HR Companies & HR Consultants in Oak Lawn, IL

Primary Staffing Inc. is a staffing and recruiting firm based in the Chicago area. It works with two groups: employers who need workers, and people looking for jobs. The company keeps an office in Oak Lawn at West 95th Street. That office handles contract and direct-hire openings for the South Suburbs, so local businesses comparing workforce partners have a nearby branch to deal with.

Services and Specialties

The firm splits its work into two divisions, and each one has its own resources for clients and candidates. The Light Industrial division fills warehouse, production and similar hourly jobs. The Professional division fills office-based positions. On the jobs board, candidates can search by industry, with accounting, clerical and light industrial listed as the main categories. Its services include:

• Temporary and contract placements
• Direct-hire recruiting
• Light industrial workforce supply
• Accounting and clerical placements
• An online form for employers to request workers
• A channel for employers to give feedback on placements
• A referral program that rewards candidates for recommending friends

How It Works With Clients

Employers in either division can see what kinds of people the firm recruits and then send a staffing request online. Employers can also give feedback on placed workers, which helps the firm adjust later assignments. Job seekers go through a simple process: they search openings, apply and start work.

The site explains each hiring step and gives candidates the employment forms they need. Current workers have an employee login, and payroll items such as W-2 statements are available through the site.

The company uses technology in its recruiting. It has released its own mobile app so workers can find new assignments and stay connected with recruiters, and it says these tools help it match client openings with suitable workers more quickly.

Scale and Background

According to the firm, it places more than 26,000 workers in jobs each year and fills 95 percent of the orders its business partners send. Third-party business listings say it was founded in 2007, and Inc. magazine named it to its Inc. 5000 list in 2019 under human resources. Its headquarters is on South Kedzie Avenue in Chicago.

Besides Oak Lawn, its locations page lists offices in other states, including Anaheim, California; Atlanta, Georgia; Aurora, Colorado; and Bolingbrook, Illinois. The company calls this a nationwide network of staffing professionals.

Primary Staffing focuses on placing hourly and office workers rather than on consulting work such as HR policy, compliance or benefits. It suits Oak Lawn-area employers that need reliable light industrial, clerical or accounting workers, whether for short assignments, ongoing contract coverage or permanent hires. It also offers candidate referral programs and a way to send feedback after placements.

Overview

Protouch Staffing is a recruitment and workforce solutions firm started in 1992 by a group of healthcare professionals. Its early work centered on supplying clinical talent to hospitals and other care providers, and that medical focus remains central to the business today. Over more than three decades the company has broadened its reach.

It now recruits for legal, accounting and finance, professional services, engineering and construction, and C-suite leadership roles in addition to healthcare. Its Chicago-region office is in Oak Lawn. The firm also has U.S. offices in Frisco and Houston, Texas, and several support centers in India, located in Hyderabad, Noida, Chennai and Dehradun.

Services for Employers

The firm positions itself as a broad hiring partner rather than a single-service vendor. Organizations can engage it for short-term coverage, for trial-period hires that may convert to permanent employment, or for straight direct-hire searches. Beyond placement, Protouch offers recruitment process outsourcing, in which its team handles candidate screening, sourcing and onboarding for the client.

This is paired with credentialing support that confirms candidates meet licensing and regulatory requirements. Healthcare clients can also outsource medical billing and coding to the company to lighten administrative workload and keep reimbursements moving.

• Temporary, contract-to-hire and direct-hire staffing
• Executive and leadership search
• Recruitment process outsourcing
• Credentialing and compliance checks
• Medical billing and coding support

Healthcare Specialties

Healthcare staffing covers several assignment types:

• Travel assignments
• Permanent placements
• PRN and per-diem shifts
• Locum tenens providers
• Pharmacy staffing
• Allied health roles

The specialties it lists span critical care, emergency and operating room nursing as well as dialysis, labor and delivery, NICU, oncology, home health, hospice, behavioral health and rehabilitation therapy. It also places imaging technologists such as MRI, CT and ultrasound techs. The company is certified by the Joint Commission and holds that body's Gold Seal of Approval. It also gives clinicians education resources, including free CEUs and compliance training on Joint Commission patient safety goals, harassment policy and OIG requirements.

HR and Professional Talent

For buyers looking specifically at HR talent, Protouch's professional services practice places HR managers and HR specialists, talent acquisition professionals and recruiters, and specialists in training and employee development. The same practice fills marketing positions, office managers, executive assistants, project managers and business or strategy consultants.

Clients in this area include corporations of varying size, professional services firms, nonprofits, schools and other educational institutions, startups, and government and regulatory bodies. The company states that it can often fill these positions within about 30 days.

How They Work

Engagements follow a three-step model. First, the client outlines its hiring needs to a specialist recruiter. Next, Protouch shortlists people evaluated on cultural fit as well as skills and experience. Finally, the team stays involved through the interview stage, onboarding and the new hire's integration into the organization.

On the candidate side, placement consultants review each person's pay expectations, preferred location and working needs before presenting roles, and the firm describes its approach as free of pressure and restrictions. Protouch reports a client base of roughly 1,600 organizations nationwide.