NSC is your trusted partner in the skilled labor and traveling craftsman industries. Our goal is to empower your success by helping you hire the right person, build the right team, or find the right job.
With decades of experience and strong connections with respected companies on your side, you’ll gain access to exclusive opportunities, expert guidance, and a supportive community that will elevate your organization or your career to new heights.
NSC is Born
NSC was founded by Paul Rodriguez, the current Founder & Chairman of the Board, marking the beginning of a journey dedicated to excellence in staffing solutions.
Strategic Recapitalization With White Wolf Capital
White Wolf Capital’s recapitalization reinforced our position as the trusted supplier of top-tier talent to the marine, energy, and industrial sectors. Together, we set our sights higher.
NSC Acquires Superior Resource Group
NSC made its first strategic acquisition of Superior Resource Group in June 2017, allowing us to spread our wings into engineering and skilled trades staffing while fortifying our presence across key geographies.
NSC Acquires Nationwide Temporaries
With the acquisition of Nationwide Temporaries, NSC gained a blue-chip customer base and a gateway to the Western US with a newfound presence in Colorado.
NSC Acquires Caribbean Manpower Solutions, ULG Companies, Staffing Resources, and Staff Matters
2019 was a big year for NSC with the acquisitions of Caribbean Manpower Solutions, ULG Companies, Staffing Resources, and Staff Matters. By adding these organizations under the NSC umbrella, we were able to inherit our proprietary training facility in Puerto Rico, add defense services to our offerings, and solidified our position as industry leaders and an all-n-one staffing solutions provider for the skilled trades industry.
NSC Acquires Anistar Technologies
We started a new decade strong by acquiring Anistar Technologies. This brought us a blue-chip customer base in naval defense, expanded our professional and technical offerings, and elevated our capabilities to better serve federal and defense sectors.
Leveling Up as the Skilled Staffing Experts
Within just 18 months, our leadership underwent significant changes. Todd Oken took the helm as CFO in June 2021 with a laser-focused plan for strategic growth. Then, in December 2022, we welcomed John Gulnac as CEO, further reinforcing our commitment to visionary leadership. In January 2023, Lindsay Kedy joined forces with NSC bringing over a decade of business and financial expertise to our leadership team as SVP of Sales Operations. These leadership changes helped build our reputation as the Skilled Staffing Experts we are today.
NSC Acquires Shipyard Staffing
November 2023 marked the expansion of our reach with the acquisition of Shipyard Staffing. This strategic move opened doors to public yards, including NNSY & PNSY, and strengthened our relationships that demand the highest levels of security clearance.
A New NSC Emerges
Discover NSC, The Skilled Staffing Experts, your national leader in recruitment and placement services. Our mission is to provide safe and high-performing skilled labor solutions, ensuring success for all. NSC’s core values of expertise, responsiveness, transparency, ethics, safety, and continuous upskilling drive our exceptional talent and customized solutions, designed to exceed expectations and redefine industry standards.
When it comes to meeting your staffing or career needs, we put the things that matter most to you at the heart of everything we do.
We share our knowledge, skills and experience to deliver exceptional service. Our ranks are stacked with seasoned professionals who know our industries inside and out.
We aim to exceed expectations with prompt and clear communication. If we don’t know the answer immediately, we gladly follow up.
We build trust with our clients and candidates by telling the whole truth so that we can make informed decisions together.
We consistently fulfill our commitments and are readily available to our clients and candidates. We do what we say we’ll do and hold ourselves accountable for your success.
We prioritize the wellbeing and safety of our employees. We choose to work with those who believe a respectful work environment is both a fundamental right and the right thing to do.
We invest in people. We get to know our talent community and provide opportunities for learning, growth, and career development.
We support the greater good by acting in the best interests of our communities. We continuously strive to make our impact a positive one.
NSC evaluates every marine candidate for trade proficiency, verified shipyard or offshore experience, and readiness for regulated coastal and offshore settings, while also screening for safety and compliance under its NSC Safe Program. NSC aligns capability with operational tempo, supporting short‑notice outage work, phased yard projects, and sustained workforce programs across multiple yards and assets. By assuming responsibility for screening, credential authentication, documentation, payroll, and compliance, NSC helps employers bring in workers who match both the technical and behavioral expectations of demanding marine environments.
Shipyards, dry docks, and offshore assets operate very differently from general industrial sites. Confined spaces, elevation work, vessel movements, weather exposure, and close coordination across trades are common. Workers with prior marine experience typically ramp up faster, require less close supervision to work safely, and are better prepared to handle the pace and procedural demands of outage windows, refits, and offshore campaigns.
Marine employers should prioritize a mix of hard and soft skills. Key factors include verified trade proficiency (for example, welding, shipfitting, pipefitting, marine electrical), prior shipyard or offshore experience, strong safety awareness in high risk environments, the ability to follow procedures and standards, adaptability to changing conditions, clear communication and teamwork, physical and mental stamina, reliable attendance, respect for regulated and high scrutiny settings, and professional conduct that reflects well on the yard and client.
STAFFING FOR SKILLED TRADES | SKILLED TRADES STAFFING | CONSTRUCTION STAFFING
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