16 local agencies ranked by performance and reviews
Oakland combines its major port operations with growing tech employment and healthcare systems. The city offers Bay Area access at lower costs than San Francisco. Recruiters in Oakland can help you fill tech, port operations, healthcare and creative roles.
Equiliem is a family-owned staffing and recruiting firm that has spent more than 30 years supporting the workforce behind North America's critical infrastructure. The firm organizes its recruiting around nine industries: Healthcare, Advanced Manufacturing, Energy, Engineering, Government, Industrial Operations, Digital Infrastructure, Logistics & Supply Chain, and Professional & Corporate Services. Within those, recruiters cover specialties from nursing, nurse practitioners, pharmacy, laboratory, radiology and therapy to aerospace, semiconductor, medical device and EV manufacturing, oil and gas, nuclear, power generation and utilities, civil, electrical, mechanical and MEP engineering, defense and federal, state and local government, skilled trades, welding and HVAC, data center and structured cabling work, warehousing and transportation, and accounting, finance and HR. Equiliem offers temporary and contract staffing, permanent recruiting and executive search for leadership roles, and assesses each candidate's experience and technical skills against the role and work environment rather than the resume alone. Where a position requires a license or certification, the firm verifies it with the issuing authority before the candidate starts. Alongside recruiting, Equiliem provides HR services including consulting, direct sourcing, independent contractor compliance, managed services and payroll.
Since 1989, we have been recognized as the industry leader in on-call hospitality and special event staffing, supplying experienced servers, bartenders, captains, event managers, and cooks for more than 100,000 events nationwide. From intimate home gatherings to large-scale corporate galas, our W2 employees deliver exceptional service backed by workers' compensation and disability coverage. We have built lasting partnerships with top food service management companies, catering firms, hotels, resorts, and movie studios, and our clients count on us for reliable last-minute staffing when it matters most. Through ongoing training and a culture of respect, we attract and retain hospitality professionals who consistently exceed expectations.
We are a minority women-owned staffing agency with over 30 years of industry experience, headquartered in Oakland, California, with additional offices in Elk Grove and throughout the SF Bay Area, Sacramento, and San Joaquin Counties. Our team partners top candidates with companies seeking temporary staff, direct hires, and temp-to-perm placements across property management, labor, warehouse, and medical sectors. With a commitment to diversity and a large workforce behind us, we take pride in building relationships that help both clients and job seekers thrive in their respective environments.
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Lyneer Staffing Solutions began as a small staffing company serving New Jersey business owners and local employees. However, with the knowledge and hard work of some of the most successful staffing providers in the business, Lyneer has grown to become a powerhouse workforce solutions firm nationwide. Today, Lyneer Staffing Solutions has over 100 locations and 400 internal employees. Each of these staffing experts is laser-focused on one mission--to unite the right talent with the right position creating a mutually beneficial relationship. Lyneer is an industry leader in permanent, temporary and temp-to-perm placement services in a wide variety of areas. We are proud of our strengths in Light Industrial and Clerical & Administrative.
We build teams for early and late-stage startups backed by the world's most prominent venture capital firms, including Sequoia, Norwest, Khosla, and a16z. Since 2005, we have focused exclusively on identifying candidates with true startup DNA — the determination, adaptability, and grit required to build companies and lead through ambiguity. Our recruiters place executive leadership and individual contributors across functions including marketing, sales, customer success, growth, and product. Named to the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in both 2022 and 2023, we operate as a remote-first team serving high-growth technology companies across the United States.
Backed by over 65 years as the world's largest HR services provider, we deliver comprehensive staffing and workforce solutions across the United States through our specialized operating companies. Our teams place talent in technology, engineering, accounting and finance, healthcare, life sciences, manufacturing, logistics, and office administration. From temporary and direct hire placements to recruitment process outsourcing, managed services, and HR consulting, we serve as a total workforce solutions partner for businesses of all sizes. With more than 86,000 deployed workers across North America, we combine global scale with local expertise to match exceptional talent with opportunity.
Founded in 2012 as an outgrowth of the City of Oakland's Local Hire Ordinance, we serve low- and moderate-income job seekers across the greater Bay Area, with priority given to West Oakland residents. Our comprehensive model includes candidate assessment, employer referral, local hire monitoring and compliance, and pre- and post-employment support. Through TRIADA Employment Services, our social enterprise staffing arm, we connect employers in the construction and transportation, distribution, and logistics industries with fully trained workers and entry-level candidates, advancing both individual careers and community economic development.
Since 1973, we have been providing transformative job training and education to Oakland youth and young adults ages 14 to 24 who are impacted by poverty, the justice system, foster care, homelessness, and school underachievement. Our programs combine job readiness training, financial literacy, and critical skill building with hands-on work experience across more than 100 employer partner sites throughout the community. Having served over 34,500 young people with an 85 percent training completion rate and 78 percent placement in employment or advanced education, we operate one of the highest-performing youth workforce development programs in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Founded in 1996 and headquartered in Oakland, California, we have built over 25 years of experience delivering customized staffing solutions with a people-first approach. Our divisions span technology, finance and accounting, administrative, light industrial, food service and hospitality, HR, and mortgage and banking. Every one of our staffing consultants brings hands-on industry experience, allowing us to match employers with candidates who contribute from day one. Recognized by the San Francisco Business Times and the Inc. 500 list, we provide temporary, temp-to-hire, and direct hire placements from offices across California, Arizona, and Illinois.
Robert Half is the world's first and largest specialized staffing firm with over 345 locations. Our recruiters connect companies with great candidates, and job seekers to new opportunities both remote and on-site. Robert Half staffing experts know their practice groups and specializations. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement staffing. We provide skilled talent solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles. Our local knowledge and sector experience helps us to match the right candidate to our clients hiring needs. Our Riverside office is a virtual office without a physical location. Call us today or visit us online and find out how we can hel...
Since 2000, we have set the standard in accounting, finance, and technology recruiting across San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Our offices in San Francisco and Campbell serve companies of all sizes, placing professionals from general accounting and FP&A through C-suite leadership on an executive search, consulting, and contract basis. Recognized by the San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal as a Best Place to Work in 2023, 2024, and 2025, and ranked among Staffing Industry Analysts' Top 225 largest staffing firms in the U.S., we bring the reach of a national firm with the deep market knowledge of a Bay Area specialist.
Hire Level Search Group has over a decade of nationwide sales and marketing recruiting experience. Our success is centered on building true partnerships with our clients, which is only solidified by our core values: commitment, hard work, trust and a passion to find the perfect fit. Because today's economy faces a shortage of qualified candidates the demand for talent has never been greater.
Locally owned, but globally connected, Manpower is a full-service staffing and recruiting company with nearly 50 years of experience within this market. With multiple regional locations, Manpower is one of the largest staffing and recruiting providers in the country. Whether you are considering temporary or full-time job opportunities, Manpower is the regional leader in employment services. Manpower recruits on behalf of several regional employers throughout West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and beyond. Contact Manpower today to explore what a Recruiter can do for you!
Healthcare staffing and recruitment is our core mission, with a particular commitment to serving minority communities and underrepresented professionals in the healthcare field. Based in Oakland, California, we specialize in placing qualified professionals across a broad range of disciplines including clinical, administrative, diagnostic imaging, financial, health information management, health information technology, and sales roles. We work with clinics, hospitals, and private practices throughout Northern California, matching skilled candidates to positions that align with their expertise and career goals. Our team brings a personalized, relationship-driven approach to every search, ensuring both clients and candidates receive attentive, responsive service.
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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