About Carex

When we founded Carex, we had a vision — to completely reinvent the staffing process. At best, staffing can be inefficient and impersonal, and at its worst…well, we’d prefer not to dwell on that. So, we’ve opted for something completely different: building lasting, transparent relationships with both partners and candidates. After all, if we don’t get to know you, we can’t really help you find what you’re looking for.

OUR TEAM

We know staffing because we’ve lived it.

Before we started Carex, we sat on every side of the table — operating as vendors, clients, and consultants. Our past experience has everything to do with the way we do business today. No two candidates — or partner organizations — are the same, so you’re not going to find any cookie-cutters here.

What you will find? A group of hiring experts, who go above and beyond to understand the people, skills, and personalities needed for a specific project, role, or fit within a company.

HERE’S WHAT WE BELIEVE

Our Guiding Principles

Care

Careers and great teams need to be nurtured in order to grow — so we treat your career path or hiring needs like they’re our own, ensuring you always feel supported by our team. We also care for our city by working with several local nonprofits to make Madison is a great place for everyone to live, work, and play.

Be Real

Transparency is the name of the game at Carex. If you’re a candidate, that means you know what we know. Those recruiters who submit your resume to a company and you never hear from them again? Yeah, that’s not us. We do the same for partners — keeping you in the know about our candidate pipeline and being candid about what we’re seeing in the market.

Have Fun

We spend a LOT of our time working. If you can’t have fun, what’s the point? We take a lot of pride in helping people build their careers — and helping companies build talented teams — so we always take the time to celebrate wins together as a team. (We just might have a wheel that we spin for prizes at the office.)

HELPING COMPANIES BUILD MORE DIVERSE WORKFORCES

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

As a female- and minority-owned company, we know DEI is more than policies, programs, headcounts, and conversations—it’s how companies respect the unique needs, perspectives, and potential of all team members. And, it starts with a company’s hiring process.

Click below to learn more about our commitment to DEI and download our whitepaper on Promoting DEI in Job Descriptions.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DEI

FROM GLASSDOOR

“Progressive Caring Atmosphere”

“I was referred to Carex via a job opportunity I was pursuing. The whole Carex team has been very responsive and they clearly go out of their way to be a hands-on and personal company, with both their contract employees and staff. Their main office is located in a budding tech hub in downtown Madison, connecting them with progressive startups as well as larger corporate players in the area.”

VISIT GLASSDOOR PROFILE

HI, WE’RE CAREX.

Meet Our Team

STEM advocate & people connector, enthusiast of backpacking, National Parks and nature, decent DIYer, family fanatic.

Ginger Auchter

Director of Scientific Talent

Mom to rambunctious boys, Hazy IPA fiend, known to spontaneously handstand.

Theresa Balsiger

Vice President of Recruiting

Massachusetts native. Outdoors enthusiast. If I’m not reading a book, I’m probably planning out my next adventure!

Sophie DeRepentigny

Scientific Recruiter

Stairs > Elevators. College sports > pros. Life > social media. History books > everything else.

Matt Duffy

Vice President of Partner Success

Weight-lifting enthusiast, dog training amateur, and year-round iced coffee drinker. Lifelong Midwesterner with a love of international travel.

Andie Dumond

Scientific Recruiter

Prioritizer of family, fun, and adventure. Dreamer/curator of curiosity and creativity. Finder of reasons to laugh every day.

Jen Emmons

Sourcing Strategist

New York Rangers #1 Fan (like really, I have the contest title to prove it) and Real Housewives stan. Happiest with my people, red wine, and a jigsaw puzzle.

Becky Hines

Engineering Recruiter

Cheese curds aficionado (and I mean deep-fried), paper planner, to-do list maker kind of gal, super mom, and advocate of Taco Tuesday every night of the week.

Joy Kurber

Recruiting, Team Lead

Fun-loving father, underperforming fisherman, and indefatigable connector of people.

Casey Liakos

President

Proud Mama. Cheese and wine enthusiast. Gemini homebody with a hint of wanderlust.

Lydia Lightfoot

Technical Recruiting, Team Lead

Wanderlust spirit mama seeking the perfect balance between running and tacos, pairs well with sand and humidity.

Jenny Medeke

Sourcing Strategist

Fan of all things Wisconsin sports. Most likely either enjoying pitchers at the union or playing soccer.

Andree Mendoza

Technical Recruiter

Wisconsin born and raised. Mom to two girls. Lover of travel, food and family time.

Erin Mosleth

Sourcing Strategist

Adventure seeker. Book addict. Video game lover. Unofficial curly hair product tester.

Erin Mowbray

Marketing Specialist

Entrepreneur. Connector. Proud Working Mom. Dog Lover.

Rachel Neill

CEO

Founder with a high proclivity towards dad jokes. Headphone aficionado and all-around ‘gadget guy’.

Bill Neill

COO

Caffeine lover, Yogi, family is #1 (including dogs). Working every day to become a better version of myself.

Stefani Reed

Senior Technical Recruiter

Proud mom of a musician, music lover, and fur baby mama with a serious love of all the java (the coffee kind that is), will try any crafty adventure once!

Wendi Reuter

Senior Technical Recruiter & RecOps Lead

Proud father, beer snob, fitness enthusiast, grill master, Packer backer, and amateur gardener. Seinfeld is the greatest sitcom of all time and it’s not debatable.

Andrew Schroeder

Recruiter

Family-Focused Father. Life-long Learner. Avid world traveler, but Wisco Boy forever.

Jake Siudzinski

Vice President of Partner Growth

Caffeinated Mommy of 2. Community Builder. Your Perpetual Cheerleader. Never Not Talking!

Laura Strickland

Recruiter

Jesus follower. Brazilian. Netflix lover. Work hard, travel harder.

Keittiane Vieira

Operations Specialist

LOVE WHERE YOU LIVE AND WORK

Locally Owned, Locally Operated

We’re a national firm with partners and candidates all over the United States, but our roots are firmly planted in Wisconsin. We’re committed to keeping our region’s highly skilled talent right here in Wisconsin (and we like attracting people to our awesome state as well).

We’re proud of the community in Madison and its thriving business environment — and we’re excited to be part of the city’s robust economic development engine.

DOING OUR PART

Our Community Commitment

“Care. Be Real. Have Fun.” That’s our motto while we’re working, but it’s a big part of who we are outside of work, too. Some of our favorite causes align directly with our company values: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Dane County, YWeb Career Academy, Agrace, Rooted, Gilda’s Club, Madison 365, and more!”

I had a great experience working with Lydia at Carex. She checked in with me regularly to keep me informed about opportunities. She helped me find a great job that gives me a better work/life balance and a more fulfilling experience overall. I cannot recommend Carex enough!

Rachel Witty

Entegral

Software Engineer, Permanent Placement

Carex was amazing to work with! They helped us recruit for a position that they had not normally recruited for before, but were willing to try it. They ended up giving us dynamic, quality candidates that we had a hard time choosing from. We ended up with an amazing employee thanks to their timely and efficient screening and recruiting techniques. I would highly recommend their services!

Carrie O'Dell

Group Health Cooperative

Chief Human Resources Officer

As AprilAire has been growing, we have needed to leverage our talent acquisition resources effectively. Cue Carex Consulting! They found us temporary recruiters who could step in and immediately hit the ground running! Due to their excellent communication, integrity as talent partners, and quick turn around time, we were able to effectively hire extremely talented individuals to join the AprilAire team. Extra shout out to Jake Siudzinski for being so diligent and knowledgeable when partnering with us!

Claudine Baccheschi

AprilAire

Talent Acquisition Manager

Theresa at Carex worked hard to find me the perfect job placement, put me in touch with all the right people, and advocated for me throughout the process. Everyone I’ve worked with so far at Carex has been great, and I feel like they truly care about me and my success. Working with them has been an easy and painless process, with great results! I recommend working with Carex to anyone!

Kelly Bechtold

CUNA Mutual Group

Transformation Lead

Carex has been an absolute pleasure to work with during what can typically be a frustrating and lengthy process. Joy took the time to really get to know me and learn my overall career goals as well as what does and does not motivate me from both a personal and professional perspective to help identify the best fits.

Jim Riffel

findhelp

Senior Customer Success Manager

I worked with Joy on my successful search for a position. She was very easy to work with and responsive as we worked through the process. I appreciate Joy’s professionalism, sincerity, and hard work! I really appreciate the culture that Rachel and her team are creating at Carex. I recommend Carex to anyone seeking employment opportunities and to organizations seeking the perfect candidate.

Mike Kalvin

Exact Sciences

Project Manager

Thank you for all of your help in the job hunting process! From helping me with my resume, discussing current openings and what kind of position I’m looking for, to interview prep – you were there every step of the way! I am so glad I found Carex Consulting Group and I appreciate the work you do! I can’t wait to start my new role!

Cassie

Talavant