Daniel Roberts

What Daniel Roberts does

Daniel Roberts is a privately held staffing agency founded in 1968 and headquartered at 184 High Street, 6th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts. The firm specializes exclusively in the placement of administrative, accounting/finance, and human resources professionals, serving Boston-area employers and job seekers across three professional verticals. Its service portfolio comprises five offerings: a unified staffing placement service, direct hire/permanent placement for full-time roles, temporary/contract staffing for short-term assignments, temporary/contract-to-hire arrangements that allow both parties to evaluate fit before commitment, and recruiting and screening services covering candidate identification, prescreening, in-person interviewing, and skills evaluation.

The firm operates without proprietary technology platforms, patents, or AI/ML capabilities disclosed in available materials; the only operational technology referenced is a third-party online job listings portal hosted through BondAdapt. Revenue mechanics are placement-based: contingency-style percentage-of-first-year-salary fees for permanent placements and payroll markups for temporary/contract engagements, though specific pricing is not publicly disclosed. The firm employs between 11 and 50 staff and conducts placement work through a team of seasoned consultants who engage directly with employer clients (delivering pre-screened candidates and managing the interview and offer process) and with candidates (providing resume review, interview preparation, and career counseling).

Approximately 70% of placements originate from a referral network of satisfied candidates and clients, indicating that word-of-mouth and relationship-driven sourcing dominate the firm's go-to-market over digital or outbound marketing. The firm has maintained its narrow horizontal specialization for over five decades with no observable geographic expansion beyond the Boston metro area, no external funding, no disclosed ownership structure, no named institutional customers, and no partnership arrangements disclosed in the input materials.

Name

Daniel Roberts

Legal name

Daniel Roberts

Website

https://danielroberts.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Daniel Roberts is a Boston-based staffing agency founded in 1968 that places administrative, accounting/finance, and human resources professionals in permanent, temporary, and contract-to-hire roles for Boston-area employers through its referral network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Administrative, Clerical & Office Support Direct Hire (BPACAFAF)

Keywords

• Staffing services
• Administrative placement
• Accounting finance staffing
• Human resources recruiting
• Temporary staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Daniel Roberts is a Boston-based staffing agency founded in 1968 that specializes in the placement of administrative, accounting/finance, and human resources professionals. The firm delivers permanent (direct hire), temporary/contract, and contract-to-hire staffing solutions to Boston-area employers, supported by candidate prescreening, in-person interviewing, and skills evaluation services.

Product overview

Daniel Roberts is a Boston-based staffing agency offering staffing placement services as a single unified offering. The core service includes three placement types: Direct Hire/Permanent placement for full-time opportunities, Temporary/Contract Staffing for short-term assignments, and Temporary/Contract-to-Hire for evaluating candidates before permanent commitment. The agency specializes in three professional domains: Administrative, Accounting & Finance, and Human Resources. Services also include recruiting, screening, and candidate management. There are no distinct software products, modules, or technology offerings—Daniel Roberts provides staffing services only.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Direct Hire / Permanent Placement Permanent placement service connecting qualified candidates with full-time opportunities at Boston-area companies, with the agency managing the interview and offer process for employers.
• Temporary / Contract Staffing Short-term and long-term interim staffing service providing pre-screened contractors to clients for project coverage, with payroll and employer responsibilities handled by the agency.
• Temporary / Contract-to-Hire Temp-to-perm placement service allowing clients and candidates to evaluate the fit of a role before transitioning to a permanent hire.
• Recruiting and Candidate Screening Candidate identification, prescreening, in-person interviewing, and skills evaluation service delivering pre-qualified candidates to client employers.
• Candidate Career Counseling and Resume Services Career counseling, resume review, and interview preparation services provided to job seekers to assist in their job search and career change.

Quantifiable outcome

• 70% of staffing solutions come from an unparalleled referral base of satisfied candidates and clients

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Kforce Inc. Public specialty staffing firm focused on finance/accounting and technology placements in the U.S. — overlapping direct-hire and contract engagements in the same finance and back-office categories, with national reach.
• OfficeTeam (Robert Half): Robert Half division focused on administrative, clerical, and office support staffing — a direct substitute for the administrative placement work that anchors Daniel Roberts' service mix.
• Accounting Principals: Specialty staffing firm dedicated to accounting and finance temporary and direct-hire placements — directly competes with Daniel Roberts in the accounting/finance segment across clerical through senior finance roles.
• WinterWyman: Boston-based staffing and search firm specializing in accounting/finance, HR, administrative, and IT placements for the Northeast market — directly overlapping service mix, region, and customer base with Daniel Roberts.
• Robert Half: The dominant specialty staffing brand for accounting/finance (Accountemps), administrative (OfficeTeam), and HR — competes head-to-head with Daniel Roberts across all three of its core verticals on both permanent and temp engagements.
• Beacon Hill Staffing Group: Boston-headquartered specialty staffing firm with divisions across administrative, accounting/finance, HR, legal, and technology — nearly identical target verticals, footprint, and placement modalities (permanent, temp, temp-to-hire), making it the closest comparable in size and segment focus.

Broad incumbents

• Adecco: Global staffing and workforce solutions leader with broad coverage across administrative, finance, and HR placements; competes with Daniel Roberts on larger enterprise accounts and RPO/bundled HR services.
• Kelly Services: Global staffing firm with diversified offerings across administrative, finance, and HR support — competes for the same Boston-area employers as a broad incumbent rather than a niche specialist.
• ManpowerGroup: One of the largest global staffing firms, providing administrative, finance/accounting, and HR staffing alongside RPO and MSP services — a broader incumbent pressure on Boston employers.
• Randstad: Global HR services leader with dedicated administrative, finance, and HR staffing lines — competes in the same buyer accounts as Daniel Roberts with broader service depth and geographic coverage.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/DanielRobertsStaffing

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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