Key Resource Group

Key Resource Group is an independent, woman-owned staffing and recruiting firm headquartered in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1983 and says it has placed candidates in the Buffalo-Niagara region for four decades. Carolyn Gala joined as a recruiter in 1988, became a partner in 2002 and has been sole owner since 2005. She is the current CEO and founded the firm's legal placement division.

The firm recruits for legal, accounting and finance, administrative, engineering, health care, human resources, IT, sales and marketing, and manufacturing and operations management roles, including accountants, engineers, paralegals and chief financial officers.

Services include direct hire, temporary and contract staffing, temp-to-hire, remote and hybrid staffing, payrolling and government contracting. The firm serves Buffalo and Western New York, and lists Upstate New York, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, New York City, Boston, Connecticut, New Jersey and Washington, DC among the areas it serves. It also says it provides staffing across the U.S. and internationally.