Placement Office

What Placement Office does

Placement Office is a family-owned Canadian staffing and recruitment firm headquartered at 5800 Ambler Drive Suite 210, Mississauga, Ontario, operating under a 100% virtual office model. The company provides flexible staffing solutions to Ontario-based employers, with a core offering that spans temporary staffing (covering vacations, maternity leave, seasonal demand, and unexpected absences), part-time placements, and permanent recruitment. Candidates undergo manual screening that includes skill testing, reference verification, criminal checks, and CVORs upon client request. A distinctive commercial mechanism is the Permanent Staff Program, under which Placement Office recruits at its own cost and waives the placement fee if the client hires the worker after 500 to 1,000 trial hours, reducing conversion friction for employers.

The firm also delivers an OHSA/WHMIS health and safety awareness training add-on (approximately one hour, delivered via Zoom) that is scheduled during worker orientation by a recruiter, providing an incremental revenue stream and a stickier relationship with placed workers. Job seekers apply through a self-serve online portal powered by the third-party RigBox platform, which feeds applications directly into the recruiter database; client acquisition is conducted primarily via direct phone and email contact with dedicated account managers led by a Senior Account Manager, Vice President, and President.

The customer base is concentrated in Ontario industrial verticals — notably logistics, food distribution, and forest products — with at least one anchor relationship (a National Logistics Company) reporting a 99.9% fill rate and treating Placement Office as its primary call for supplemental staffing. The company is privately held, family-controlled, and has no disclosed institutional investors, funding rounds, or expansion outside Ontario.

Name

Placement Office

Legal name

The Placement Office

Website

https://theplacementoffice.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Placement Office is a family-owned Ontario staffing firm that places temporary, part-time, and permanent workers for industrial employers in logistics, food distribution, and forest products, offering manual screening and an OHSA/WHMIS training add-on via Zoom.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mississauga

HQ country

Canada

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

Revenue model

1. Temporary Staffing Services: Provide qualified employees to cover vacation, maternity leave, and unexpected absences on a temporary basis, whether for a month, week, or day
2. Permanent Recruitment Services: Recruit permanent staff for clients at no cost; clients pay no fee if they hire after 500 to 1000 hours worked, allowing them to assess fit before commitment
3. Health and Safety Training: In-person (via Zoom) OHSA and WHMIS health and safety awareness training for workers and supervisors, approximately one hour in length

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Placement Office is a family-owned Canadian staffing agency providing recruitment, staffing, and selection services for businesses in Ontario. It supplies temporary, part-time, and permanent workers—including coverage for vacation, maternity leave, and seasonal needs—and offers a no-fee permanent hiring program after 500-1000 hours of trial employment. The firm also delivers in-person (Zoom-based) OHSA and WHMIS health and safety awareness training as an add-on service.

Product overview

The Placement Office is a family-owned staffing and recruitment services company offering a unified suite of staffing solutions. The core offering is Recruitment, Staffing and Selection services, supported by In-Person Training (Health and Safety / WHMIS training delivered via Zoom). The company provides flexible staffing arrangements including temporary, part-time, and permanent positions, with specialized hiring programs such as the Permanent Staff program (no fee after 500-1000 hours of trial). The product portfolio centers on staffing services rather than a software platform, with the online application processing handled through the RigBox third-party integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Recruitment, Staffing and Selection
• Flexible Staffing Flexible staffing arrangements covering temporary, part-time, and permanent positions, including temporary full-time coverage for vacation, maternity leave, and seasonal requirements for Ontario employers.
• Permanent Staff Program Recruitment service where The Placement Office recruits permanent staff at no cost to the client, allowing the employer to hire the employee after 500 to 1000 hours with no placement fee, providing an opportunity to assess fit before commitment.
• In-Person Health and Safety / WHMIS Training Health and safety training (now delivered online via Zoom) covering the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) and WHMIS awareness, approximately one hour in length, scheduled during orientation by a Placement Office recruiter for workers and supervisors.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99.9% fill rate for client staffing needs

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Express Employment Professionals: Large franchised staffing network placing commercial, light-industrial, and administrative workers. Comparable temp + perm staffing model with similar SMB/mid-market client profile and franchise-based unit economics.
• Labour Ready / SiteReady (formerly Spartan Staffing, under TrueBlue): Industrial-focused staffing brands under TrueBlue specializing in construction, warehouse, and logistics labor. Directly comparable in target customer (industrial/warehouse employers) and short-notice temporary staffing model.
• Drake International: Canadian-headquartered staffing and recruitment firm offering temporary, permanent, and executive search across industrial and administrative verticals. Comparable as a Canadian-owned mid-sized staffing peer serving similar SMB/mid-market employers.
• AppleOne Employment Services: Staffing firm providing temporary, permanent, and temp-to-hire placement across administrative, industrial, and customer-service roles. Comparable SMB-focused go-to-market and temp/permanent mix for industrial employers.
• Agilus WorkForce Solutions: Canadian-focused staffing and recruiting firm providing temporary, contract, and permanent placement across industrial, technical, and professional roles. Closest pure Canadian peer in terms of geographic focus (national vs. The Placement Office's Ontario focus) and temp/permanent mix.
• PeopleReady (TrueBlue): North American specialist in just-in-time industrial staffing (warehouse, logistics, light-industrial). Highly comparable business model focused on same-day and short-notice temp fulfillment for industrial employers like those The Placement Office serves.

Broad incumbents

• Adecco Canada: Canadian arm of Adecco Group, one of the world's largest staffing and workforce-solutions firms. Directly comparable as a generalist staffing agency placing light-industrial, logistics, and warehouse workers, but with vastly broader geographic and vertical coverage than The Placement Office.
• Randstad Canada: Major Canadian staffing provider covering temporary, permanent, and contract placements across industrial, logistics, and administrative roles. Same core offering (temp + perm staffing for industrial employers) but national scale and broader service portfolio.
• Kelly Services Canada: Global staffing firm with Canadian operations across industrial, administrative, and professional staffing. Comparable perm + temp placement offerings; competes in the same light-industrial/logistics sub-segment but at national scale.
• ManpowerGroup Canada: Global staffing leader with deep Canadian operations in temporary industrial staffing, permanent placement, and workforce solutions. Comparable temp/permanet placement model; competes for the same industrial-logistics client pool The Placement Office serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 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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