The LaSalle Network

The LaSalle Network is a staffing and recruiting company based in Chicago, Illinois that provides project, project-to-hire and direct-hire employment solutions in the areas of accounting & finance, human resources, office services and executive search. The company was established in 1998 by Tom Gimbel. It now has four offices, 60 employees and $15 million in annual sales. The LaSalle Network’s four offices are located in Chicago, Oak Brook, Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates. [”A Stand-Up Guy.” Fortune Small Business. July/August 2007. 79.]

To date, The LaSalle Network has made more than 9,000 placements at more than 900 clients, and with an annual growth rate of 35 percent since 2001, The LaSalle Network is one of Chicago’s fastest growing staffing and recruiting firms. [Augustson, Shawn. “Graduates Face Generation Gap.” College Recruiter. 4 May 2007. http://www.collegerecruiter.com/career-counselors/archives/2007/05/graduates_face_generation_gap.php]

History

In 1998, Tom Gimbel left his employer to start the first Chicago firm to offer employment solutions to the accounting and finance world. With only $1,000, four employees and less than 1,200 square feet of office space, Gimbel opened The LaSalle Network’s first office.

Within the first year of business, The LaSalle Network reached sales of $1 million, and by the second year hit sales of $3 million.

The recession during the early 2000s hit the staffing and recruiting industry hard, but The LaSalle Network doubled its placements and added staff. In 2001, The LaSalle Network introduced its office services unit. The same year, The LaSalle Network experienced annual growth of 35 percent, and was ranked in Dun & Bradstreet and Entrepreneur Magazine’s “Hot 100: Fastest-Growing New Businesses in America.” [”Some Like It Hot: Hot 100.” Entrepreneur. June 2001. 82-85. ]

The LaSalle Network opened its second office in Schaumburg in 2002, which was followed by the opening of its Oak Brook office in 2004. By 2005, The LaSalle Network had completed its fourth consecutive year of 35 percent annual growth and opened its first client on-site location in Hoffman Estates.

In 2007, The LaSalle Network was listed on Inc. 5000, and its CEO, Tom Gimbel, was nominated for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. The LaSalle Network also announced plans to open three more offices in late 2007 and early 2008 in Tinley Park, Gurnee and Evanston.

Business units

The LaSalle Network has four main lines of business:
*Accounting & Finance
*Office Services
*Human Resources
*Executive Search

The LaSalle Network plans on opening an IT unit in mid-2008.

Offices

Chicago
200 North LaSalle Street
Suite 2400
Chicago, IL 60601

Schaumburg
1051 Perimeter Drive
Suite 1100
Schaumburg, IL 60173

Oak Brook
1111 West 22nd Street
Suite 204
Oak Brook, IL 60523

Awards/Recognition

*Entrepreneur Magazine's "Hot 100: America's Fastest-Growing New Businesses"
*Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award Nominee
*Inc. 5000 - America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies

External links

* [http://www.thelasallenetwork.com Official site]

References