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Rota Put the Staffing Agency Inside the App
Rota began by filling last-minute hospitality shifts. The more durable business was the machinery behind the marketplace - software that lets employers, agencies and workers arrange an unruly week from the same screen.
Drake International’s 75-Year Bet: Build the People Pipeline Before the Jobs Disappear
The Canadian staffing pioneer began by fixing the expensive mismatch between full-time payrolls and fluctuating work. Seventy-five years later, it is betting that the next recruitment advantage is not a bigger résumé pile - it is a better path from education to employment.
ManpowerGroup
The company that helped invent temporary staffing is rebuilding itself for an age of AI agents, scarce skills and permanent uncertainty. Its wager is that better technology makes human judgment more valuable, not less.
Peoplelink Group
Peoplelink Group is a South Bend, Indiana-based family of staffing and workforce-solutions companies founded in 1987. Operating a portfolio of specialized brands across administrative, light industrial, skilled trades, IT, professional, and quality-inspection services, it connects more than 5,000 workers with employers nationwide each day. Led by CEO Christophe Jeusse and backed by French staffing group Groupe CRIT, the company blends nationwide reach with a boutique, relationship-driven service model built on People, Process, and Performance.
Traba
Traba is a technology-driven marketplace that matches light industrial businesses - warehouses, distribution centers, manufacturers and event venues - with vetted temporary workers who pick up shifts through a mobile app. Founded in 2021 by Mike Shebat and Akshay Buddiga, the company uses AI, geolocation and computer vision to fill shifts fast and cut the no-shows that plague traditional staffing agencies, reporting a 99% fill rate against a roughly 46% industry average. Backed by Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures and General Catalyst, Traba has raised about $45.6M and positions itself as infrastructure for the industrial supply chain, with staffing as the starting point.