Encore Talent Solutions

What Encore Talent Solutions does

Encore Talent Solutions is a US-based staffing and recruiting firm headquartered in the Cincinnati, Ohio area (Norwood, OH), specializing in IT, accounting, and financial services talent placement. The company delivers three core engagement models—contract (temporary), contract-to-hire, and direct hire—covering roles such as help desk, project management, software development, system administration, bookkeeping, audit, financial reporting, and banking/portfolio management. Its service offering is organized both by employment type (discipline) and by industry vertical, with dedicated specialty lines for IT, Accounting, and Financial Services.

The firm operates without a proprietary technology platform; its core capability is human recruiting expertise, skills assessments, reference checks, and culture-fit matching, supported by a Salesforce-hosted candidate job portal. The leadership bench includes a CEO (Jason McCaw), President (Greg Vollmer, 18 years in banking and capital markets), and Founder (John Burns, Encore Technologies), along with functional VPs and Directors across Professional Services, Technology, Operations, and Strategic Services.

Encore generates revenue through professional-services fees on temporary, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire placements, with pricing quote-based and not publicly disclosed. It reaches enterprise and mid-market clients through direct sales engagement, relationship management, and referral channels, with named customers including Kroger, Macy's, Big Lots, Fifth Third Bank, Milacron, LOTH Inc., a US National Bank, and a Telecom & Cloud Solutions provider. The company is privately held under a 2023 joint venture of three owners and is part of a broader family-owned staffing group that, together with affiliated firm Intellex, places more than 5,000 people annually across the United States.

Name

Encore Talent Solutions

Legal name

Encore Talent

Website

https://helloencore.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Encore Talent Solutions is a privately held, Cincinnati-based staffing firm specializing in IT, accounting, and financial services placements via contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire models for enterprise and mid-market US clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Staffing Services

NAICS

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

SIC

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

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

Keywords

• IT staffing services
• Temporary staffing solutions
• Direct hire recruiting
• Contract to hire placement
• Professional talent placement

Headquarters

HQ city

Cincinnati

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Contract Talent Placement: Placement of temporary workers for special projects and demand fluctuations, providing companies with workforce flexibility to scale up and down as needed.
2. Contract to Hire Talent: Initial temporary employment with possibility of permanent hire after evaluation period, allowing companies to assess skills and culture fit before full commitment.
3. Direct Hire Talent: Customized search process to fill critical permanent roles with qualified candidates matching specific client needs.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Encore Talent Solutions is a B2B staffing and recruiting firm that places temporary, contract-to-hire, and permanent talent with corporate clients, with industry specialization in IT, accounting, and financial services. The firm matches candidates to client needs using recruiting expertise, skills assessments, and reference checks, with emphasis on both technical fit and organizational culture alignment.

Product overview

Encore Talent Solutions operates as a staffing and recruiting firm offering a portfolio of talent placement services. The core offerings include Contract Talent (temporary/project-based staffing), Contract to Hire Talent (temp-to-perm arrangement), and Direct Hire Talent (permanent placement). These employment solutions are organized by discipline (placement type) and by industry specialty. The company specializes in three industry verticals: IT Talent Solutions, Accounting Talent Solutions, and Financial Services Talent Solutions. The services are delivered through recruitment expertise without a software product or technology platform—the company functions as a talent solutions provider connecting job seekers with employers across temporary, contract-to-hire, and permanent employment structures.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Contract Talent Placement Temporary staffing solution enabling companies to ramp workforce up or down based on project needs and demand fluctuations, with placed talent integrating seamlessly into client workflows.
• Contract to Hire Talent
• Direct Hire Talent
• IT Talent Solutions
• Accounting Talent Solutions
• Financial Services Talent Solutions

Quantifiable outcome

• 75% of interviewed candidates being hired - industry-leading placement rate
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• IntellexcoreOthersIntellex is a family-owned provider of staffing and consulting solutions, co-led by Jason McCaw who also serves as CEO of Encore Talent. Both companies are part of the same ownership group under family-owned providers employing more than 5,000 people annually.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Kelly Services: Global staffing firm with broad specialty coverage including IT, finance, and accounting. Comparable services but operates at much larger scale and across more verticals than Encore.
• ManpowerGroup: Global workforce solutions provider with IT, finance, and accounting staffing lines. Comparable offerings but significantly broader portfolio and geographic reach than Encore.
• Randstad: Global staffing leader with substantial US IT and finance/accounting operations. Competes with Encore for large enterprise staffing contracts but with vastly broader coverage and scale.

Direct peers

• Robert Half: Largest US staffing firm specializing in finance, accounting, and IT talent placement. Encore mirrors Robert Half's vertical focus in IT, accounting, and financial services, but operates at a smaller scale.
• TEKsystems: Allegis Group subsidiary specializing in IT staffing and services. Highly comparable as a contract, contract-to-hire, and direct-hire IT staffing firm targeting enterprise clients.
• The Reserves Network: Cincinnati-headquartered staffing firm offering direct hire, temp, and contract-to-hire across multiple disciplines. Local direct competitor with similar scale and business model.
• Aerotek: Allegis Group subsidiary with deep technical staffing capabilities across IT, engineering, and professional services. Comparable service offerings and enterprise client focus.
• Kforce: Public staffing firm focused on technology and finance/accounting professionals. Closely comparable to Encore's IT and financial services verticals with similar contract and direct-hire offerings.
• Insight Global: Large IT-focused staffing firm placing talent in help desk, development, and project management roles. Overlaps with Encore's IT Talent Solutions offering and contract-to-hire model.
• Addison Group: Mid-market staffing firm specializing in IT, accounting/finance, and administrative placements. Closely comparable in terms of service mix, vertical focus, and target client size.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/helloencore

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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