achieve staffing / towards employment

What achieve staffing / towards employment does

Achieve Staffing is a Cleveland, Ohio-based nonprofit Alternative Staffing Organization (ASO) that places job seekers facing barriers to employment—particularly returning citizens (individuals with criminal records) and other hard-to-employ populations—into temporary, temp-to-hire, and permanent positions. The organization focuses on three sectors: manufacturing, warehousing/distribution, and hospitality, recruiting and pre-screening candidates for regional employers while offering workers a structured pathway back into the labor market.

The business model follows a standard staffing agency markup: Achieve Staffing charges employers an hourly rate per placed employee, with the spread between the employer charge rate and the worker wage covering organizational costs. As a nonprofit ASO, the agency layers on Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC) utilization and Cuyahoga County program support to make barrier-to-employment placements economically attractive for employers, and pairs placements with soft skills training delivered through its partnership with Towards Employment. There is no proprietary technology platform disclosed; operations run on a traditional relationship-driven staffing workflow supported by a small team that includes dedicated account management.

Achieve Staffing operates within a relatively small sector: approximately 70 ASOs across the U.S. and Canada collectively employed roughly 43,000 job seekers as of 2016. The organization is mission-driven rather than venture-backed, with no disclosed funding rounds, and concentrates its efforts in the Greater Cleveland metro, which creates both focus and concentration risk.

Name

achieve staffing / towards employment

Legal name

Achieve Staffing

Website

https://achievestaffing.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Achieve Staffing is a Cleveland-based nonprofit Alternative Staffing Organization that places job seekers with employment barriers—primarily returning citizens—into temporary and permanent roles across manufacturing, warehousing, and hospitality employers in Greater Cleveland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Alternative Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

High-Volume / High-Turnover Temp Staffing (BPACACAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Staffing (BPACADAG), Hospitality, Travel & Events Direct Hire (BPACAFAL)

Keywords

• Alternative staffing services
• Temporary staffing agency
• Workforce development
• Second chance employment
• Temp-to-hire placements

Headquarters

HQ city

Cleveland

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

Revenue model

1. Staffing Placement Services: Achieve Staffing charges employer partners an hourly rate per employee based on the job description and requirements. They place candidates in temporary, temp-to-hire, and permanent positions. Revenue is generated through the markup on hourly wages paid to placed workers.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Achieve Staffing is a non-profit Alternative Staffing Organization (ASO) that connects Clevelanders experiencing barriers to employment — particularly returning citizens — to competitive temporary, temp-to-hire, and permanent jobs in manufacturing, warehousing/distribution, and hospitality. The organization combines a traditional staffing business model with supportive services, providing pre-placement preparation, coaching, and post-placement support to ensure mutual success for candidates and employer partners.

Product overview

Achieve Staffing is a non-profit Alternative Staffing Organization (ASO) that operates as a single, unified service offering rather than a platform with modular components. The core service combines staffing placement with supportive services—specifically, connecting Clevelanders with barriers to employment (particularly returning citizens) to quality employers through temporary, temp-to-hire, and permanent positions. The service spans multiple industry verticals including manufacturing, warehousing/distribution, and hospitality, supported by coaching, soft skills training through the Towards Employment partnership, and post-placement support to ensure mutual success for candidates and employers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Staffing Placement Services Connects job seekers experiencing barriers to employment with temporary, temp-to-hire, and permanent job placements across manufacturing, warehousing, distribution, and hospitality sectors in Greater Cleveland.
• Coaching and Support Services Provides pre-placement preparation, job readiness workshops, and ongoing career coaching and support for candidates to ensure successful employment outcomes.
• Manufacturing Staffing Places Machine Operators, Assemblers, Packagers, and other entry-level to semi-skilled workers in manufacturing facilities throughout Greater Cleveland.
• Warehousing and Distribution Staffing Provides staffing for Pickers/Packers, Unloaders/Loaders, General Labor, and semi-skilled warehouse positions.
• Hospitality and Event Staffing Provides staffing for guest services, event staff, concessions, attendants, and janitorial services.
• Soft Skills Training Workshops Training workshops provided through partnership with Towards Employment to help candidates earn qualifications for job placement.

Quantifiable outcome

• Candidates are available within days depending on positions, skills required, and specific factors
• +1 more outcomes

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

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• Towards EmploymentcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAchieve Staffing is an Alternative Staffing Organization (ASO) that uses the learning and proven success of the Towards Employment model. Towards Employment provides the organizational framework, training workshops, and career readiness programming that prepares candidates for placement.
• Cuyahoga CountysupportingOthersCuyahoga County is listed as a proud supporter of Achieve Staffing, appearing in the supported by section of the website alongside Towards Employment.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Randstad: Randstad is a global staffing and recruitment company offering temporary, permanent, and specialized workforce solutions. It is comparable on employer matching and placement services, though not on the second-chance focus.
• Express Employment Professionals: Express Employment Professionals supplies temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct-hire workers across industrial, administrative, and commercial roles. It is comparable in its core staffing motion and employer customer, while being a broader incumbent.
• PeopleReady: PeopleReady provides on-demand temporary staffing for industrial, warehouse, general labor, hospitality, and event roles. Its role mix closely matches Achieve’s warehousing, manufacturing, and hospitality placements, although its geographic and customer scope is much larger.
• Kelly Services: Kelly Services provides temporary staffing, outsourcing, and workforce solutions across administrative, industrial, and professional categories. It is comparable on temporary placement and employer services, but has a much larger national and global footprint.
• TrueBlue: TrueBlue operates staffing and workforce-solution businesses serving industrial, transportation, logistics, and other employers. It overlaps with Achieve’s temporary and project-based placement model, but at much greater scale.
• ManpowerGroup: ManpowerGroup is a global staffing and workforce-solutions provider serving employers with temporary, contract, and permanent talent. It overlaps with Achieve’s employer-facing placement model, but its scale and service mix are much broader.
• Aerotek: Aerotek specializes in engineering, technical, and industrial recruitment and staffing for employers. It is comparable to Achieve’s manufacturing and industrial vertical and employer-matching motion, but focuses on higher-skill technical roles.
• The Adecco Group: The Adecco Group is a global staffing and HR-solutions company offering temporary, contract, and permanent placements. It is relevant for the same employer-funded, transaction-based staffing model, although it is not mission-focused on employment barriers.

Emerging players

• Towards Employment: Towards Employment is a Cleveland-based nonprofit that provides job-readiness training, supportive services, and employment pathways for people with barriers to work. It is highly comparable to Achieve’s candidate-support model, although it is more of a workforce-development partner than a full-service commercial staffing agency.

Direct peers

• First Step Staffing: First Step Staffing is a nonprofit staffing organization that places people facing employment barriers in temporary and permanent work while providing supportive services. It is the closest mission and operating-model peer to Achieve’s alternative staffing organization.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AchieveStaffing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/achieve-staffing

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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