Impact Staffing Solutions

What Impact Staffing Solutions does

Impact Staffing Solutions (legal entity Impact Personnel, Inc.) is a private, founder-owned recruiting firm founded in 1989 by Maryann Donovan and headquartered at 857 Post Road, Suite 350, Fairfield, Connecticut. The firm operates with a team of 1-10 employees and serves clients across Fairfield County, Connecticut and the metropolitan New York business community, with a client base spanning Fortune 500 enterprises, mid-sized companies, and startups. Its service portfolio covers four integrated offerings: Retained Search for executive-level placements, Direct Hire and Specialized Recruiting for permanent staffing, Temp/Temp-to-Hire and Contract Staffing for flexible workforce needs, and Payroll Services in which the firm acts as an employer of record, providing multi-state payroll and health insurance administration.

The business model is a mix of recurring retained search fees, transactional placement fees for permanent and contract hires, and managed-services revenue for payroll. The go-to-market is exclusively direct sales, with no intermediaries, resellers, or marketplace listings. Marketing channels are limited to a company website, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook, with relationship-driven outreach anchored by the founder's long-standing local network and the firm's 30+ year brand reputation.

The company has no proprietary technology platform, no AI/ML capabilities, no disclosed integrations, and no patent or trademark filings. It has raised no external funding, has no parent company or subsidiaries, and has not completed any mergers or acquisitions. Ownership remains with the founder, and a single recent leadership addition, Kathryn Hook (VP, 2022), was made to lead the contract and temporary staffing business.

Name

Impact Staffing Solutions

Legal name

Impact Personnel, Inc.

Website

https://impactstaffingsolutions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Impact Staffing Solutions is a boutique, founder-owned recruiting firm founded in 1989 in Fairfield, CT, providing retained search, direct hire, temp staffing, and payroll services to Fortune 500, mid-market, and startup clients across Fairfield County and metropolitan New York.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Recruiting Services

NAICS

Employment Services (5613), Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Temporary Help Services (561320), Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies (BPACACAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Office & Administrative Temp Staffing (BPACACAA)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Permanent staffing solutions
• Temporary contract staffing
• Employer of record payroll
• Recruiting and placement

Headquarters

HQ city

Westport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Retained Search: Consultative search service delivering qualified executive candidates. Company consults with clients to match their needs with candidate skill sets.
2. Direct Hire & Specialized Recruiting: Full-service permanent staffing. Company handles sourcing, screening, and initial interviewing, introducing only best-matched candidates to clients.
3. Temp, Temp-to-Hire & Contract Staffing: Temporary staffing for short or long-term assignments. Provides candidates for last-minute absences, workload increases, or special projects.
4. Payroll Services: Employer of record services. Impact Personnel payrolls employees in any state and offers health insurance. Acts as outsourced back office for new hires or current staff.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Impact Staffing Solutions is a recruiting firm that sources, screens, and places candidates for client companies. It provides retained executive search, direct-hire and specialized permanent recruiting, temporary and contract staffing, and payroll services as an employer of record. Its clients range from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses and startups across functions including HR, finance, marketing, operations, legal, and supply chain.

Product overview

Impact Staffing Solutions is a recruiting firm offering a portfolio of four integrated staffing services: Retained Search for executive-level searches, Direct Hire & Specialized Recruiting for permanent staffing, Temp/Temp-to-Hire & Contract Staffing for flexible workforce solutions, and Payroll Services as an employer-of-record offering. These services work together to provide end-to-end talent acquisition and workforce management solutions for clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small businesses and startups.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Retained Search Consultative executive search service in which consultants work closely with clients to match specific hiring needs with candidate skill sets, delivering the most qualified executive candidates for consideration on a retained basis.
• Direct Hire & Specialized Recruiting Full-service permanent staffing solution in which the firm's Permanent Staffing Group handles sourcing, screening, and initial interviewing, introducing clients only to best-matched candidates; supports confidential searches discreetly on the client's behalf.
• Temp, Temp-to-Hire & Contract Staffing Temporary staffing service providing qualified candidates for short- or long-term assignments, covering last-minute absences, sudden workload increases, or special projects, with options for temp-to-hire conversion.
• Payroll Services Outsourced back-office payroll solution in which Impact acts as the employer of record for new hires or current staff, payrolls employees in any state, and offers health insurance for those employees seeking it.

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half International: Largest U.S. specialized staffing firm offering direct hire, temp, and managed solutions across finance/accounting, technology, legal, marketing, and administrative roles — a direct overlap with Impact's service mix and target role types, but operating at national scale.
• Kelly Services: Global staffing firm offering temporary staffing, direct hire, and workforce solutions across office, industrial, and professional categories — broader incumbent competing for the same SMB and enterprise staffing budgets.
• Adecco: One of the world's largest staffing providers with direct hire, temp, and managed services across office/admin, professional, and industrial categories — competes in the same staffing TAM but at global scale.
• Accounting Principals / Ajilon: Specialized staffing brands under parent Adecco focused on finance/accounting, HR, and administrative direct hire and temp staffing — competitive overlap in the same professional white-collar categories.

Direct peers

• Insight Global: Private, founder-led staffing firm providing direct hire, temp, and contract staffing across IT, finance, HR, and operational roles — closest in business model and target function mix to Impact Staffing Solutions.
• Kforce: Public professional staffing firm focused on technology and finance/accounting placements with temp and direct-hire services — comparable in serving professional white-collar functions with similar GTM to mid-market and enterprise clients.
• Beacon Hill Staffing Group: Boutique staffing and search firm offering direct hire, temp, and project-based staffing across HR, finance, legal, tech, and administration — closely aligned with Impact's multi-functional professional staffing focus.
• Express Employment Professionals: Franchise-based staffing firm delivering direct hire and temp staffing across office, professional, and commercial roles to SMBs — comparable in generalist service mix and SMB/mid-market customer focus.
• The Planet Group: Professional staffing and search firm offering direct hire, contract, and managed services across HR, finance, legal, and operational roles — directly comparable in target functions and multi-service model.
• LaSalle Network: Boutique staffing and recruiting firm providing direct hire, temp, and managed services across administrative, HR, finance, and operational roles — closely analogous to Impact in service mix and customer profile.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/impactpersonnel
• Facebookfacebook.com/Impact-Personnel-Inc-299797630899
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/impact-personnel

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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