DecisionPathHR, headquartered in Charlotte, NC, named Jeremy Hoogsteen as its new IT division director. He most recently was managing director at a Raleigh, NC-based IT firm and has more than 15 years’ experience in the staffing industry. DecisionPathHR provides staffing for the admin/clerical, professional, IT, accounting/finance and light Industrial sectors.

PrideStaff, a national staffing franchise, announced Matt Blok opened a Grand Rapids, Mich., office on Oct. 24.

Cordia Resources, a Washington DC finance and accounting recruiting and staffing firm, announced Marc Zeid joined the firm as an executive search director and a senior member of the management team. He has 20 years of experience in accounting and finance staffing. He will be based in Cordia’s Rockville, Md., office.

CrowdFlower, a crowd-sourcing platform provider in the online staffing space, hired Nati Catalan to lead the company’s expansion into Israel, with the opening of an office in Ra'anana. Catalan most recently was regional manager at Bynet Data Communications, part of the RAD Group, where he led the business development and sales of the international team.

The Buffkin Group, a retained search firm, named Kristin Luu as a partner in the firm’s digital practice division. Luu will head the firm’s new Chicago office. Prior to The Buffkin Group, Luu served as the founding partner at Red Wagon Search. Before that, she was chief talent officer for Manifest, a national digital marketing agency. The Buffkin Group targets the healthcare, technology, digital media, digital marketing and financial services sectors.