Staffing Solutions

What Staffing Solutions does

Staffing Solutions LLC is a Portland, Oregon-based staffing and recruiting agency founded in 1996 that places legal, administrative, professional, and IT talent across the Portland Metro area and Southwest Washington. The firm serves law firms, companies with in-house legal departments, professional organizations, and insurance agencies, with its primary vertical being legal — placing paralegals, legal assistants, law clerks, attorneys, in-house counsel, and legal support staff. Service delivery follows a full-cycle desk model in which a dedicated account executive or recruiter manages the engagement from intake through placement and follow-up.

The company offers three primary engagement models: temporary staffing (markup on contractor bill rates with payroll handled in-house), direct hire placement (placement fee typically expressed as a percentage of the hired candidate's first-year compensation), and contract-to-hire (a 720-hour / ~4.5-month evaluation period after which conversion triggers a placement fee). Supporting services include outsourced payroll, workers' compensation, and compliance administration for placed contractors, plus a candidate-facing job board portal at jobs.staffingsolutionsllc.com. The underlying technology stack is third-party rather than proprietary: the firm operates on Avionte (myavionte.com) for applicant tracking, employee self-service, and payroll, and does not maintain any custom platform, API, SDK, or AI capability.

The business is privately held with no venture capital or institutional investor involvement; ownership rests with Nicholas Martin as Owner/Partner, who joined in 1998 and became an equity holder in 2001, succeeding retired co-founders Zeta Rennie and Carol Martin Sommers. The firm employs between 1 and 10 people internally, with revenue generated regionally through direct employer outreach, candidate referrals, and educational content marketing targeted at the Portland-area legal community. No revenue is publicly disclosed, and the operating model reflects a mature, relationship-driven regional staffing business rather than a venture-backed growth-stage company.

Name

Staffing Solutions

Legal name

Staffing Solutions LLC

Website

https://staffingsolutionsllc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Staffing Solutions LLC is a Portland, Oregon-based recruiting agency offering temporary, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire placement for legal, administrative, professional, and IT roles in the Portland Metro and Southwest Washington markets. Founded 1996.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320), Temporary Help Services (56132), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Help Supply Services (7363)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPACACAH

Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Staffing & Temp Agencies (Generalist)

SECONDARYBPACACAC

Clerical & Customer Support Temp Staffing

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Staffing & Temp Agencies (Generalist)

SECONDARYBPACADAA

IT & Software Engineering Staffing

Business & Public Services/HR, Staffing & Recruitment Services/Professional & Technical Staffing (IT/Engineering/Healthcare/Finance)

Keywords

• Legal staffing services
• Temporary staffing
• Direct hire placement
• Contract-to-hire staffing
• Professional recruiting

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

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, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing Placement: Placement of temporary workers with client organizations. The company marks up contractor rates and charges employers for temporary staffing services, including payroll processing and management.
2. Direct Hire Placement: Permanent placement of candidates directly onto client payrolls. The company charges placement fees upon successful hiring, typically based on a percentage of the hired candidate's first-year salary.
3. Contract-to-Hire (Temp-to-Hire): Placement of temporary employees with the possibility of permanent conversion after an evaluation period (typically 720 hours/4.5 months). Revenue generated through temporary staffing fees with potential for conversion placement fee.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Staffing Solutions is a Portland-based recruiting agency that places legal, administrative, professional, and IT personnel into law firms and professional organizations in the Portland Metro and Southwest Washington markets. It delivers talent through three engagement models: temporary staffing, contract-to-hire (with a 720-hour/4.5-month evaluation period), and direct hire placement, supported by an Avionte-powered job board and payroll administration.

Product overview

Staffing Solutions is a staffing and recruitment agency offering specialized placement services for the legal, administrative, professional, and IT sectors in the Portland metro area and Southwest Washington. The company operates three core service lines: Legal Staffing Services (placing paralegals, attorneys, legal assistants, and in-house counsel), Administrative, Professional & IT Staffing (covering administrative assistants, finance professionals, and IT support), and Job Board Portal (a candidate-facing job search platform). These services are delivered through multiple engagement models including Direct Hire Placement, Contract-to-Hire (temp-to-hire with 720-hour evaluation periods), Temporary Staffing, and Payroll Services. The company uses a full-cycle desk model with dedicated recruiters managing the process from intake through placement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Legal Staffing Services Placement of paralegals, legal assistants, law clerks, attorneys, in-house counsel, litigation support, and legal secretaries into law firms and corporate legal departments through temporary, contract-to-hire, and direct hire engagements in the Portland Metro and Southwest Washington markets.
• Administrative, Professional & IT Staffing Placement of receptionists, administrative assistants, executive assistants, accounting and finance professionals, IT support and systems professionals, and other administrative and professional staff into professional offices and organizations.
• Direct Hire Placement Permanent placement service that connects employers with qualified candidates for direct hire positions, with placement fees based on role seniority and search complexity.
• Contract-to-Hire Staffing Temporary-to-permanent evaluation arrangement (typically 720 hours / 4.5 months) that lets client firms assess a candidate's fit on the job before committing to a permanent hire; conversion triggers a placement fee.
• Temporary Staffing Short-term and long-term temporary staffing assignments for covering peak workloads, special projects, leaves, or other interim staffing needs; the firm handles payroll and benefits for the placed workers.
• Payroll Services for Placed Temporary Staff Outsourced payroll handling for temporary candidates working at client firms, including payroll tax administration, workers' compensation coverage, and compliance administration.
• Job Board Portal Online candidate-facing job search portal at jobs.staffingsolutionsllc.com where candidates can search openings, create profiles, set job alerts, and apply for positions across Accounting, Admin, Clerical, I.T., Insurance, and Legal industries.

Named customers3 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

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Special Counsel: Specialized legal staffing and legal workforce solutions provider placing attorneys, paralegals, and legal support professionals. Closest direct peer to Staffing Solutions' legal-vertical focus, though operating at national scale.
• Kforce: Professional staffing firm specializing in technology, finance, and accounting placements. Comparable in the IT and professional staffing arm of Staffing Solutions, though Kforce operates at significantly larger national scale.
• AppleOne Employment Services: Privately held staffing and placement firm offering temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire across administrative, professional, and accounting verticals. Closely comparable in business model, service mix, and small-firm positioning.
• Beacon Hill Staffing Group: Specialty staffing firm with dedicated legal, creative, and technology divisions offering temporary, contract, and direct hire placements. Directly comparable in legal-vertical specialty and multi-modal service offerings.
• Express Employment Professionals: Franchise-based staffing firm providing temporary, contract-to-hire, and direct hire placement across administrative, professional, and light-industrial verticals. Highly comparable in service model, multi-vertical approach, and local-market focus.

Emerging players

• Solomon Page Group: Staffing and executive search firm with a dedicated legal services division placing attorneys, paralegals, and legal support staff. Comparable in legal staffing specialty though broader in scope across fashion, healthcare, and finance verticals.

Broad incumbents

• Kelly Services: Global staffing firm placing administrative, professional, and IT workers. Karin Challis (Staffing Solutions' Account Executive) previously worked at Kelly Services, indicating direct knowledge of this competitor's model and market overlap.
• Insight Global: Large national staffing firm placing professionals across IT, accounting, finance, and administrative roles. Overlaps with Staffing Solutions' IT and professional staffing arms, though Insight Global operates at dramatically larger national scale.
• Robert Half International: Global staffing firm with a dedicated legal placement division (Robert Half Legal) placing paralegals, attorneys, and legal support staff. Directly comparable in legal staffing specialty but operates at national scale across multiple professional verticals.

Regional players

• Aureus Legal: Specialty staffing division within Aureus Group focused on legal and finance/accounting placements. Comparable in legal and finance vertical focus; serves Midwest/regional markets, providing a comparable specialty-staffing model though in a different geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/in/nicholasamartin
• Xx.com/staffsolpdx

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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