Placers

Specialties

Placers is a top Delaware temp agency — helping customers build and manage contingent workforce solutions. Our temporary staffing services take your contract, contract-​to-​hire temporary staffing or direct hire staffing a step further, helping you see those individual contractor hires as part of the big picture of your people plan.

Our flexible staffing services help customers manage their temporary workforce strategies.

History

Established in 2011.

Alan Burkhard founded The Placers in 1971. At the age of 26, Alan realized that he had the same entrepreneurial DNA as his father and grandfather, and knew he did not want to work for anyone else. After identifying a gap in the market, he founded The Placers and ran the staffing company on the principle of providing superior customer service — both internally and externally. This simple principle would grow into the company culture known as Outside-​In and practiced at Placers today.

Placers led the staffing industry for 26 years. The entrepreneurial organization grew to operate out of 20 plus office locations and multiple on-​site offices managing thousands of temps and contractors. The company staffed organizations across a variety of industries including banking, pharmaceuticals, manufacturing, IT, and office services.

Alan’s son Chris Burkhard became a fourth generation entrepreneur taking what he learned from working under his father’s leadership to start his own recruiting compan

Meet the Business Owner

Chris B.

Business Owner

Chris Burkhard is a 4^th generation entrepreneur. He is a husband, a father, and an avid outdoorsman. Within each of these roles, he continues to emerge as an effective mentor and coach. He is a proven leader, lecturer, and expert on building sustainable organizations through the distinctive Outside-​In® culture.

In 2001, Chris founded CBI Group, a recruitment solutions company. True to the Outside-​In® way, CBI adapts and evolves their solutions in response to customer needs. CBI Group has partnered with Barton Career Advisors and relaunched the Placers brand to offer outplacement and staffing services to better serve their customers. As President, Chris leads by a strategic, customer and culture-​centric example.

Every week, Chris shares his insights on The Outside-​In® Guy Blog, which focuses on entrepreneurship, company culture, and the staffing industry. Chris is also an advocate of the practices outlined in «Mastering the Rockefeller Habits», a best selling bu