Staffing Agency in Irvine, CA
KORE1 is a staffing agency headquartered in Irvine, California, placing IT, engineering, accounting, and finance talent into companies across the city and the rest of Orange County. Our office sits at 36 Discovery in the Irvine Spectrum, walking distance from a hundred different employers we have been recruiting for since 1999.
Why Irvine Companies Work With KORE1
Irvine is our hometown. We did not move into a coworking space last year and slap a city name onto a website. KORE1 has been recruiting from this city since 1999, when our founders set up shop a few miles from where our office sits today. History matters here. When a hiring manager calls about filling a senior role, we already know which Irvine companies treat contractors like family and which ones churn through people every six months, what the 8am commute looks like coming north from Lake Forest, and which neighborhoods candidates actually want to drive to.
Our recruiters live here. They send their kids to schools in Northwood and Woodbridge and University Park. Some of them grew up in Irvine. That kind of rooted familiarity is not something you fake from a satellite office two states away, and it changes how candidates respond when we reach out. They take the call. They talk honestly about what they want next. Because we are not random.
And the placements speak for themselves. Thousands at this point. Companies headquartered in Irvine come back to us year after year because we move fast, screen hard, and tell the truth even when the truth is awkward. If a role is going to be tough to fill at the budget you have set, we say so on day one. Not week three after you have already lost two finalists to better offers.
Over 90% of our Irvine placements complete their full assignment or convert to permanent hires. That number is the entire ballgame.
Staffing Services We Offer in Irvine
IT Staffing in Irvine
Irvine is, quietly, one of the densest technology employer clusters in Southern California. The Bureau of Labor Statistics consistently ranks the Anaheim-Irvine metro among the top employment centers on the West Coast, and you can feel it driving down Von Karman. Software companies, fintech, gaming studios, medical device firms, and a long tail of SaaS startups all share the same handful of zip codes. Names like Blizzard, Verizon, Masimo, Edwards Lifesciences, Glidewell, and Ingram Micro have offices within a few minutes of ours, and the companies orbiting them all have technology hiring needs that never really cool off.
We place software engineers, cloud architects, DevOps and platform engineers, data scientists, cybersecurity analysts, QA engineers, and help desk teams across Irvine. Need a senior backend developer for a six-month contract? Shortlist ready. Building out a security team from scratch and looking for a CISO plus four analysts? Done that, more than once. Our IT staffing services cover the full spectrum of technology roles, and our OC IT staffing team runs Irvine searches as their daily bread.
Engineering Staffing in Irvine
Irvine’s medical device and biotech corridor is one of the largest in the country. Edwards Lifesciences, Masimo, Allergan, Glidewell, B. Braun, and dozens of smaller specialized firms all need engineers who can walk into a cleanroom on day one and contribute. Mechanical engineers. Electrical engineers. Biomedical engineers. Quality assurance specialists. Project managers who can hold a Gantt chart together when three vendors are slipping at once.
Our engineering staffing team understands the certifications and clearances that these roles actually require. We screen for the difference between someone whose resume mentions FDA 510(k) and someone who has actually written one and watched it get approved. There is a gulf between those two people, and our clients pay us to recognize it.
Accounting and Finance Staffing in Irvine
Every Irvine company hits the same finance growth wall eventually. Either the books get complicated faster than the team can keep up, or the controller leaves right before an audit, or the board starts asking for monthly reporting that the current setup cannot produce. We fix all of those.
We place staff accountants, financial analysts, controllers, AP and AR specialists, bookkeepers, payroll administrators, and senior finance leaders across Irvine. Our accounting and finance consulting team works with companies from early-stage all the way through publicly traded. And if you need senior finance leadership without the cost of a full-time hire, our fractional CFO Orange County practice places experienced CFOs into Irvine SaaS, biotech, manufacturing, and consumer brands on a part-time cadence.
How We Work
Consultation
Real conversation. Not a form. We learn your business, your team dynamics, your technical requirements, and the soft skills that actually decide whether someone thrives in your specific environment or quietly checks out at 90 days. We linger here longer than feels comfortable. Most agencies sprint past it.
Targeted Sourcing
Our recruiters work Irvine candidate pools that took years to build. Local placements, referrals from people we placed five years ago who are now hiring managers, and warm reach-outs to passive candidates we already have a relationship with. Job board blasts? Not really our style.
Rigorous Screening
Technical assessments, reference checks, background verification, and a behavioral interview built to catch the things resumes hide beautifully. We send candidates who are qualified and who genuinely want your specific job, not someone using your offer as leverage on their current employer.
Placement and Follow-Through
We do not vanish after the start date. Our team checks in at 30, 60, and 90 days. If something is off, we fix it. Guaranteed. Our retention rates make replacements rare, but the guarantee is real because we stand behind every placement.
Industries We Serve in Irvine
Technology and Software
Irvine is one of the densest tech employer clusters in California. The Greater Irvine Chamber of Commerce counts hundreds of technology employers in the city alone. Gaming studios, SaaS, fintech, cybersecurity, and enterprise software all live here. We staff junior developers through CTOs.
Medical Devices and Biotech
Irvine sits at the heart of Southern California’s medical device industry. We recruit engineers, quality professionals, and regulatory specialists who can speak to FDA auditors without notes.
Aerospace and Defense
Several major defense contractors and dozens of specialized aerospace firms operate in and around Irvine. We place cleared and non-cleared technical professionals across this corridor.
Financial Services and Insurance
Banks, wealth management firms, and insurance carriers headquartered in Irvine come to us for accounting, compliance, and operations talent. The finance footprint here is bigger than people realize.
Manufacturing and Distribution
Manufacturers and distribution operations across Irvine and the surrounding industrial pockets rely on us for reliable workforce at scale. Our light industrial staffing solutions keep your lines moving without the revolving door.
HR and Administrative
Growing companies need HR generalists, recruiters, benefits coordinators, and executive assistants who can hold things together during scaling phases. Our human resources staffing practice fills these roles quickly and quietly.
Temporary, Contract-to-Hire, and Direct Hire Staffing
Not every Irvine role needs the same approach, and most of our clients here end up using more than one model. For specialized engagements, we also offer project-based staffing built around defined deliverables and timelines.
Temporary Staffing
Temporary staffing covers defined projects, seasonal surges, and gaps you need filled this week. We handle payroll, benefits, workers comp, and compliance while your team stays focused on the actual work.
Contract-to-Hire
Contract-to-hire is our most popular model for mid-level technical and finance roles in Irvine. You evaluate the candidate on real projects, with real deadlines, before committing to a permanent offer. Reduced risk on both sides, and you get performance data no interview can replicate. Read our full contract-to-hire staffing breakdown if you want the details on how the conversion process works.
Direct Hire
Direct hire is right when you know exactly what you need. We run the entire search from sourcing through offer negotiation, deliver a shortlist of candidates who will accept your offer and stay, and back the placement with our retention guarantee. Our direct hire staffing practice places people who stick.
Part of KORE1’s National Staffing Network
Irvine is our headquarters, but companies expanding across multiple markets work with us because we deliver the same recruiting standards everywhere without the coordination headaches of juggling agencies in different cities. Many of our Irvine clients pair this team with our broader Orange County staffing coverage when their hiring spans the region.
Irvine
Our headquarters at 36 Discovery in the Irvine Spectrum. The deepest candidate pool in our network. You are here.
Orange County
From Newport Beach to Anaheim to Lake Forest. Tech, engineering, finance, and light industrial across all of OC.
Los Angeles
Enterprise IT, entertainment tech, manufacturing, and professional services talent across LA County.
San Diego
Defense tech, biotech, wireless communications, and professional services staffing across San Diego County.
Phoenix
Semiconductor, healthcare, aerospace, and professional staffing across the Greater Phoenix metro area.
Denver
Aerospace, tech, energy, and professional services staffing across the Denver metro and Front Range.
Common Questions About Irvine Staffing
Where is KORE1’s Irvine office located?
Our headquarters sits at 36 Discovery, Suite 220, Irvine, CA 92618, in the Spectrum business district. We have been at this location for years and the rest of the office is full of people who have been with KORE1 even longer. Stop by if you are nearby. Coffee is on us.
How fast can you fill a role in Irvine?
Depends entirely on the role. Common Irvine positions like staff accountants, help desk technicians, or QA engineers can often be filled within 3 to 5 business days because we already have local candidates pre-screened and ready. Specialized roles like senior cloud architects or biomedical engineers with FDA experience typically run 2 to 4 weeks. Our time-to-fill is consistently faster than national firms because the candidates live within a 20-minute drive of your office.
What does a staffing agency in Irvine actually charge?
Two pricing models. For temporary and contract placements, you pay a bill rate that covers the worker’s pay plus a markup for taxes, benefits, insurance, and our fee. For direct hire, the fee is typically 15-25% of the candidate’s first-year salary depending on seniority and search complexity. Pricing is transparent upfront. No hidden fees. No surprise invoices three weeks in.
What industries does KORE1 staff in Irvine?
Technology and software, medical devices and biotech, aerospace and defense, accounting and finance, human resources, manufacturing, and light industrial. Our location in the Irvine Spectrum gives us direct daily access to talent across every major employment center in the city, from the Business Complex to Quail Hill to Park Place.
Why pick a local Irvine staffing agency over a national firm?
Because local actually means something here. We know which Irvine companies are hiring before the job is posted, which candidates are genuinely on the market versus testing the waters, what salaries are competitive in this specific city, and which neighborhoods produce the longest commutes to your office. National firms work from playbooks built for averages. We work from relationships built in this exact zip code over decades.
Do you handle both contract and permanent staffing in Irvine?
Yes. We offer temporary staffing for short-term needs, contract-to-hire for trial-period arrangements, and direct hire for permanent placements. A lot of Irvine clients use multiple models depending on the role, the urgency, and how locked-in the position requirements are when they reach out.
What types of IT roles do you fill in Irvine?
Software engineers, DevOps and platform engineers, cloud architects, cybersecurity analysts, data scientists, data engineers, help desk technicians, system administrators, QA engineers, project managers, and IT directors. Our IT staffing team in Orange County handles individual contributors all the way up to executive-level technology leadership, and we recruit for both contract and permanent placements.
Ready to Build Your Irvine Team?
Whether you need one specialist or an entire department, KORE1 has the local talent network and the recruiting muscle to get it done. Our Irvine team is ready to start your search today.
Hiring outside Irvine too? See why companies choose KORE1 across our entire national network.