Learn what sets Westphal Staffing apart
About
Professional Staffing Company Serving Wisconsin & Surrounding States
Westphal Staffing
People First.Partnership Always.
For nearly three decades, Westphal Staffing has helped Wisconsin and Midwest organizations find the people they need to grow, lead, and move their businesses forward.
Founded in 1998 in Wausau, Wisconsin, Westphal Staffing began with a simple belief: recruiting should be about more than filling an opening. It should be about understanding people, understanding businesses, and creating connections that make a lasting difference for both.
That belief still guides us today.
As the needs of our clients have evolved, so have we.
Today, Westphal Staffing is a boutique professional recruiting, executive search, and contract talent solutions firm serving organizations throughout Wisconsin and the Midwest.
We partner with companies to recruit professionals and leaders across a broad range of business functions and industries—from critical professional and management hires to executive leadership, specialized contract talent, and fractional or interim leadership.
But while our capabilities have expanded, our approach remains deeply personal.
The Westphal Difference
Boutique by Design
We’re not trying to be the biggest recruiting firm.
We’re focused on being the right recruiting partner.
Our boutique structure allows us to stay close to our clients, understand their businesses, move quickly, and remain personally accountable for the work we do.
There aren’t layers of corporate bureaucracy between our clients and the people conducting their searches. Our recruiters become immersed in the organization, the opportunity, and the market so they can represent each search thoughtfully and professionally.
We believe that produces better conversations, stronger candidate relationships, and ultimately better hiring decisions. From an important professional hire to the C-suite, we bring the same commitment to understanding the role and finding the right person.
Our process is built around
Wisconsin and the Midwest aren’t simply markets we recruit in. They’re markets we know.
For decades, we’ve built relationships with businesses, professionals, leaders, and communities throughout the region. That experience gives us perspective on the industries that drive our economy, the organizations competing for talent, compensation trends, candidate expectations, and the realities of recruiting within our markets.
Industries We Serve
Manufacturing
Construction & Infrastructure
Finance & Financial Services
Healthcare
Food & Dairy
Technology
Higher Education
Municipal & Local Government
Nonprofit Organizations
Professional Disciplines
Executive & Senior Leadership
Operations & Manufacturing Leadership
Supply Chain & Procurement
Engineering & Technical Professionals
Construction & Project Management
Finance & Accounting
Human Resources
Sales & Commercial Leadership
Administrative & Professional Support
The Westphal Way
Our values aren’t words created for a website.
They define how we expect our team to work with clients, candidates, employees, and one another.
People Centric
Recruiting is fundamentally a people business.
Behind every resume is a person making an important career decision. Behind every search is an organization depending on the right person to help accomplish something important.
We listen. We communicate. We build relationships. And we never lose sight of the people behind the process.
Integrity
Trust is earned through honesty, transparency, and doing what we say we’ll do.
We communicate candidly with clients and candidates—even when the conversation is difficult. We protect confidentiality, represent opportunities accurately, and conduct our work professionally and ethically.
Doing the right thing matters more than making the placement
Partnership Over Placement
We don’t measure a relationship by a single transaction.
Our goal is to become a trusted recruiting partner who understands your organization, your people, and where you’re going.
Sometimes partnership means challenging assumptions, sharing difficult market feedback, recommending a different talent strategy, or saying when we believe there may be a better solution.
The placement matters.
The partnership matters more.
Respect for Every Role
Every position contributes to an organization’s success.
We bring the same professionalism, curiosity, and respect to every search and every candidate interaction, whether we’re recruiting a professional beginning the next stage of a career or a senior executive leading an organization.
Titles may be different.
The people behind them deserve the same respect.
Problem Solving for Lasting Results
The real question isn’t always, “How do we fill this position?”
Sometimes it’s, “What problem are we actually trying to solve?”
We take the time to understand what is happening within the organization, why the need exists, what success looks like, and which talent strategy makes the most sense.
Our goal isn’t the fastest answer.
It’s the right solution—one designed to create lasting results.
Accountability
We take ownership of our work.
That means setting expectations, communicating consistently, following through on commitments, and being accountable for the experience we provide.
When challenges arise, we address them.
When the market tells us something, we share it.
And when we commit to a search, we take responsibility for moving it forward.
A Different Kindof Recruiting Partnership
Technology has changed recruiting.
How candidates search for opportunities has changed. How companies find talent has changed. And those changes will continue.
But technology doesn’t replace the things that matter most in a successful hire:
Understanding the business.
Knowing the market.
Recognizing potential.
Building trust.
Having candid conversations.
And understanding what motivates a person to make a career change.
We use technology to make recruiting more effective, but relationships remain at the center of how we work.
That combination—modern recruiting capabilities with a deeply human approach—is an important part of the Westphal difference.
Women-Owned.
Wisconsin-Based.
Relationship-Driven.
Westphal Staffing is proud to be a Wisconsin-based, woman-owned business and a WBENC-Certified Women’s Business Enterprise.
Our roots are here, our relationships are here, and our reputation has been built one client, one candidate, and one successful hire at a time.
Nearly three decades after opening our doors, we’re still independent, still relationship-driven, and still committed to the principle that started it all:
The right person can change an organization—and the right opportunity can change a life.
Work With Us
Let's Build Something That Lasts.
Whether you’re building a leadership team, making a critical professional hire, navigating a transition, or adding flexible talent, we’re ready to understand the challenge and help find the right solution.
Professional Recruiting. Executive Search. Contract Talent Solutions.
Boutique Search. Regional Expertise. Executive-Level Results.