Who We Are
About LINK Staffing: Light-Industrial and Skilled-Labor Staffing Since 1980
LINK Staffing is a Texas staffing company founded in 1980, specializing in light-industrial and skilled-labor staffing across Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. A WBENC-certified Women's Business Enterprise, LINK delivers competent, dependable talent through its company-owned Texas offices, led by President and CEO Kathryn Mujezinovic.
What We Do
Light-Industrial and Skilled-Labor Staffing
LINK specializes in light-industrial and skilled-labor staffing for warehouse, manufacturing, logistics, and skilled-trades roles. Direct-hire and professional placement are available as a distinct service line.
Employers work with LINK across a full range of staffing services for employers: temporary staffing, temp-to-hire, direct hire, LINK On-Site workforce management, and payrolling. We serve companies through our staffing agency in Houston and our staffing agency in Dallas-Fort Worth. Four branch offices hire candidates in person and handle temporary and temp-to-hire staffing: Houston East, Houston North, and Houston West across Greater Houston, and Irving DFW across Dallas-Fort Worth. The Houston corporate office supports those branches and handles direct hire and professional placement only. Direct hire recruiting runs as its own clearly labeled service line for professional and skilled placements.
The Short Version
LINK Staffing Today
The current record, in one place.
- Company
- LINK Staffing Services
- Founded
- 1980, in Houston, Texas
- Founders
- Bill and Karen Pitts, both active advisors to the company
- Ownership
- Family-owned and second-generation led. A WBENC-certified Women's Business Enterprise.
- President and CEO
- Kathryn Mujezinovic
- Corporate office
- 1800 Bering Drive, Suite 800, Houston, TX 77057
- Specialties
- Light-industrial and skilled-labor staffing for warehouse, manufacturing, logistics, and skilled-trades roles. Direct hire and professional placement run as a distinct service line.
- Areas served
- Greater Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, and communities across Texas. See LINK Staffing locations in Texas.
- Structure
- Every LINK office is company-owned. LINK sold its former franchised operations in 2021.
- Website
- linkstaffing.com
What Sets LINK Apart
Credentials and Programs Built Over Decades.
Verified credentials, named programs, and employer and job seeker testimonials.
WBENC-Certified Women's Business Enterprise
Independently verified by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council, which requires confirmation of at least 51 percent women ownership, operation, and control. Qualifying clients can count LINK spend toward supplier diversity goals.
9-Step Employee Selection System℠
LINK's structured, multi-point screening process covering work history, job readiness, attendance reliability, and fit for the specific employer environment. See how the 9-Step system works.
LINK 360° Safe Environment Program℠
Safety built into the placement process itself: site safety tours, hazard identification, and safety support for active placements. Explore the Safe Environment Program.
LOPE® Evaluation
The LINK Occupational Pre-Employment Evaluation® screens workplace attitude and behavioral fit before placement. We screen for fit, not just availability.
Scholarship and Veteran Hiring
The LINK Staffing Scholarship supports students annually in the communities where LINK operates. Meet the 2025 to 2026 scholarship recipients. LINK also maintains LINKCORPS™, its named veteran hiring initiative.
Family-Owned Since 1980
Founded by Bill and Karen Pitts, led today by second-generation President and CEO Kathryn Mujezinovic, with the founders as active advisors. Local ownership, local accountability.
Recognition
Certifications and awards LINK has received, each named with the organization that issued it. Recognition from the franchise era appears in the historical timeline below.
WBENC-Certified Women's Business EnterpriseWomen's Business Enterprise National Council
Top 100 Private CompaniesHouston Business Journal
Family-Owned Business Awards, 2023 honoreeHouston Business Journal
Our Story
It Started With Two People and a Simple Idea.
In 1976, Karen Pitts founded Houston Medical Personnel Services, placing nurses and allied health professionals in Houston-area healthcare facilities. The operation was small. The principle behind it was simple: treat every person with dignity and respect, and connect employers with people who are genuinely ready to do the work.
By 1980, Houston's industrial economy was surging. The energy boom was in full force. The Ship Channel was busy, and manufacturers across the metro needed workers they could count on. Bill and Karen Pitts opened LINK Staffing Services that year and went all-in on industrial staffing in Houston. That decision shaped the LINK that exists today.
The industries LINK serves have changed since then. Energy has moved through boom and bust. Manufacturing has reshored. Logistics has transformed. Through those shifts, LINK has stayed committed to quality placements and treating people with respect.
Leadership
Family-Founded. Second-Generation Led.
Kathryn Mujezinovic serves as President and CEO of LINK Staffing Services. She joined the company in 2006 as a Business Development Manager in sales. She moved through branch management and operations, learning how LINK's offices work from the inside out, before becoming President and CEO in 2021. Read about Kathryn's 20-year journey at LINK.
Founders Bill and Karen Pitts remain active advisors to the company they built. In 2012, Karen Pitts was inducted into the American Staffing Association's Leadership Hall of Fame, the association's highest individual recognition for careers that have shaped the profession. Read about Karen Pitts' ASA Hall of Fame induction.
Our History
Economic Cycles. Market Shifts. Still Here.
More than 45 years in staffing is a track record built through decades of economic change in Houston.
The roots
Karen Pitts founds Houston Medical Personnel Services, placing nurses and allied health professionals across Houston.
LINK is founded
Bill and Karen Pitts open LINK Staffing Services in Houston as the energy boom drives industrial demand across the metro.
All-in on industrial staffing
The Pitts sell the medical personnel business and commit entirely to industrial staffing in Houston.
Houston's recession tests everyone
Many staffing firms close. LINK holds its standards, keeps operating, and acquires another Houston staffing company's business, growing through the downturn.
Skilled trades begins
LINK builds a dedicated skilled trades division, decades before most staffing firms treated the trades as a specialty.
The franchise era
LINK grows a franchise network across Texas and beyond, and builds the formal training, assessment, and risk management systems that became the foundation of the 9-Step Employee Selection System℠.
Recognition earned during the franchise era.
The service model broadens
Administrative, clerical, and direct hire capabilities join the industrial core.
Kathryn joins LINK
Kathryn Mujezinovic starts in sales as a Business Development Manager, the beginning of the second generation.
Karen Pitts, ASA Leadership Hall of Fame
The American Staffing Association's highest individual recognition.
Hurricane Harvey
LINK supports the recovery, placing workers in cleanup, reconstruction, and industrial restoration roles as Houston rebuilds.
A deliberate turn
LINK sells its franchised operations, a network of 35 offices across nine states, to HireQuest, Inc. and refocuses on its company-owned Texas offices. That same year, Kathryn Mujezinovic becomes President and CEO. Together, the sale and succession mark LINK's choice: depth over breadth, with the next generation leading its company-owned Texas operations.
Built for what Texas builds next
Reshored manufacturing, data centers, renewable energy, Gulf Coast industrial investment, and North Texas distribution growth keep creating demand for the industrial talent LINK has placed since 1980. LINK serves employers across Greater Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth from company-owned Texas offices.
What Guides Us
Four Values Since 1980.
These are the operating principles Bill and Karen Pitts set when they started placing workers. The words have stayed consistent because the work still demands the same standards.
Treat every person with dignity and respect.
It applies equally to a warehouse associate and a vice president of operations. It applies to the client of 20 years and the employer calling for the first time. LINK does not process applicants. It places people.
Meet and exceed our clients' expectations.
The difference between filling a seat and solving a workforce problem is whether the people making placements are invested in the outcome. The 9-Step Employee Selection System℠, LOPE® evaluation, and 360° site safety tours are what that commitment looks like in practice.
Remain committed to continual improvement.
None of LINK's screening programs existed on day one. Each grew from years of learning why placements fail and building processes to reduce those failures.
Do what is right regardless of circumstances.
Through the 1983 recession, the energy busts, and Harvey, LINK held its standards ahead of short-term wins. Doing what is right can take longer and cost more. It is part of why LINK is still here.
The LINK Philosophy
The "i" in LINK Is a Person.
When LINK's wordmark was designed, the "i" was drawn as a person, a human figure at the center of the brand. That design reflects what staffing should be: a process built around individual people.
It represents workers who show up reliably, stay through an assignment, and earn permanent offers. It also represents hiring managers who trust LINK to send people they can count on.
Competent, Dependable Talent. Delivered.
Focus Areas
Staffing Across the Industries That Build Texas.
LINK places temp, temp-to-hire, and direct hire talent across six industries. Light-industrial work leads; professional placement runs as its own clearly labeled lane.
Questions
About LINK Staffing: Quick Answers
Who owns LINK Staffing?
LINK Staffing Services is a family-owned Texas staffing company. It was founded by Bill and Karen Pitts, who remain active advisors, and is led today by second-generation President and CEO Kathryn Mujezinovic. LINK is a WBENC-certified Women's Business Enterprise.
When was LINK Staffing founded?
LINK Staffing Services was founded in Houston, Texas in 1980 by Bill and Karen Pitts, and has operated continuously for more than 45 years.
Is LINK Staffing a franchise?
No. Every LINK office today is company-owned. LINK grew a franchise network in earlier decades and sold those franchised operations, 35 offices across nine states, to HireQuest, Inc. in 2021. Since then LINK has focused on its company-owned Texas offices.
What does LINK Staffing specialize in?
LINK specializes in light-industrial and skilled-labor staffing for warehouse, manufacturing, logistics, and skilled-trades roles. Direct-hire and professional placement are available as a distinct service line.
Where are LINK Staffing's offices?
LINK's Texas offices are Houston Corporate, Houston East, Houston North, Houston West, and Irving DFW. The four branch offices handle temporary and temp-to-hire staffing across Greater Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, and the Houston corporate office supports them and handles direct hire and professional placement.
Is LINK Staffing WBENC-certified?
Yes. LINK is a certified Women's Business Enterprise, independently verified by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council, and qualifying clients can count LINK spend toward supplier diversity programs.
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What People Say About
“My experience with Diana Peterson-Ratay and Manny Garcia at LINK Staffing Services has been friendly, courteous and professional. It has been a genuine pleasure dealing with them. I would recommend this LINK Staffing Services location and these representatives to any job seeker looking for temporary, or temporary leading to permanent employment.”
“Our company is currently utilizing LINK Staffing Services for daily warehouse support. The relationship between LINK Staffing and the warehouse has been nothing less than exceptional for the past 2 years. The quality of the support they have provided has allowed our warehouse to continue to operate efficiently and meet the expectations of our customers.”
“I needed a Part-time position that wouldn’t interfere with my duties as a Mom. I had been unable to convince any employers to hire me for Part-time, primarily because I do have a Professional Masters Degree. While I am proud of the degree, it no longer fits my priorities in life and career. Within 5 minutes of applying for a job, I was called by LINK. By that evening I was already in the interview process. I have no idea how LINK was able to glean from my resume EXACTLY how suitable I was for this position, and it for me. For every step in the process the manager and the staff at LINK, took a personal interest in my success and in meeting the desires of the employer. There may be many staffing services out there, but I can’t begin to imagine any other so warm, competent, and efficient. I have already begun recommending them to my friends and family. No words can express the relief of being placed where I am a good fit.”
“LINK Staffing Services makes me feel like part of the family. I don’t feel like just another Field Staff employee. Every time I make an appearance at LINK Staffing, I am greeted with a friendly smile and a hello from the office staff members. LINK Staffing is always very prompt in handling any requests or issues. They are very expeditious with my payroll and I was amazed with the different options they offer for receiving my payroll. I have recommended LINK Staffing Services to my family and friends and will continue to do so. Thank you LINK Staffing Services!”
“Great customer service & phone availability across the entire staff. A staffing service that truly understands the needs of our operation, and is willing to meet those challenges. With weekly visits from other staffing services, we have used LINK exclusively for the past 3 years.”
“What I like best about LINK Staffing is that they keep you busy with work and also the friendly work environment that they provide for you.”