Staffing Agency in Houston, TX
KORE1 is a staffing agency in Houston placing IT, engineering, accounting, and finance talent across energy, the Texas Medical Center, and aerospace employers. Houston hiring rewards specialist recruiters. Generalist sourcing gets outrun here, fast.
60+ TMC institutions
#1 U.S. energy capital
Since 2010
Why Houston Companies Choose KORE1
Houston’s hiring market isn’t a single market. It’s three. Energy, the Texas Medical Center, and aerospace each pull from a different candidate pool, move at a different pace, and punish the same sourcing mistake in a different way. Twenty-four Fortune 500 headquarters, a Medical Center larger than downtown Dallas, and a Johnson Space Center workforce nobody else recruits against. KORE1 was built for cities like this one.
- Treats energy, medical, and aerospace as one “professional services” market
- Ships resumes from out-of-state candidates who won’t actually relocate
- Optimizes for speed-to-submit at the expense of domain fit
- Disappears after the placement fee clears the bank
- Vertical-specific recruiters across IT, engineering, and finance
- Active candidate relationships in the Energy Corridor, TMC, and Clear Lake
- Technical screening tuned to Houston’s real stack and real regulatory load
- 30, 60, and 90-day check-ins on every placement we make
Per the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro adds tens of thousands of professional and business service jobs each year, and a large share of those requisitions are chasing domain-specific talent that simply does not exist on standard job boards. What does that mean in practice? A process safety engineer from downstream refining is not a drop-in for one from upstream operations. A revenue cycle analyst trained inside the TMC behaves very differently from one trained at a community health system in another state. Good recruiters know the distinction. Great recruiters know the candidates who live it.
Staffing Services We Offer in Houston
IT Staffing
Houston IT is not a single scene. Not even close.
It is SCADA and industrial controls for the energy majors along the Ship Channel, revenue cycle and clinical platforms inside TMC, ground-systems engineering at Clear Lake, and a sprawling enterprise cloud migration happening inside every downtown HQ between I-10 and the Loop. Our IT staffing services are built around the actual stack and the actual regulatory environment. Not the job title.
Engineering Staffing
Houston is an engineering town in a way few cities still are.
Upstream and downstream energy, petrochemicals along the Ship Channel, LNG export trains at Sabine Pass and Freeport, aerospace and ground systems at Johnson Space Center, advanced manufacturing in the corridor out toward Katy. A process engineer from specialty chemicals is not a one-to-one match for one from refining, and an aerospace systems integrator from Clear Lake will read a resume from automotive manufacturing very differently than a recruiter from out of state. Our engineering staffing team covers contract and permanent roles across metro Houston and the broader Gulf Coast.
Accounting and Finance Staffing
Houston finance is dominated by energy, and that shapes everything.
Commodity accounting, JIB and joint interest billing, hedging and risk, upstream revenue recognition, the weird corners of pipeline MLP reporting that accounting generalists stumble through. On the healthcare side, TMC institutions run some of the most complex revenue cycles in the country. Our accounting and finance consulting team places people whose actual experience matches the business you run. For interim and fractional leadership, we also place fractional CIOs and CIO-level talent when the finance transformation pulls IT along with it.
FP&A Analysts
Revenue Accountants
JIB Accountants
Treasury
VP of Finance
CFO Search
Fractional CIO
HR and Administrative Staffing
Houston companies scaling past a few hundred employees hit the same wall every time. Our human resources staffing practice covers HR generalists, technical recruiters, benefits coordinators, office managers, and executive assistants for companies at every growth stage. Surge coverage or permanent hire.
Light Industrial and Warehouse Staffing
Houston is a port city and a logistics hub before anything else. Port of Houston, the Ship Channel, petrochemical staging yards, fulfillment corridors along the Grand Parkway. Our light industrial staffing solutions focus on retention, because high turnover costs more than patient recruiting ever will.
How We Work
Consultation
A real conversation about the business, not the job description. We learn the team, the stack, the regulatory environment, and the soft skills that separate someone who thrives inside a Houston operation from someone who only looks right on paper.
Targeted Sourcing
Houston-specific candidate networks built from years of placements. Energy Corridor engineers. TMC revenue cycle analysts. Clear Lake aerospace systems talent. Downtown finance and controllership. We know who moves, who won’t, and who is quietly open.
Rigorous Screening
Technical assessments, reference checks, background verification, and behavioral interviews tuned to what actually predicts success in Houston operations. We present candidates who are qualified and who actually want the specific role, not the nearest matching title.
Placement & Support
We check in at 30, 60, and 90 days after every placement. If something isn’t working, we fix it. Our retention rates prove replacements are rarely needed. The guarantee still exists. No fine print.
Industries We Serve in Houston
Energy & Petrochemicals
Houston isn’t just an energy city. It is the energy city.
- ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Shell, Phillips 66
- LNG exporters, midstream operators, renewables build-out
- Engineering, controls, SCADA, finance, and IT talent
The Greater Houston Partnership tracks the cluster’s workforce.
Healthcare & Texas Medical Center
TMC is the largest medical complex in the world. Not a slogan. Literal.
- MD Anderson, Memorial Hermann, Houston Methodist, Texas Children’s
- Academic research and clinical trial operations
- Healthcare IT, revenue cycle, clinical ops, and finance talent
We run a dedicated healthcare IT and revenue management practice for TMC and Gulf Coast health systems.
Aerospace & NASA
Clear Lake is an aerospace hub most recruiters quietly skip.
- Johnson Space Center and surrounding prime contractors
- Ground systems, mission support, systems engineering
- Cleared and clearable technical talent
We also support adjacent work through government IT staffing.
Manufacturing & Chemicals
The Ship Channel is the second-largest chemical complex on earth.
- Dow, LyondellBasell, Celanese, INEOS, BASF
- Process safety, plant controls, turnaround planning
- Engineering, maintenance, reliability, and finance talent
See our light industrial staffing practice for related roles.
Logistics & Ports
Port of Houston is the largest U.S. port by foreign tonnage.
- Port terminals, intermodal rail, trucking and warehousing
- Supply chain analysts, logistics IT, warehouse management
- ERP, WMS, and TMS consulting talent
We also place data analytics and ERP consulting talent for supply chain work.
Professional Services & Fortune 500
Two dozen Fortune 500 HQs concentrate a different kind of demand.
- Sysco, Waste Management, Quanta Services, Kinder Morgan
- Corporate finance, HR, IT, cybersecurity at scale
- Senior individual contributors and executive search
Explore our cybersecurity staffing and enterprise staffing solutions.
Where We Place Talent in Greater Houston
We cover the entire Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metro. Submarkets each carry their own flavor of demand, and our recruiters know the differences in commute tolerance, pay bands, and candidate expectations between them.
Energy Corridor
The Woodlands
Katy
Sugar Land
Clear Lake
Galveston
Pasadena
Pearland
Galleria / Uptown
Westchase
Spring
Temporary, Contract-to-Hire, and Direct Hire Staffing in Houston
Different roles need different approaches. Most of our Houston clients use more than one model depending on the business. For project-based needs with a defined timeline and deliverable, we also offer project-based staffing arrangements.
Temporary & Contract
When you need people this week. Not next quarter. Turnaround windows at the plant, month-end close crunches, TMC open enrollment, product launches. We handle payroll, benefits, workers comp, and compliance so your team stays on the actual work.
Contract-to-Hire
Try before you commit. Our most popular model for mid-level engineering, IT, and finance roles in Houston. You get actual performance data instead of hoping the whiteboard session translates to real output on your team.
Direct Hire
For roles where you know exactly what you need. Our direct hire staffing practice handles the full search from sourcing through offer negotiation. Senior leadership, specialized engineers, finance executives.
Part of KORE1’s National Staffing Network
Houston is one piece of KORE1’s national footprint. Companies operating across multiple cities work with us because we staff across regions from the same team with the same quality standards. No juggling agencies. No inconsistent bill rates. No finger-pointing when a shared requisition stalls.
Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
Enterprise IT, financial services, telecom, and professional services across the DFW metro. Our closest Texas market and a frequent partner for multi-city engagements. See our Dallas IT staffing page.
Austin, TX
Software, semiconductors, and a growing enterprise tech presence. Our Austin team partners frequently with Houston clients that run distributed engineering or shared-services operations.
Atlanta, GA
Fintech, logistics, cybersecurity, and Fortune 500 staffing across the metro. The Southeast counterpart for much of Houston’s corporate Fortune 500 workload.
Chicago, IL
Financial services, insurance, logistics, and enterprise IT. A common multi-market partner for clients that operate headquarters in Houston and a Midwest ops center.
Southern California
Our HQ is in Irvine with full coverage across Orange County, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
Houston, TX
Energy, the Texas Medical Center, aerospace, and Fortune 500 staffing across greater Houston. You are here.
Common Questions About Staffing in Houston
What makes Houston’s staffing market different from other Texas cities?
Three things, really. Energy concentration drives demand that looks nothing like Austin’s software hiring or Dallas’s financial services hiring. The Texas Medical Center creates a clinical and revenue cycle workforce that exists at almost no other comparable scale in the country. And Clear Lake’s aerospace footprint pulls candidates out of an entirely separate talent pool most national recruiters never touch. Our engineering staffing and healthcare IT practices were built specifically for cities that look like this one.
How much does a staffing agency in Houston typically charge?
For temporary and contract placements you pay a bill rate that covers the worker’s wages plus payroll taxes, benefits, workers comp, insurance, and our fee. For direct hire placements, fees typically run 15 to 25 percent of the candidate’s first-year salary depending on role complexity and search urgency. We give you transparent pricing up front. No surprise charges after the fact.
How fast can KORE1 fill a technical role in Houston?
Common roles like help desk technicians, junior developers, or staff accountants can often be filled within three to five business days from our pre-screened Houston candidate pools. Senior software engineers, process safety engineers, or revenue cycle specialists at the TMC typically take two to four weeks. Cleared aerospace roles at Clear Lake can take longer, and we are honest about that up front.
What’s the difference between a temp agency and a staffing agency in Houston?
A temp agency usually fills short-term general labor positions with minimal screening. A staffing agency like KORE1 handles temporary, contract-to-hire, and permanent placements across specialized fields. The quality gap shows up fastest on energy engineering, TMC revenue cycle, and senior finance roles, where a missed hire is a six-figure mistake.
Which industries does KORE1 focus on in Houston?
Energy and petrochemicals, healthcare and the Texas Medical Center, aerospace and NASA-adjacent work at Clear Lake, manufacturing along the Ship Channel, and corporate Fortune 500 demand concentrated downtown. Energy and healthcare represent the largest share of placements here, partly because Houston’s domain expertise in both is unmatched in the country.
Does KORE1 place contract engineers and interim leaders in Houston?
Yes. We run dedicated contract and contract-to-hire placements across IT and engineering, and we place fractional leadership through our fractional CIO, CIO staffing, and enterprise staffing practices when you need senior guidance without a permanent hire.
We have offices in Houston and other cities. Can you handle multi-market staffing?
Yes. Multi-market staffing is one of the most common reasons companies first reach out. We staff across Houston, Dallas, Austin, Atlanta, and our Southern California markets from the same team with the same standards.
What happens if a placement doesn’t work out?
Every placement comes with a guarantee period, and we run structured check-ins at 30, 60, and 90 days to catch problems early. If a placement genuinely isn’t working, we replace the candidate at no additional cost. Our 92 percent retention rate means replacements are rare, but the guarantee exists anyway.
Ready to Build Your Houston Team?
Whether you need one specialist or an entire department, KORE1 has the recruiting expertise and Houston-specific talent network to deliver. Connect with our team and start your search today.