Southern California Staffing Agency
With The Right People, You’ll Go Further
We take a thorough approach as a California staffing agency to gather information about your business by learning your culture, operations, and the processes that drive your success—helping us deliver a value that “matters most”.
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Work with a California Staffing Partner to Hire Great People
We’ve found that the most successful companies in California know their people are their most important asset. Our team prioritizes you. That way, you get faster access to fully vetted candidates, shared industry knowledge, and exceptional hiring and recruitment solutions.
Our Approach
To better source and hire talent, we use powerful hiring recruitment technology and tap into our vast candidate pipeline to engage, qualify, and connect job seekers to employers, with a median time to fill of 4 days.
Certified Staffing Professionals
In partnership with our customers, we’ll work together towards limiting workplace issues through proactive human resources best practices. It’s part of the reason clients rate us 4.5 stars; they trust us to get it right.
Safety Standard of Excellence
It’s a designation that reflects industry leading safety for temporary employees. Helpmates is the first staffing company in the country to earn this from the American Staffing Association (ASA) and the National Safety Council. Our OSHA-10 certified team members bring safety-first insight into every workforce solution.
Candidates, Ready to Go
With 155,858 qualified candidates in our pipeline, we’re not scrambling to find talent—we’re already connected. From Manufacturing and Customer Service to HR, Accounting & Finance, and more, we’ve got reliable people ready when you need them.
100% Happiness Guarantee
We are so confident in our unique hiring process, and our ability to work with you on the qualified talent for the position, that we offer a 100% guarantee. If you should find you are unhappy with the work performed by our Specialist, we will not charge you as long as you participate in our quality control program.
Flexible Staffing Solutions For Your Evolving Needs
Your success is our success – that’s why we believe in the power of a flexible workforce. With more than 50 years of successful staffing experience in Southern California, we’ve been helping companies be more agile and responsive to changing business priorities and market conditions. We’re here to get you the top talent you need, whether that be short-term, long-term, or uncertain.
Temporary Staffing
As your business needs change, keep staffing levels optional with temporary talent. For work peaks, either short or long term, this can reduce the overall cost to usage on the time you need.
Temp-to-Hire Staffing
This arrangement allows you to assess an employee and evaluate if their skills and work ethic fit into your organization for a predetermined length of time. At its completion, choose to hire that employee direct or go in another direction, the choice is yours.
Direct-Hire Placement
Finding the right direct hire employee is essential to the success of your business. Helpmates is committed to locating a custom match for your direct hire needs through our sourcing and screening best practices.
Managed Workforce Services
We will manage all aspects of a company’s staffing function, customizing a program for sourcing, hiring, and managing temporary employees. Helping you to increase productivity and freeing you from the time and cost burdens of hiring.
Onsite Staffing Support
With our On-Premise Program, Helpmates can manage every part of the staffing and hiring process. From interviewing to controlling staffing levels, our on-site representatives will handle all issues involved with managing a large contingent workforce. Our representatives will work with you to develop a highly customized program that fits your staffing and talent needs.
Payrolling Services
You choose the contract employees you wish to add to our payroll. Helpmates is the employer of record and manages all payroll expenses such as taxes, unemployment, and worker’s compensation. Read about the benefits of Payrolling.
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Putting the ‘ART’ in Partnership
Helpmates values partnerships above all else. As a client, you’ll enjoy a deeper relationship with a staffing company that’s attuned to your individual staffing and hiring needs. And as leaders do, we’ll share the latest labor market trends, quarterly labor law updates, employee compliance, risk management, and team-building resources. Together, we thrive.
Putting the ‘ART’ in Partnership
Helpmates values partnerships above all else. As a client, you’ll enjoy a deeper relationship with a staffing company that’s attuned to your individual staffing and hiring needs. And as leaders do, we’ll share the latest labor market trends, quarterly labor law updates, employee compliance, risk management, and team-building resources. Together, we thrive.
Talent Fit For Your Specialized Workforce
No matter your need, Helpmates has access to fully vetted and dependable people who are ready to work and fill your talent gaps. We’ll introduce you to new hires faster than ever without worrying about candidate quality. Click on your industry to see the types of positions we can fill across your business.
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Let’s Work Together!
We’ve found that working with companies who regard people as their most important asset are the most successful. Helpmates chooses quality people at every level — from the clients we work with to the employees we place on assignment in customer service roles. Whatever your need, our team is always with you.
Let’s Work Together!
We’ve found that working with companies who regard people as their most important asset are the most successful. Helpmates chooses quality people at every level — from the clients we work with to the employees we place on assignment in customer service roles. Whatever your need, our team is always with you.
