About Us

Recruiting Experts

Unlocking Opportunities:  Empowering Job Seekers and Building Strong Teams

Welcome to Vest Professional Placement Firm, LLC., your trusted and independent WBE-certified employment agency.

At Vest Professional Placement, we offer comprehensive employment solutions tailored to your needs. Our services include temporary positions, temporary-to-hire opportunities, contract assignments, and direct-hire placements.

We take pride in making a positive impact on people’s lives every single day. Whether it’s matching a candidate with their dream job or assisting a company in finding the ideal employee, we genuinely enjoy helping individuals and businesses thrive.

With a solid track record since our establishment in 2012, Vest Professional Placement has been successfully bridging the gap between job seekers and employers, ensuring mutually beneficial connections

“Our greatest success is when both the employer and the applicant find a relationship that truly fits.” – Vicki Vest

 

Hello! Meet The Team

Vicki Vest

Vicki Vest

Founder & CEO

Vest Professional Placement has been helping connect job seekers with employers since 2012.

Vicki Vest, founder, and CEO is a problem solver.  She understands business and people and does what she can to find a solution.  Her career began in 1995, as a team member of a temporary employment agency. The ability to help associates find work and partnering with all types of companies to solve their staffing problems was her dream job.

In 2012 she started her own company, Vest Professional Placement, and has changed the lives of thousands by offering them the job best for them.

Our greatest success is when both the employer and the applicant find a relationship that truly fits.” – Vicki Vest

 

 

 

Buffie Reed

Buffie Reed

Director of Operations

Buffie Reed, Director of Operations at Vest Professional Placement, brings over 10 years of expertise in recruiting, managing, and counseling staff across diverse industries. With a proven track record of building high-performing teams and delivering exceptional talent solutions, Buffie is known for her ability to recruit top candidates and optimize operations for success. Her hands-on experience in running a business for five years before joining Vest has equipped her with the insight to address the challenges of business management, making her a key asset in driving operational excellence and client satisfaction at our agency.

 

 

Luke Whittaker

Luke Whittaker

Senior Recruiter

Luke joined our team in 2020.  With his 7 years of sales and management he is a dynamic part of our team!  He has a unique way of connecting with job seekers to match them to a job where they can excel.

 

 

Adriana

Adriana

Bi-Lingual Recruiter

Adriana has been a wonderful asset to our team!  With her help she has allowed us to reach out to more job seekers with her Bi-lingual skills (English-Spanish).

She loves to make a difference in peoples lives and gets to do this every day.

 

 

Stefany

Stefany

Bi-Lingual Recruiter

Stefany, one of our Bi-Lingual Recruiters, truly enjoys helping others so recruiting is a perfect position for her because she gets to make a difference in not only our clients’ lives but in candidates lives as well.

 

 

Angel

Angel

Bi-Lingual Recruiter

Angel, our newest Bi-Lingual Recruiter, is a perfect addition to our office.  With his warehouse and manufacturing experience it makes him the perfect fit to recruit for our industrial positions.

 

 

Connecting People for Over 25 Years.

Connecting People for Over 25 Years.

What We Do

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12626 E US Hwy 40,
Independence, MO 64055

Monday-Friday 8:00am - 5:00pm (excluding Holidays)

Email us: Recruiters@VestPros.com

Call us: 816-282-6288

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