Career Plus Placement Agency

What Career Plus Placement Agency does

Career Plus Placement Agency (operating as Carrière Plus) is a Quebec-based staffing and personnel placement firm founded in 1999 that specializes exclusively in placing candidates within financial institutions. The agency was established by former executive employees of the banking sector and operates from a single headquarters in Repentigny in the Greater Montreal area, serving clients province-wide via local and toll-free numbers. Its service portfolio covers both temporary and permanent placement, spanning roles such as Agent-Conseil Expérience membre et client (N3 and N4 levels), customer reception, telephone support, financial services agents, personal finance advisors, and administrative assistants. The firm presents itself as a leader in staffing replacement within a recognized Quebec financial institution, supported by ACSESS accreditation and a stated track record of more than 12,000 candidates placed.

The business operates as a traditional professional services intermediary with no proprietary technology platform, no app, no public API, and no disclosed integrations. Its GTM motion is sales-led, relying on direct outreach, industry networking, and partnerships within Quebec's financial sector. Revenue is generated through placement and staffing fees negotiated on a per-mandate basis, with pricing not publicly disclosed. The agency's value proposition rests on industry-specific candidate screening, competency evaluation, and the institutional knowledge of a leadership team drawn from banking — rather than on technology differentiation.

The client base is highly concentrated: Desjardins is named as the primary client partner, and all advertised job postings reference Desjardins mandates. The firm employs between 11 and 50 people and runs a candidate application portal alongside its website, advertising approximately 27 open positions per week. There is no evidence of external investors, acquisitions, funding rounds, or expansion beyond Quebec.

Name

Career Plus Placement Agency

Legal name

Carrière Plus

Website

https://carriereplus.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Career Plus Placement Agency is a Quebec-based staffing firm founded in 1999 that specializes in placing temporary and permanent personnel — including member experience agents, telephone support, and financial advisors — into Quebec financial institutions, with Desjardins as its primary client partner.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Repentigny

HQ country

Canada

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. Staffing and Personnel Placement Services: Career Plus Placement Agency generates revenue by placing qualified candidates in temporary and permanent positions within financial institutions. The agency serves as an intermediary between job seekers and employers, earning fees for successful placements and providing ongoing staffing support for short and long-term mandates.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Carrière Plus is a Quebec-based staffing and personnel placement agency that recruits, screens, and places qualified candidates into temporary and permanent positions within financial institutions, with Desjardins as its primary client partner. Services cover a full placement workflow — client needs assessment, candidate sourcing, pre-screening, interviews, competency evaluation, background checks, and post-placement follow-up — for roles including Agent-Conseil, customer welcome desk, telephone support, personal finance advisors, and administrative assistants.

Product overview

Career Plus Placement Agency operates as a staffing and personnel placement agency established in 1999, specializing exclusively in placing qualified candidates within financial institutions. The company offers a unified placement service platform comprising personnel placement, replacement services, and comprehensive staffing processes. Their core offerings include various specialized positions such as Agent-Conseil Expérience membre et client (N3/N4 levels), customer reception agents, telephone support agents, personal finance advisors, and administrative assistants. The service portfolio is designed to support financial institution clients with short-term and long-term staffing needs, featuring candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, competency assessment, and placement follow-up services. They maintain partnerships with major Quebec financial institutions including Desjardins.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personnel placement in financial institutions (Placement de personnel en institution financière) Core staffing and personnel placement service that places qualified candidates within financial institutions across roles including Agent-Conseil, customer-service agents, support agents, administrative assistants, and financial advisors, for both temporary and permanent mandates.
• Remplacement de personnel (personnel replacement) Temporary and permanent personnel replacement service, positioning the firm as a leader in replacement within recognized Quebec financial institutions such as Desjardins.
• Agent-Conseil Expérience membre et client N3 Placement service for the Agent-Conseil member/client experience role (level N3), handling monetary transactions such as deposits, withdrawals, check exchanges, and bill payments at financial institution branches.
• Agent-Conseil Expérience membre et client N4 Placement service for the higher-level (N4) member/client experience advisory position, responsible for addressing convenience needs, selling products, and verifying transactions at financial institution branches.
• Agent - Accueil à la clientèle Placement service for customer welcome/reception agents at financial institution branches, directing visitors, providing product information, and scheduling appointments.
• Agent - Soutien téléphonique Placement service for telephone support agents at financial institutions, handling informational queries, transactional calls, and routing callers to appropriate services.
• Conseiller en finances personnelles Placement service for personal finance advisors providing financial planning consultation to clients at financial institutions.
• Adjointe administrative Placement service for administrative assistant positions supporting operations within financial institutions, including documentation management and office support.
• Processus de dotation complet (end-to-end staffing process) Comprehensive staffing process combining client visits, needs assessment, candidate profiling, recruitment, interviews, competency evaluation, background checks, and placement follow-up, sold as a unified service to financial-institution clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• 12,000+ candidates successfully placed in financial institutions
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

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.

• DesjardinscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDesjardins is the primary client partner for Career Plus Placement Agency. The agency recruits and places Agents-Conseil, customer service agents, and support staff for Desjardins branches across positions including member experience (N3 and N4 levels), customer welcome desk, and telephone support roles. Career Plus conducts ongoing talent searches for both short-term and long-term mandates with Desjardins.
• ACSESSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerACSESS (Association National des Entreprises en Recrutement et Placement de Personnel) is the national professional association for recruitment and staffing companies in Canada. Career Plus maintains proud membership, which provides industry credibility and demonstrates adherence to high professional and ethical standards.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Adecco Canada: Global staffing firm with a large Canadian presence offering temporary and permanent placement across multiple verticals including financial services. Competes for the same banking mandates but with a generalist, not niche, positioning.
• Manpower Canada: Global staffing provider with Canadian operations offering temporary and permanent placement including administrative and customer service roles. Competes in the same general staffing space for financial institution support roles.
• Randstad Canada: One of the largest staffing firms in Canada with financial services and administrative staffing lines. Comparable as a competitor in the same Quebec banking staffing market, but as a broad incumbent serving all sectors.
• Agilus Work Solutions: Canadian staffing and recruitment firm (formerly part of Adecco) with a strong financial services practice. Comparable in placing banking and finance professionals but operating nationally with a broader portfolio.
• Kelly Services Canada: Global staffing firm with Canadian operations providing temporary and permanent placement across administrative, customer service, and financial roles. Overlaps with Career Plus in placing customer service and admin staff for financial institutions.

Direct peers

• Robert Half: Global staffing leader with a dedicated Financial Services practice placing accounting, banking, and finance professionals. Directly comparable as a financial-institution-focused recruiter, but operating at much larger scale and broader geography.
• Hays Canada: UK-based global professional recruitment firm with a strong financial services and banking practice in Canada. Comparable as a specialist recruiter for banking and finance talent with a relationship-led, fee-based model.
• Lannick Group: Toronto-based Canadian professional recruitment and staffing firm specializing in finance, accounting, and banking roles. Highly comparable as a Canadian financial-services-focused recruiter with a similar relationship-driven model.

Regional players

• Quantum Management Services: Montreal-based staffing and recruitment firm with strong Quebec presence serving administrative, customer service, and financial roles. Closest geographic comparable as a Quebec-focused staffing firm competing in the same local labor pool.
• Fuze HR Solutions: Canadian staffing and recruitment firm with offices in Quebec and Ontario providing temporary, permanent, and contract staffing across administrative and professional functions. Comparable as a regional Canadian competitor in the same staffing segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/Carriereplus1
• Facebookfacebook.com/carriereplus1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agence-de-placement-carri-re-plus

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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