BizFirst

BizFirst is a recruiting firm based in Ashburn, Virginia, that places mid-level to senior professional and cleared roles for clients across the United States. It serves government contractors, both primes and subcontractors, as well as AI and technology companies and commercial firms, from small and mid-size businesses to large service providers. It recruits in Northern Virginia, Washington, DC and Maryland, and nationwide.

The firm fills roles such as software and machine learning engineers, data scientists, network and infrastructure engineers, cleared systems and security engineers, controllers, program and project managers, and contracts and procurement staff. It does not cover high-volume hourly, light-industrial or healthcare staffing.

BizFirst offers contingent placement as DirectHire, an embedded recruiting team on a monthly retainer as PartnerHire, and contract professionals employed on its own payroll as ContractHire. Each Client Delivery Lead handles three to four client accounts. The company was founded by Jeff Packard, its CEO, who spent twenty years on the client side of hiring. It reports that 94 percent of placements are still in seat after 90 days.