8 local agencies ranked by performance and reviews
Houma serves as a hub for offshore oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico. Maritime and energy services dominate alongside healthcare. Recruiters in Houma can help you fill energy, maritime, oil and gas and healthcare roles.
Born during the unprecedented challenges of 2020, we set out to build a staffing firm grounded in reliability and unwavering client satisfaction. With offices in Flowood, Mississippi, and Houma and Metairie, Louisiana, we specialize in light industrial, skilled trades, and administrative staffing with reach extending across the United States. Having placed more than 2,400 employees since our founding, we combine the personalized approach of a local partner with the resources of a larger firm. Our commitment to quality earned us the prestigious Best of Staffing 2023 award, and we continue to grow as a trusted employment partner.
Since 1987, we have provided specialized personnel services to the maritime, oil and gas, wind energy, and construction industries across the Gulf Coast and beyond. With offices in multiple countries and deep roots in Louisiana -- including our Houma location serving the offshore sector -- we understand the technical demands and safety standards these industries require. Our services span contract and temporary labor, temp-to-hire, permanent recruitment, total crew management, and HR consulting, giving clients a full-service staffing partner wherever their projects take them.
Based in Houma, Louisiana, we are a full-service talent solutions provider dedicated to serving the shipbuilding, industrial, and maritime workforce needs of the Gulf Coast region and beyond. Our comprehensive capabilities span the full employment lifecycle, including sourcing, recruiting, pre-employment screening, onboarding, payroll services, and benefits administration. We specialize in connecting customers with highly skilled, safety-conscious workers for temp-to-hire, employer-of-record, and project-based staffing engagements, ensuring that every placement contributes to completing complex projects on schedule and without incident across the demanding environments of the Gulf South.
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Our business is helping people through employment. Lofton is the largest, independent, family owned staffing firm in the region. Lofton specializes in the recruitment and placement of top talent in the area to our client partners in a variety of industries. Temporary, Temp-to-hire, direct hire, payroll services and security patrol services. Weekly Pay - Plus Benefits. NEVER an applicant fee!
Operating from Houma, Louisiana and reaching job sites across the Gulf South and around the world, we are one of the most trusted providers of skilled contract personnel to the oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. Our workforce serves both onshore and offshore operations, and our specializations span fabrication and shipbuilding, painting and coatings, blasting, tank cleaning, heavy equipment operation, environmental clean-up, marine electrical work, and scaffolding. Every worker we place carries the certifications, safety training, and hands-on experience that demanding industrial environments require. We staff projects domestically and internationally, and our commitment to reliability, safety, and quality has made us a go-to partner for operators and contractors throughout the energy sector.
NSC is dedicated to being the most trusted provider of innovative staffing solutions servicing the global marine, energy, commercial and industrial marketplace. We achieve long-term, meaningful relationships by exceeding customer expectations and enhancing the quality of life for our employees. NSC is committed to community service and stewardship of customer resources.
Scores come from Google, Clutch and Yelp reviews — never from paid placements, and never set by the agencies themselves. Where an agency appears on more than one platform, the ratings combine in proportion to the reviews behind each. We apply a Bayesian adjusted average to prevent small-sample distortion (a 2-review 5.0-star agency shouldn't outrank a 200-review 4.8-star one):
adjusted_score = (v / (v + m)) * R + (m / (v + m)) * Cv— total reviews across all offices and sourcesm— prior weight (20)R— the agency's weighted average scoreC— the platform-wide meanSo with a global mean of 4.2: an agency with 5 reviews at 5.0 scores 4.36, while one with 200 reviews at 4.8 scores 4.75. The second outranks the first because the score is backed by more evidence.
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