Insight Global is one of the largest staffing companies in the United States. Syfter is an exclusively onshore technology staffing firm that verifies every candidate before submission. This page compares the two for New York City employers.
| Dimension | Syfter | Insight Global |
|---|---|---|
| Scale | Focused firm, co-founder led. Office at 315 Madison Avenue in Manhattan. | More than 60,000 placements a year and more than 800 Fortune 1000 clients. source |
| Ownership | Co-founded in 2017 by Steven Perlman and Matt Hall. | Backed by private equity owner Harvest Partners. source |
| Where the work is done | Exclusively onshore: every candidate is based in the United States, and every recruiter is US-based. | Offices throughout the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. source |
| Candidate verification | Every candidate completes the Syfter Certified five-point verification protocol before submission and arrives with a signed Trust Guarantee and a timestamped Certificate of Completion. | We did not find a published candidate identity verification protocol on Insight Global's site. |
| Guarantee | 90-day placement guarantee with re-engagement at no additional cost. | Insight Global says its direct placement guarantee period is tailored to each client. source |
Insight Global's strength is volume. It places tens of thousands of people a year across many roles and industries, which suits companies with large, recurring hiring needs.
Syfter's strength is certainty about who you are hiring and where they are. Every candidate's identity, location and live presence is confirmed before the resume reaches you, and every candidate is in the United States.
Bottom line
Choose Insight Global when you need high volume across many roles. Choose Syfter when onshore is a requirement and you want every technology candidate verified before submission.