Corporate History

Corporate History

The Nelson History

Since 1970, Nelson has been providing staffing solutions to California businesses. From its first office in San Rafael, Nelson expanded quickly, opening its second office in San Francisco a year later.

In the early 1980s, when economic and business conditions began to shift, companies started to recognize the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of a contingent workforce. It was then that Nelson made a fundamental change in its business strategy, moving from executive search to temporary placement and expanding its presence by opening offices from Monterey to Santa Rosa to Sacramento. When the temporary placement services industry began to explode later in the decade, Nelson was poised and ready to meet the burgeoning need of companies seeking high-quality temporary employees.

Today, Nelson has clients located throughout the greater Bay Area and Sacramento Valley, one of the most dynamic and diverse economic corridors in the nation. Nelson clients include start-up, emerging and mature companies,

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