About

Express Employment Professionals of Grand Rapids and Brainerd is locally owned and operated by Aaron and Jessica Bialke. We help northern Minnesota businesses find good people while connecting job seekers with meaningful employment opportunities.

Our team provides temporary and contract staffing, seasonal and project-based staffing, evaluation-to-hire services, direct-hire recruiting, and professional search. We recruit for manufacturing, light industrial, skilled trades, construction, office and administrative, professional, technical, management, and leadership positions.

We serve businesses throughout Grand Rapids, Brainerd, Bemidji, Duluth, Hibbing, the Iron Range, International Falls, Walker, Park Rapids, Little Falls, Itasca County, and communities across northern Minnesota. Our professional and direct-hire recruiting capabilities extend nationwide.

Our local operation has successfully placed people with more than 1,300 businesses and helped employ more than 10,000 people. Whether an employer needs one critical hire, a seasonal workforce, help covering an absence, skilled employees for a growing operation, or a long-term recruiting partner, we build solutions around that organization’s specific needs.

Job seekers never pay a fee for our services. We offer access to temporary, part-time, full-time, evaluation-to-hire, and direct-hire opportunities, supported by a local team that understands northern Minnesota employers and communities.

Our locally owned offices are backed by the resources of Express Employment Professionals, an international staffing organization with more than 870 franchise locations across the United States, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. Since its founding, the Express organization has helped employ more than 11 million people worldwide.

Express Employment Professionals has been ranked the No. 1 staffing and recruiting franchise in Entrepreneur’s Franchise 500® for 15 consecutive years, from 2012 through 2026. Express has also been recognized by Forbes as one of America’s Best Temporary Staffing Firms from 2020 through 2026 and one of America’s Best Professional Recruiting Firms from 2019 through 2026.

In 2026, Express received ClearlyRated’s Best of Staffing® Client and Talent Awards along with the Best of Staffing® Client 5-Year Gold Award—a distinction earned by fewer than 1% of staffing firms in North America. Staffing Industry Analysts has also recognized Express among the largest staffing, industrial staffing, office and clerical staffing, and direct-hire firms in the United States.

Our websites and specialized employment resources include:

• ExpressProsMN.com
• ExpressPros.com/us-minnesota-brainerd-grand-rapids
• GrandRapidsMNJobs.com
• 218WorkNow.com
• BrainerdMinnesota.com
• BemidjiJob.com
• DuluthMNJobs.com
• HibbingJobs.com
• VirginiaMNJobs.com
• IFallsJobs.com
• NashwaukJobs.com
• IronMiningTalent.com
• NorthernMNConstructionJobs.com
• IndustrialStaffingMN.com
• DataCenterStaffingUSA.com

Need employees? Visit ExpressProsMN.com or call 218-WORKNOW.

Looking for employment? Visit GrandRapidsMNJobs.com to explore current opportunities.

Express Employment Professionals is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Express Employment Professionals of Grand Rapids is a locally owned staffing and recruiting firm helping northern Minnesota employers find the people they need to succeed.

We provide temporary and contract staffing, seasonal and project-based staffing, evaluation hire, direct-hire recruiting, and professional search services. Our recruiting specialties include manufacturing and light industrial, skilled trades, office and administrative, professional, and leadership positions.

Our local Express operation has placed workers with more than 1,300 businesses and helped employ more than 10,000 people. We combine personal, responsive local service with the recruiting resources and capabilities of an internationally recognized staffing organization.

We serve employers throughout Grand Rapids, Itasca County, the Iron Range, Duluth, Bemidji, Brainerd, International Falls, and communities across northern Minnesota. Professional and direct-hire recruiting services are also available nationwide.

Whether you need one critical employee, additional workers for a busy season, help covering an absence, or an ongoing recruiting partner, our team will develop a hiring solution around your business.

Job seekers never pay a fee for our services. We connect people with temporary, part-time, full-time, evaluation-to-hire, and direct-hire career opportunities.

Need employees? Visit ExpressProsMN.com or call 218-WORKNOW. Looking for work? Explore current opportunities at GrandRapidsMNJobs.com.