Portage Personnel

Portage Personnel is a recognised executive recruitment and professional placement firm with over 50 years of experience in matching the right people to the right opportunities. The company specialises in comprehensive and sophisticated recruitment methods combined with personalised and in-depth assessment techniques to identify key motivators and behaviours essential for hiring the right people, developing employees and supporting great leaders. Whether providing executive recruitment, leadership coaching, professional placements, contract or temporary services, Portage Personnel is dedicated to bringing people and companies together in positive working relationships.

Portage Personnel serves both the public and private sectors with tailored staffing solutions. As a long-standing and pre-qualified preferred supplier to the Government of Canada, the company can place professionals using various contracting vehicles including Temporary Help Services, Task and Solutions Professional Services, Task-Based Informatics Professional Services, ProServices and Sole Source Contracting. In the private sector, Portage Personnel offers permanent placements, temp-to-perm arrangements and temporary placements, going beyond simply collecting resumes to invest time in understanding each applicant's goals, interests and passions.

Based in Ottawa, Ontario, Portage Personnel has established itself as a trusted recruitment partner for professional and executive searches throughout the region. The company differentiates itself by reducing hiring risk, lowering recruitment costs and improving productivity for clients. By acting as a close member of your HR team, Portage Personnel identifies and refers only those candidates who will contribute meaningfully to team performance, helping organisations manage growth and work overload whilst avoiding burnout of full-time employees.