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 community by working with local nonprofits to make sure 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, Inclusion, and Belonging

As a female- and minority-owned company, we know DEI&B 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&B and download our whitepaper on Promoting DEI in Job Descriptions.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DEI&B

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

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

Matt Duffy

CEO

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

Theresa Balsiger

President

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

Bill Neill

COO

Entrepreneur. Connector. Proud Working Mom. Dog Lover.

Rachel Neill

Chairperson of the Board

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

Jake Siudzinski

Vice President of Partner Growth

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

Vice President, Healthtech

Proud Mama. Rivers > Oceans. Gemini homebody with a wild streak.

Lydia Lightfoot

Technical Recruiting, Team Lead

Jesus follower. Brazilian. Board game lover. Work hard, travel harder.

Keitti Halberslaben

Operations Specialist

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

Senior Recruiter, Team Lead

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

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

Erin Mosleth

Healthtech Recruiter

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

Laura Strickland

Partner Success Manager, Northeast Wisconsin

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

Andie Dumond

Recruiter

Most likely to be found on her bike or vespa cruising the neighborhood. Always planning the next family adventure!

Katie Winn

Enterprise Partner Manager

Proud mama & wifey. “Semi-retired” dancer/choreographer. Triple shot espresso anything. Lover of all things summer. Movement is medicine.

Stella Mello

Healthtech Recruiting 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!”

My experience with Carex and Jake, specifically, has been smooth and easy since we began partnering last year. They consistently provide us with high-talent candidates, with a focus on culture, as much as skills.

What has set Carex apart is their philosophy of transparency. They take the time to understand our needs without pressuring us and provide us with all the necessary information to make informed decisions. Their philosophy of open transparency around pricing is as rare among staffing and consulting companies, as it is refreshing. Additionally, their team is responsive and proactive, ensuring that we are completely satisfied with the services provided.

If you’re looking to add talent to your team, without sacrificing culture, I would definitely recommend reaching out to Jake at Carex!

Dan Murphy

Caresyntax

Corporate Recruiter

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

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

I started using Carex for my staff augmentation just earlier this year, and have really transitioned to using them exclusively. I am consistently impressed with the quality of candidates and the speed at which I receive them. They did a great job getting to know me and understanding what I look for, and they’ve hit four home runs for me in the last couple of months. Can’t say enough good stuff about the team.

Nick

VP of Strategy & Project Delivery

We’ve worked with Carex for over six years now. Carex has a great understanding of work culture. They’ve been really great at digging deep, getting to know our startups, our portfolio companies, and what their culture is, then finding the right people they think would be a good fit for those organizations.

Mark Bakken

HealthX Ventures

Managing Partner

As a rapidly scaling startup, Carex found us the high-quality talent we needed to grow our team and fulfill our mission with as little overhead as possible. Their team was a joy to work with, and they were able to be flexible and meet our evolving needs in various stages of our growth. If you’re looking for talented, hard-working people that fit your culture, I highly recommend Carex!

Michael Fenchel

Breathe For Change

Co-Founder & President

Carex has been an incredible partner for us. By taking the time to understand our needs, they were able to develop a creative custom recruitment solution.

Kevin K.

First Choice Dental

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 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

Carex has been much more personable insofar as getting to know me, compared to other staffing firms that feel very corporate and very numbers-oriented. Carex is a normal group of folks…just trying to do a good job, do right by people, and I think it really shows in the interactions you have. I’ve just enjoyed the company. Everyone has been really nice and fun to work with.

Mick Blackwell

Olah, A Verisma Company

Director, Marketing and Partnerships