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Old State Staffing is run by an award-winning team of family office, operations and recruiting professionals specializing in sourcing the exceptional talent required to run a successful household. 

Whether you’re hiring a Housekeeper, a Private Chef, or any position in-between, we’ll connect you with vetted candidates who embody our core values of professionalism, responsibility and integrity.

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Old State Staffing was founded by small team of family office directors who saw firsthand the challenges families faced when hiring. Too often, families relied on personal networks, spoke with only a handful of candidates over months or years, and ultimately settled for whoever was available—not the best fit.

 

The problem? Private employers in the Greater Washington Region had limited access to professional hiring resources, and were forced to either navigate the process alone, or work with a firm that didn’t understand their needs. We knew there was a better way.

 

After building and managing one of the largest family offices on the East Coast, we expanded—laying the groundwork for an agency that would connect families directly to family office professionals, provide access to enterprise-level tools once reserve for only the largest family offices, and shine a light on an industry that has often operated in a “gray area” due to a lack of comprehensive resources. An agency that wouldn’t just embrace change, but one that would lead the charge. And to do it for an affordable price.

 

And so, Old State Staffing was born—and we haven’t looked back since.

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A Few Happy Clients

They’ve always been available for us with questions about comp, professional development, payroll companies and everything in-between. It’s so nice to have a resource like that in this business. 12 out of 10 stars.

Angela
Baltimore MD

Each time we work together it gets better! As always, we had a hard time deciding who to hire, but ultimately with (a good amount) of coaching, we made the right choice. The whole team was saying the other day how much each of us loved working with you. So on behalf of Team Powell, THANK YOU!

Michelle
Charlottesville VA

I was introduced to Old State Staffing through a work colleague and was very impressed by their professional and friendly approach. I can recommend them without hesitation to anyone looking for personalized hiring support.

Jim
Reston VA
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The world is spinning faster every day.

Employment has changed drastically the past few years—how we work, the type of work we do, and even where we work. Yet, while the world adapts, solutions for hiring private staff seem to be stuck in the past.

 

At Old State Staffing, we believe the status quo is not enough, and that those who decide now is the time to settle will be left behind. In the face of great change, tinkering around the edges simply won’t do. Since Day 1, our approach has been built on four key principles:

1. Developing A Quality Product

We’ve built Old State Staffing from the ground up, implementing the same cutting-edge recruiting tools used by the nation’s largest family offices. Historically inaccessible to smaller clients, these tools improve the tracking and management of talent, utilize machine learning for smarter searches, and intuitively compare compensation and qualification benchmarks both regionally and nationally. This allows us to find and match families with the best candidates quicker and more efficiently than ever before.

2. Building A Great Team

We knew from the start that our team would be our greatest differentiator. That’s because our agency is composed entirely of family office professionals who know what exceptional candidates look like; because we’ve applied to, managed, and hired for each of those positions ourselves.

3. Creating Meaningful Relationships

Building and maintaining relationships is important today, more than ever before. We place immense value on our relationships, not just with our clients, but our candidates, and the community at large. We spent our “pandemic years” building partnerships with local universities, to open the doors of private staffing to recent college graduates in the most educated metropolitan area in the world.

4. Refusing To Settle

Change is inevitable, yet private staffing has historically lagged in both hiring and employment standards. We’ve always been disruptors, first to adopt AI and machine learning—ensuring smarter, faster, more accurate matches for our clients.


We know that choosing an agency is a personal decision, and we’re honored for the time you have spent considering us as a partner in your search. If you haven’t spoken to us yet, let me be the first to say that we can’t wait to introduce you to our contacts, to guide you through the hiring process, and to introduce you to the perfect candidate. We know the stakes are high, but so are the rewards. With Old State Staffing you’ll be empowered to make informed, meaningful hiring decisions, so you can continue to thrive in a world that’s spinning faster every day.

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Adam Cook
Founder & Managing Director

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