and RPO — overlaps with Qualified's service portfolio but operates at vastly greater scale with proprietary technology investments.
• ManpowerGroup: Global staffing and workforce solutions provider with significant US industrial and administrative temporary staffing presence — broad incumbent competing for the same mid-market employer contracts.
• Robert Half: Publicly traded staffing incumbent specializing in professional, finance/accounting, and administrative placements — overlaps with Qualified's Professional/Management and Admin/Clerical verticals.
• Aerotek: Subsidiary of Allegis Group specializing in industrial, professional, and engineering staffing — overlaps most directly with Qualified's Light Industrial and Q-PT/STSI engineering service lines.

Direct peers

• Spherion Staffing: Direct peer operating a US franchise network providing light industrial, administrative, and specialty staffing with comparable temporary-to-direct-hire service models and regional office density.
• Express Employment Professionals: Closest direct peer: a US-headquartered, privately held generalist staffing franchise operating 800+ offices across the US and Canada with similar temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire service lines across industrial, administrative, and professional segments.
• PrideStaff: Privately held US staffing firm operating from multiple regional offices offering temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire placements in industrial, clerical, and professional categories — closely aligned service mix and geographic model.
• AtWork Personnel Services: US-headquartered staffing franchise providing temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire across light industrial, administrative, and skilled trades — directly comparable footprint and service breadth.

Emerging players

• Insight Global: Large US private staffing firm with strong IT, professional, and industrial placement capabilities — comparable to Qualified's Myticas and Q-PT subsidiaries and a competitor for higher-skill placements.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/QualifiedStaff

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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