Essential Personnel
Staffing and Recruiting
Essential Personnel is a staffing and recruiting agency providing temporary and direct hire staffing throughout Nebraska and Iowa. Contact us today.
Is Essential Personnel hiring?
Yes. As of November 4, 2026, Essential Personnel has 56 open roles on Metaintro.
Open roles
Newest first. Pay shown when the posting lists it.
- Industrial Poly TechnicianManufacturingColumbus, Nebraska, United States · $21.50/hrColumbus, Nebraska, United States—$21.50/hr3d ago
- Electrical AssemblerManufacturingColumbus, Nebraska, United States · $21.50/hrColumbus, Nebraska, United States—$21.50/hr3d ago
- Machine OperatorManufacturingLindsay, Nebraska, United States · $18 – $23/hrLindsay, Nebraska, United States—$18 – $23/hr6d ago
- Machine OperatorManufacturingGrand Island, Nebraska, United States · $21 – $22/hrGrand Island, Nebraska, United States—$21 – $22/hr6d ago
- Machine OperatorManufacturingHastings, Nebraska, United States · $20 – $22/hrHastings, Nebraska, United States—$20 – $22/hr6d ago
- WelderManufacturingHastings, Nebraska, United States · $19 – $22/hrHastings, Nebraska, United States—$19 – $22/hr6d ago
- WarehouseTransportation and LogisticsGrand Island, Nebraska, United States · $18 – $28/hrGrand Island, Nebraska, United States—$18 – $28/hr6d ago
- Production WelderManufacturingKearney, Nebraska, United States · $19/hrKearney, Nebraska, United States—$19/hr6d ago
Hiring pattern
How fast Essential Personnel is adding roles, and how they're set up.
New roles each monthRoles first posted in the month
How roles are set upShare of open roles
Customers
All 6 companies Essential Personnel names as customers.
What their customers say
Quotes from people at Essential Personnel's customers.
“One of the best staffing agencies I’ve worked for. Very friendly and caring staff, with great job placement opportunities!”
“I have always get quick responses from their team as well as quality candidates.”
“I had a very good experience as far as issues they always have been resolved in a timely manner. Communication has been great whether it was a good news or bad.”
“Even with today’s staffing crisis, the team does their absolute best to send us candidates and remain positive and understanding. They are helpful in giving updates, and following up with staff as needed. We have a great relationship with this agency and we are happy they work with us.”
“I think the staff at the Essential is amazing they’re always so friendly and happy. They give me good people and we appreciate everything they do for us.”
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“We have used Essential several times for open positions. We are very pleased with the candidates.”
“Even during very extremely difficult staffing shortages and lack of people wanting to work, Essential does the best job one can expect to provide candidates that fit our open positions.”
“Essential Personnel has provided more applicants to me than the other agencies!”
“Essential checks in regularly with us and thinks outside the box when it comes to current candidates, they have available and the positions we have open. They take the time to know our business and the type of applicants needed to fill the roles. We are extremely happy with our relationship.”
“In an incredibly challenging labor market Essential continues to strive to provide candidates and set realistic expectations on both sides of the relationship. We’ve had a few minor hiccups due to staff turnover and the new billing system, but every issue has been resolved in a timely manner. I appreciate all that the team has […]”
Skills they ask for
Most frequent across open postings.
Most requested skills
- Blueprint reading
- Forklift operation
- Safety compliance
- Attention to detail
- Customer service
- Material handling
- Communication
- Quality inspection
- Hand tools
- Machine operation
- Troubleshooting
- Independent work
Tech stack
- CMS
- WordPress
- HubSpot CMS
- Analytics
- Google Analytics
- Google Analytics 4
- Google Tag Manager
- Segment
- Libraries
- jQuery
- Font Awesome
- Swiper
Company facts
- Founded
- 2007
- Industry
- Staffing and Recruiting
- Sector (NAICS)
- Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
- Peer
- StaffDNA
- Website
- essentialpersonnel.com
Roles by location
Where Essential Personnel is hiring. Pick a city to see its roles.
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Companies in the same industry as Essential Personnel that are hiring now.
Questions about Essential Personnel
- Is Essential Personnel hiring?
- Yes. As of November 4, 2026, Essential Personnel has 56 open roles on Metaintro. The most are in Manufacturing (31), Transportation and Logistics (8), and Operations Management (4).
- Where is Essential Personnel hiring?
- Essential Personnel is hiring in Grand Island, Columbus, Hastings, Lindsay, Kearney, and Holdrege, with the most open roles in Grand Island.
- Who are Essential Personnel's customers?
- Essential Personnel names 6 customers, including Cat, James, Mike, Majorie, and Marilyn.
- What skills does Essential Personnel look for?
- Its open roles most often ask for Blueprint reading, Forklift operation, Safety compliance, Attention to detail, and Customer service.