The Employment Solutions

What The Employment Solutions does

The Employment Solution Inc. (TES) is a privately held Canadian staffing and workforce-solutions provider founded in 1975 that delivers IT, engineering, and professional services talent to employers across North America. The firm operates from a Toronto headquarters at 40 Holly Street, Suite 500, with seven additional offices across Canada (Mississauga, Burlington, Ottawa/Nepean, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver) and one US office in Raleigh, North Carolina. Its service lines span IT staffing from deskside support to CIO-level placements, engineering and technical staffing across petrochemical, environmental, energy, telecommunications, aerospace, manufacturing, marine, and utilities sectors, and Professional Services that assemble nationwide teams for IT infrastructure upgrades, network expansions, technician deployment, and equipment logistics including disposal and recycling. TES is certified as a majority woman-owned business by WBE Canada and WEConnect International, participates in Environment and Climate Change Canada's Net-Zero Challenge, and is compliant with PIPEDA, GDPR (for EU data subjects), and AODA (in Ontario).

Name

The Employment Solutions

Legal name

The Employment Solution Inc.

Website

https://tes.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

The Employment Solution Inc. (TES) is a North American IT, engineering, and professional services staffing firm founded in 1975 that places contract and permanent talent across Canada and the United States via eight offices and its proprietary TES Job Finder and TimeOnline platforms.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

IT & Engineering Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Temp-to-Hire Staffing (BPACACAG)

Keywords

• IT staffing services
• Engineering recruitment
• Staff augmentation
• Permanent placement services
• Technical workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Raleigh

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Staff Augmentation & Placement Services: TES generates revenue by providing staffing solutions to employers, placing both contract/temporary and permanent candidates. The company does not charge fees to candidates. Clients engage TES to fill roles ranging from entry-level support to executive positions (CIO-level) in IT, Engineering, and Professional Services.
2. Managed Services - Professional Services: Nationwide teams provide IT infrastructure project services including planning, execution, support, and equipment management for network upgrades and expansions. Clients pay only for services used, covering project coordination, technician deployment, hardware logistics, and equipment disposal/recycling.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

TES provides contract/temporary and permanent staffing across three verticals — IT (deskside support through CIO-level), Engineering (petrochemical, environmental, energy, telecom, aerospace, manufacturing, marine, utilities), and Professional Services (IT infrastructure rollout projects). Supporting these services are two proprietary tools: the TES Job Finder candidate-job matching platform and TimeOnline, an online timesheet and expense-reporting system provided to clients at no extra charge.

Product overview

The Employment Solutions (TES) operates as a staffing solutions provider offering a portfolio of interconnected services and proprietary tools. The core offering spans three specialized staffing verticals—IT, Engineering, and Professional Services—complemented by two proprietary technology products: TES Job Finder (a candidate-job matching platform with resume database functionality) and TimeOnline (a client-facing timesheet and expense reporting system). TES Job Finder serves as the primary candidate acquisition and job search interface, while TimeOnline provides post-placement administrative support. Staffing services include both contract/temporary and permanent placement options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IT Staffing Services Full-spectrum IT staffing for organizations across Canada and the US, covering placements from deskside support to CIO-level executive roles, with specialization in niche and hard-to-source IT skill sets. Built on 30 years of IT staffing experience.
• Engineering Staffing Services Engineering and technical staff augmentation (contract and permanent) across petrochemical, environmental, energy, telecommunications, aerospace, manufacturing, marine, and utilities sectors, with expertise in labour regulations across Canadian provinces and coverage of urban, rural, and remote deployments. Built on over 45 years of engineering staffing experience.
• Professional Services Project-based managed services for IT infrastructure upgrades and technology rollouts, providing planning, execution, support, technician deployment, hardware logistics, and equipment disposal/recycling. Available nationwide across all Canadian provinces and territories, the US, and the Caribbean, with clients paying only for services used.
• TES Job Finder Online candidate matching platform hosted at tes.net/job-finder that allows candidates to create accounts, upload resumes, save search terms, and be considered for opportunities across North America. Clients can post jobs and search the candidate database. Accessible in English and French.
• TimeOnline Online timesheet and expense-reporting portal hosted at timeonline.com, provided to TES clients at no extra cost. Sends email notifications to managers when timesheets are ready for approval with one-click processing and allows contractors to submit expenses with receipts for client review.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30 years of IT staffing experience cited
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Environment and Climate Change CanadacoreOthersTES participates in Canada's Net-Zero Challenge, a national climate initiative led by Environment and Climate Change Canada. The goal is to eliminate carbon emissions by 2050, with interim targets including a 2% annual emissions reduction and 27% reduction by 2035, focusing on Scope 3 emissions.
• WBE CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWBE Canada certified TES as a Majority Woman Owned company. This certification supports TES's diversity and inclusion strategy and supplier diversity policy, enabling TES to serve as a diverse vendor for organizations seeking minority/women-owned business suppliers.
• WEConnect InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWEConnect International certified TES as a Majority Woman Owned company for global recognition. This partnership enables TES to provide supplier diversity credentials internationally and support global supply chain diversity initiatives.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Robert Half: Specialist staffing firm focused on IT, finance, and professional roles. Robert Half's Protiviti and Robert Half Technology divisions directly overlap with TES's IT and professional services staffing verticals.
• Aerotek: Specialist staffing firm (Allegis Group) covering engineering, technical, and professional services. Highly comparable to TES in engineering and IT contract staffing with stronger industrial vertical penetration.
• TEKsystems: Large IT staffing and services provider within Allegis Group. Closely comparable to TES's IT staffing vertical with broader services portfolio and deeper enterprise relationships.
• Hays: Global specialist recruiter with strong IT and engineering practices. Hays competes with TES in niche technical skill placement, particularly in energy, engineering, and IT verticals.
• Insight Global: Large North American IT and engineering staffing provider. Comparable to TES in vertical specialization and contract/permanent placement model, but with materially larger headcount and US footprint.
• Akkodis (formerly Modis): Global IT and engineering staffing and services brand under Adecco. Direct overlap with TES on IT staffing and engineering talent placement, with stronger managed services capability.

Broad incumbents

• Adecco: One of the largest global staffing providers with extensive IT and engineering practices. Competes with TES on enterprise staffing contracts and MSP programs across Canada and the US.
• ManpowerGroup: World's largest staffing firm with strong IT and engineering practices via Experis. It directly contests TES in technical staffing and has substantially greater scale and VMS/MSP capability.
• Randstad: Global staffing leader operating across IT, engineering, and professional services. Compared to TES, Randstad is far larger and more diversified but competes head-to-head in IT/engineering staff augmentation across North America.
• Kelly Services: Established global staffing firm with engineering and IT capabilities. Overlaps with TES across technical and professional staffing, particularly in engineering specialties and North American coverage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tes-the-employment-solution

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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