The best employment agencies in Nashville


Sometimes, recruiting on your own for open positions doesn’t work. There are many reasons your business could need the services of one of Nashville’s best employment agencies. 

These include:

  • Hiring an executive position;
  • Needing a large volume of temporary workers;
  • Wanting to have a probationary period before making a final hiring decision;
  • Filling a position in a niche industry; or
  • Being unsure of where your hiring needs really lie.

The following list are the best employment agencies in Nashville. In addition to their expertise in filling open positions, they have invested in the future of Nashville’s workforce by joining the Chamber or investing in our Partnership 2020 economic development initiative.

By investing in the Chamber, these businesses are supporting our work in building a talent pipeline through improved public education, more access to postsecondary education for adult students, attraction and retention of top-quality talent, and more.

No matter what your needs are, the best employment agencies in Nashville listed below can help.

Hiring Executives & Leadership

Buffkin / Baker – Buffkin / Baker recruits executives in digital direct marketing, healthcare, technology, digital media, financial services and non-profit.

Elevation Search Solutions –  is a Nashville-based search consulting firm specializing in organizational build-outs and critical leadership acquisition for early stage, high growth and expanding companies.

Engage Search, LLC - Engage Search is an executive search recruiting firm specializing in accounting, finance, IT, HR and operational staffing services.

The Human Capital Group, Inc. – The Human Capital Group is a retained executive recruiting firm focusing is mid to senior level Leadership – regardless of the function or industry.

Stanton Chase – Stanton Chase has 72 offices in 45 countries and specializes in helping companies hire executive leadership.

Specialty & Industry-Specific – Less than 5 areas of service

Accounting Principals / Parker & Lynch – Accounting Principals fills positions in accounting and finance while Parker & Lynch fills executive roles in these industries.

Flash Staffing – Flash Staffing is a second chance employment specialist and place people in labor/clerical positions for a wide variety of businesses.

Hire Dynamics – Hire Dynamics fills open positions for manufacturing, supply chain, office/clerical, and contact centers.

IDR – IDR is a staffing firm that specializes in filling IT positions including infrastructure, development, leadership and project management.

JDC Group - JDC Group is a provider of technology talent within multiple verticals to a variety of companies, focusing on SAP and Information Technology solutions.

Latitude – Latitude offers legal staffing solutions for companies and law firms, including contract attorneys and legal support staff.

Onora Group – Onora Group is a Nashville-based recruiting company that specializes in recruiting information technology, accounting/finance, and engineering professionals.

Versher – Versher is an employment agency that specializes in placing talented women in jobs in Nashville in a variety of industries.

Zycron, A Division of BG Staffing, Inc. – Zycron is a provider of Information Technology (IT) staffing, including computing and information systems staff.

Full-service – 5 or more industries

1st TEAM Staffing Services Inc. – 1st TEAM Staffing specializes in the recruitment and placement of professional and temporary staffing.

Adecco Staffing USA -  Adecco offers temporary and contract staffing, permanent recruitment, outplacement and career services, training and consulting.

America Works of Tennessee - AMERICA WORKS lifts people out of poverty using its unique brand of intensive, personalized employment services.

AppleOne Employment Services – AppleOne offers direct hire, temp-to-hire and temporary staffing solutions in a variety of indsutries.

Elwood Staffing - Elwood Staffing is a full-service staffing company for temporary projects, temp-to-hire positions, and direct placement opportunities.

Express Employment Professionals – Express Employment Professionals offers staffing for contract work, direct placement, executive search and evaluation hires in a wide range of industries.

Hamilton-Ryker - The Hamilton-Ryker Group offers clients a vast array of services, across the spectrum from healthcare to logistics to staffing.

HireUP Partners – HireUP Patners matches talent with organizations in many fields including: accounting & finance, administrative, customer service, healthcare and more.

Kelly Services, Inc. - Small and large businesses alike trust Kelly Services to provide workforce solutions that span the entire spectrum of staffing, outsourcing and consulting.

LaSalle Network of Nashville, LLC – LaSalle specializes in many different verticals and can help with temporary, temporary to permanent, or direct hire needs.

Randstad USA – Randstad USA has offices across the Nashville area and hires in a variety of indsutries.

SHR Talent – SHR Talent is a Nashville-based firm that fills jobs in finance, accounting, healthcare, IT, engineering and legal.

Staffing as a Mission – Staffing as a Mission places employees in a wide variety of positions and donates 10% of their profits to non-profit partners.

Strategic Staffing Solutions – Strategic Staffing Solutions fills positions in the energy/utilities, oil/gas, finance/government, healthcare, insurance, retail distribution and telecom industries.

TA Staffing – TA Staffing hires employees in administrative, manufacturing, IT, finance, HR, and marketing jobs.

Vaco – Vaco places employees in positions in accounting & finance, technology, healthcare IT, financial services and more.

Wood Personnel Service – WPS is a full service staffing agency specializing in accounting, engineering, MIS, office support and light industrial jobs.

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