The Goodkind Group

What The Goodkind Group does

The Goodkind Group is a privately held, full-service staffing firm founded in 1991 and headquartered at 275 Madison Avenue in New York City, operating as a subsidiary of Magic Services Group. The firm provides permanent and contingency staffing services across 16 specialized divisions spanning accounting and finance, legal, IT, financial services, healthcare, construction, hospitality, digital media, education, and others, serving more than 15 industries on a nationwide basis. Its client base includes corporations, insurance companies, investment banks, and law firms, with stated scale of 300 direct hires, 178 active clients, and 194,233 hours worked by placed professionals.

The firm's revenue model combines contingency search (transaction-fee direct hire placements) with outsourced and contract staffing (professional services, including on-site recruitment process management). It does not charge candidates, and pricing is customized per engagement rather than publicly disclosed. Distribution is sales-led via a team of industry-experienced recruiters operating from five offices (NYC, Red Bank NJ, Iselin NJ, Melville Long Island, Miami). The Managed Review Services division adds a project-based e-discovery component using predictive coding and related technologies. The underlying technology stack is built on third-party recruiting and ATS platforms (JobDiva, Bullhorn), with no proprietary AI/ML systems disclosed.

Go-to-market relies on direct consultative engagement with senior management and HR teams at client organizations, supplemented by thought-leadership content (podcasts, Tri-State employment law resources) and organic social presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. The firm's core differentiator is recruiter tenure and industry specialization rather than technology, and it operates without external venture or private equity funding.

Name

The Goodkind Group

Legal name

The Goodkind Group, LLC

Website

https://thegoodkindgroup.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

The Goodkind Group is a privately held, full-service staffing firm founded in 1991, providing permanent and contingency placements across 16 specialized divisions to corporations, law firms, investment banks, and insurance companies nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro primary industry

Equity Compensation & Global Share Plan Administration (BPACAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Benefits Administration & Total Rewards Outsourcing (BPACAKAE)

Keywords

• Professional staffing services
• Permanent placement recruiting
• Contingency search staffing
• Temporary contract staffing
• Workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Contingency Staffing: The company operates as a contingency staffing organization, providing temporary and permanent placements. They offer both direct hires and flexible staffing solutions. Their services include contract assignments and on-site recruitment process management.
2. Outsourced Solutions: Innovative workforce solutions including contract assignments and on-site collaboration with client teams to manage research and recruitment processes.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

The Goodkind Group is a full-service professional staffing firm that provides permanent and contingency placement services across 16 specialized industry divisions, including Accounting & Finance, Legal, IT, Financial Services, Health Care, Construction, and Hospitality. It delivers customized workforce solutions ranging from contract assignments and direct hires to on-site recruitment process management and document review services for corporate clients nationwide.

Product overview

The Goodkind Group is a full-service staffing firm offering permanent and contingency staffing solutions through 16 specialized divisions covering Accounting & Finance, Administrative Support, Architecture & Engineering, Construction, Digital Media & Marketing, Education, Financial Services, Health Care, Hospitality, Human Resources, Information Technology, Legal Services, Managed Review, Restructuring & Turnaround, Sales & Business Development, and Supply Chain, Logistics & Operations. The company operates as a service-based employment partner providing workforce solutions including contingency search, direct hire placements, and outsourced recruitment process management. The company also provides candidate management tools including timesheet submission portals and employment application processing through third-party platforms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Accounting & Finance Staffing

Quantifiable outcome

• 300 direct hires completed
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 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.

• RN Staffing Solutions LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic alliance between The Goodkind Group LLC and RN Staffing Solutions LLC to provide comprehensive healthcare services. The partnership focuses on healthcare professionals with expertise in Chronic Care Management, Remote Patient Monitoring, Supplemental Staffing, and Healthcare IT. They serve hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, urgent care centers, and schools through a collaborative approach to fulfill full-time, part-time, per diem, and long/short-term staffing requests.
• Magic Services GroupminorOthersThe Goodkind Group is part of Magic Services Group, a parent company or group entity.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half International: Largest U.S. professional staffing firm with deep finance, legal, IT, and administrative divisions. Directly comparable to Goodkind's contingency staffing model but with significantly larger scale, brand recognition, and proprietary technology investments.
• Aerotek: Operating company of Allegis Group placing professionals across engineering, technical, and industrial specialties. Comparable to Goodkind's Architecture & Engineering and Construction divisions with similar contingency staffing approach.
• Adecco: Global staffing leader with broad professional and commercial placement offerings. Comparable to Goodkind at the industry-overlap level (administrative, finance, IT staffing) but operating at much greater scale across geographies.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with executive search and professional placement practices. Comparable to Goodkind's C-suite placement capability within Financial Services and Restructuring & Turnaround divisions.
• Kelly Services: Established global staffing provider with broad professional and commercial offerings. Comparable overlap with Goodkind in administrative, finance, IT, and engineering staffing, particularly for contract and temp-to-perm placements.

Direct peers

• Kforce: Public professional staffing firm specializing in technology, finance, and accounting placements. Closely mirrors Goodkind's division structure and mid-market corporate client focus, with similar contingency search revenue model.
• Insight Global: Large private staffing firm placing professionals across IT, finance, accounting, healthcare, and engineering. Comparable to Goodkind's multi-division professional staffing approach with similar recruiter-led contingency model.
• Hays: Global professional staffing firm with deep specialization in finance, legal, IT, and construction. Highly comparable to Goodkind's division structure and contingency-search go-to-market approach.
• Addison Group: Mid-market private staffing firm with divisions in finance & accounting, IT, engineering, and healthcare. Closely parallels Goodkind's multi-division specialty staffing model and client profile.
• Lucas Group: Mid-market professional recruiting firm specializing in accounting, finance, IT, engineering, and military transitions. Directly comparable to Goodkind's contingency search model and mid-management to executive placement focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Goodkind_Group
• Facebookfacebook.com/TheGoodkindGroup
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-good-kind-group-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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