Distinctive Staffing Solutions

Distinctive Staffing Solutions, also known as DSS, is a recruitment firm based in Edina, Minnesota, that places candidates in information technology and engineering roles. It says it has been recruiting in the Upper Midwest for more than 25 years, and it connects employers with candidates in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area.

The firm fills full-time, contract and contract-to-hire positions. Roles it recruits for include business analysts, product owners, project managers, quality assurance staff, front-end and back-end developers, system architects, data architects and engineers.

Scott Labat started the company after a career in staffing that began with opening restaurants and moved into IT recruiting. It is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business in Minnesota. The company says it does not ask clients to change their internal processes and does not run on call or submittal quotas, preferring a personal approach to each placement.