About Us

Who we are today

After six successful years of direct hire contingent staffing in Southern California, we have evolved from a small boutique firm to a serious player in our industry. With over ten associates and numerous exclusive company relationships, our success speaks for itself. Our Southern California based team has worked on local and national searches in virtually every industry. Direct Hire Associates regularly recruits for critical positions such as the second employee in a one person start-up and C-Level Executives in large middle market companies. Functionally, we have staffed positions ranging from entry level to senior management, from Attorneys and Accountants to IT Managers and VP’s of Operations, from Brand Managers to National Sales Managers and even a few Parking Garage Managers!

Our clients know us as experts in human capital. Direct Hire Associates' capability to leverage our vast professional network regularly produces results beyond our client's expectations. Please reach out to one of our Associates today and experience us for yourself.

Our humble beginnings

On April 3rd 2006, Direct Hire's first phone call was made by its founder, Paul Costa, while sitting on the floor of Direct Hire Associates's 600 square foot office in Sherman Oaks, CA headquarters. He founded the company on the idea that the staffing industry is a people business, not a numbers business. Relationships are not easily quantified; they take time and care to build. The dynamic between any two individuals can take infinite forms and as humans, our relationships are constantly evolving.

Our vision was to build an organization that could help other companies hire the best people available while helping employees find jobs that they truly love. This is not just some warm fuzzy idea; we spend the majority of our waking hours with our work colleagues. In the spirit of practicing what we preach, it is also our vision to become the employer of choice in Southern California for recruiters who may be looking for a better place to practice the art of placement.