Recruiting with people at the center.

Building GLE, one meaningful hire at a time.

At Northern Illinois University, Greg La Montagna studied Industrial-Organizational Psychology and became fascinated by how organizations work and how people shape them. He had also considered social work, but knew he wanted to build a career in business. With sales experience behind him, recruiting felt like the best of both worlds: working with people while helping organizations grow.

As he got to know the staffing industry, Greg felt too much of recruiting was driven by volume and layers of management—with too little attention to culture fit, lasting relationships, or truly understanding a client’s needs. He set out to build GLE around a different idea: get close to the people and the business, build trust, and help clients grow one thoughtful hire at a time.

Early on, Greg worked with clients across a range of fields and roles, including marketing, legal, insurance, staffing, sales, manufacturing, and automotive. Drawing on his experience and relationships with advertising agencies, he began building that vertical, then expanded into pharmaceutical and medical agencies.

After years of building strong alliances and partnerships, consolidation in the agency field opened opportunities for GLE to grow into additional categories, including manufacturing, grocery, real estate, and medical recruiting for nurses, therapists, and care coordinators. GLE also began helping companies with their internal talent acquisition efforts. That people-first purpose continues to guide GLE today.