Kforce is a publicly traded technology and professional staffing firm. 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 | Kforce |
|---|---|---|
| Ownership | Co-founded in 2017 by Steven Perlman and Matt Hall. Co-founder led. | Publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker KFRC. source |
| Where the work is done | Exclusively onshore: every candidate is based in the United States, and every recruiter is US-based. | Kforce established an offshore delivery capability in Pune, India, which began supporting US client engagements in January 2025. 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 Kforce's site. |
Kforce's strength is scale and stability. As a public company, it can staff large programs and offers offshore delivery where a client wants it.
Syfter's strength is certainty about who you are hiring and where they are. Every candidate is verified for identity, location and live presence before the resume reaches you, and every candidate is in the United States. Syfter's office is at 315 Madison Avenue in Manhattan.
Bottom line
Choose Kforce for large programs where offshore delivery is acceptable. Choose Syfter when onshore is a requirement and you want every candidate verified before submission.