LITAMARIN

Marin County

Albert Gregory

Bay Area

San Rafael

California

The mission of LITA (Love is the Answer) is to improve the quality of life for persons living in skilled nursing, residential care and retirement residence facilities by providing volunteer visitors as one-to-one friends.  LITA promotes friendships that lessen isolation and loneliness.  LITA increases public awareness of the needs of elderly residents of long-term care facilities.

San Anselmo-Fairfax

Larkspur-Corte Madera

Mill Valley

Novato

Contra Costa County

El Cerrito

Pinole-Hercules

Alameda County

Albany

San Francisco

San Francisco County

Fernando Haro

Berkeley

Rockridge

Marin Theatre

From the Mill Valley Historical Society, our 47th Annual Walk Into History is Sunday, May 24.Explore 200 years of habitation and landscape transformation in Mill Valley's baylands with guided tours through the Sycamore area. Discover the story of the Coast Miwoks, the Reed Family Rancho, early farmers, and the post-WWII community on this family-friendly walk.Tickets are $25 for MVHS members, $30 for non-members, and free for those 18 and under. Reserve your place on one of 17 walks between 9 am and 3 pm at mvhistory.org/annual-walk-into-historyIn conjunction with the Walk, kid-oriented activities related to the Walk into History are planned in Sycamore Park from 10 am to 1 pm. This activity is FREE but sign-ups are recommended at mvhistory.org/annual-walk-into-history.

Local Event: Sloughs To Streets: 47th Annual MVHS Walk Into History

Sloughs To Streets: 47th Annual MVHS Walk Into...

From the Mill Valley Historical Society, our 47th Annual Walk Into History is Sunday, May 24.Explore 200 years of habitation...

Sloughs To Streets: 47th Annual MVHS Walk Into History

Deep Improv by Bay Area Playback Theater Through the transformative lens of Playback Theater actors and musicians will bring your true experiences to life using movement, music, metaphor and spoken word. Relationships are vital to our lives; every life is woven from them. They are fun, difficult, amazing, inspiring, satisfying, or challenging. We have people we love, avoid, and put up with. We have them with animals, objects, places, ideas, money, and society. What relationships shaped you, elated you, irritated you, pushed you, made you grow, laugh and cry?

Local Event: Deep Improv - Exploring Stories of Relationships 

Deep Improv - Exploring Stories of Relationships 

Deep Improv by Bay Area Playback Theater Through the transformative lens of Playback Theater actors and musicians will bring...

Join us to experience the joy and power of music. This concert is our middle school and high school intermediate and advanced ensembles. It will feature music by Smetana, Marquez, Glière, Faure, and Beethoven.

Local Event: ELM Spring Concert

ELM Spring Concert

Join us to experience the joy and power of music. This concert is our middle school and high school intermediate and advanced...

If you are searching for a staffing agency in the San Francisco Bay Area, you will find no shortage of options ranging from global staffing giants to boutique local firms. The Bay Area job market spans wildly different communities: San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Silicon Valley, the East Bay, and the North Bay including Marin County and Sonoma County. Each submarket has its own hiring culture, salary norms, and employer base.
Not every staffing agency serves every Bay Area market equally. Some are national chains with Bay Area offices. Some are San Francisco-focused firms with limited reach across the bridge. A select few are genuinely rooted in specific Bay Area communities. This guide breaks down the top staffing firms across the full Bay Area, compares their strengths and limitations, and helps both employers and job seekers find the right partner for their situation.
Quick comparison: Bay Area staffing agencies at a glance
Bay Area Focus Locally rooted Bay Area firm SF / Bay HQ Bay Area headquartered National National chain, Bay Area office Agency Founded Bay Area Presence Temp Staffing Direct Hire Govt / Nonprofit Perfect Timing Personnel Services	1988	Bay Area Focus	Yes	Yes	Yes Nelson Connects	~1970	SF / Bay HQ	Yes	Yes	Limited Certified Employment Group	~1980s	SF / Bay HQ	Yes	Yes	Limited Scion Staffing	2006	SF / Bay HQ	Yes	Yes	Nonprofit McCall Staffing	~1980s	SF / Bay HQ	Yes	Yes	Nonprofit Career Group Companies	~1981	SF / Bay HQ	Yes	Yes	Limited Star Staffing	1995	SF / Bay HQ	Yes	Limited	No Robert Half	1948	National	Yes	Yes	No Insight Global	2001	National	Yes	Yes	No 
Agency-by-agency breakdown
Perfect Timing Personnel Services Best for the San Francisco Bay Area, Locally Owned
San Rafael, CA | Founded 1988 | North Bay HQ
Perfect Timing Personnel Services is the only staffing agency headquartered in San Rafael with a primary focus on the broader Bay Area region. It's been recognized as one of the top Bay Area Staffing firms by the Marin Independent Journal for the past 10+ years. Founded in 1988, the firm has operated continuously in the Bay Area for over 35 years, making it one of the most tenured locally owned staffing companies in the entire Bay Area.
Perfect Timing specializes in temp, temp-to-hire, and direct hire placements across administrative support, accounting, finance, healthcare, government, and nonprofit sectors. The firm holds long-standing institutional contracts with some of the region's most respected employers, including Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (a client since 2011). That kind of deep institutional trust is rare in the staffing industry and speaks directly to the quality and consistency of the firm's placements.
Perfect Timing brings a people-first philosophy to recruiting. Candidates are not treated as transactions. The firm's recruiters build real relationships with both employers and job seekers throughout the Bay Area.
Strengths
<ul><li>35+ years serving Bay Area employers</li><li>Deep government and nonprofit expertise</li><li>Institutional contracts with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</li><li>Community-rooted, boutique firm</li><li>Covers the full Bay Area</li><li>HQ'd in San Rafael</li></ul>
Limitations
<ul><li>Not focused on tech or engineering roles &zwj;</li></ul>
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The Best Staffing Agencies in the San Francisco...

If you are searching for a staffing agency in the San Francisco Bay Area, you will find no shortage of options ranging from global staffing giants...

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