Our Mission

Our Mission is simple. It is to provide the highest quality service to our clients. We offer innovative and customized solutions. Shafer Staffing Inc. supplies HR Resources as well as temporary, temp-to-hire and permanent placements in the office, administrative, customer service, industrial and light industrial fields from entry level to management.

Shafer Staffing, Inc. strives for excellence. We work hard to achieve our goals and encourage our staff to be honest and to honor their commitments to our clients. We adhere to a code of ethics that is ingrained in us by our faith and general outlook on life: To treat everyone the way you would want to be treated.

Values – Honesty, ethics and integrity guide our behavior and decisions. Respect the dignity and worth of EVERY individual and act accordingly. Our commitment to quality is uncompromising. We recognize that it is not our own, but rather our customers perceptions of quality that are the most important.

We are a prestigious company, recognized as a creative industry leader, equally fulfilling the diverse needs of our clients.

History of Shafer Staffing, Inc.

Shafer Staffing, Inc. was established in December, 2014 by Darcy Shafer (Saferite) from a long affiliation with my family owning and operating another agency in the Illinois Valley area for the past 15 years. We are a reliable provider of high-quality temporary, temp to perm and permanent staffing solutions. Our office is located in Oglesby, IL. We are committed to providing rewarding career opportunities to our employees through clients like yourself while conducting business based on Trust, Reliability and Integrity.

Our Team

Darcy E. ShaferPresident and CEO

Darcy brings to this agency 17 years of Management and Staffing Experience working with companies such as Super 8 Motel as manager, Rent-A-Center as Sales Manager and a competitor Staffing Agency as the work comp coordinator and staffer for many large local companies. Darcy has military background which in turn has given her security clearance of Top Secret, Systematic Planning and organization skills along with Specialized advanced training. Sales and Recruitment of clients and applicants are her specialty. Darcy is also trained by the United States Department of Homeland Security and the FBI to do fingerprinting and Quest Diagnostics to Drug Screen. She is dedicated to providing all of her clients with the type of service she would expect.

Kevin ChamplinVice President

Kevin has spent time working for large enterprise such as Wells Fargo, Edward Jones, Ag Edwards and Hilliard Lyons as a lead programmer where he was responsible for the underlying architecture for their corporate agent websites, as well as for overseeing the work of other software engineers working on the projects. Helping businesses grow by creating software automation is his specialty. He attended Illinois State University and has been creating interactive websites and windows programs for over two decades. He is an expert in writing/overseeing custom development and digital marketing. He taught computer programming and computer repair for the LaSalle-Peru Area Career and loves to spend time with family. Fun fact, Kevin’s first big client was Evel Knievel as he developed the Riders Club website.

Doris SaferiteGeneral Manager

Doris has left a successful career with Target Corporation in Peru as the Human Resource Team Leader from October of 1994 – September of 2006 to join her husband and daughter in opening the family owned business. Doris has handled all HR functions with Target from RECRUITMENT TO RETIREMENT and is dedicated to providing all of our clients with the type of service she would expect. She is the General Manager and able to co-ordinate all daily office functions with ease and confidence. Doris is also trained by the United States of Homeland Security and the FBI to do fingerprinting and Quest Diagnostics to Drug Screen.

Eric RhodesStaffing Specialist

Eric is an asset to our organization. He is quick and professional at staffing all of our various positions and is willing to help others accomplish their objectives. Eric handles all interviews, recruitments, assists in all HR functions, training of new in house employees and his perseverance is outstanding. Eric was also an on site coordinator for one of our largest clients. He has steadfast pursuit of job objectives when faced with an obstacles and always puts our employees FIRST!

Nicholas HochstatterSales Specialist

Nicholas is a US Navy veteran that served 20 years on active duty, where he was an aviation electronics specialist on multiple aircraft within the Navy. As he moved up in rank, he facilitated basic electronics schooling for 11 different jobs in the Navy, providing the fleet with the new sailors ready to move onto advance schooling for their specific job. He led 40 junior sailors in the day-to-day operations of avionics division, while also mentoring these sailors, scheduling the monthly rotation for duty sections to ensure the command duty phone is manned 24/7/365. He spent 4 plus years as a recruiter where he honed his sales techniques and expanded his knowledge on as mentor. He oversaw training all new sailors that checked on board with funeral detail movements, calls, and on the ability to adjust to the always changing environment. His military training is an inspiration and he always has a unique way of seeing things slightly different.