Top Recruitment Agencies in Chicago

Between them, the 33 recruitment agencies on this page cover executive search (12), finance and accounting recruitment (6), partners (6) and temporary staffing (5). They also list work in Atlanta, Dallas, Austin and New York City. 33 of them have written a profile you can read before you get in touch.

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   80Twenty

   Executive Search · Temporary Staffing · Also in Los Angeles and San Francisco

   80Twenty is a US recruitment and staffing firm that concentrates on go-to-market hiring: the sales, marketing, creative and customer success roles that bring in revenue.

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   Apollo Technical

   IT and Tech Recruitment · Driving and Logistics Recruitment · Executive Search · Also in Houston and Charlotte

   Apollo Technical recruits engineers, IT specialists and supply chain staff for US employers.

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   Arlington Resources

   Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Temporary Staffing · HR Recruitment

   Arlington Resources recruits one kind of candidate: human resources staff.

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   Breaking Ground

   Temporary Staffing · DataBase · Government · Also in Illinois

   Breaking Ground runs Breaking Ground Staffing, an alternative staffing organisation set up as a social enterprise in Chicago.

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   CAT Technology Inc

   IT and Tech Recruitment · Also in United States of America

   Trading online as CAT America, CAT Technology Inc combines technology recruitment with bespoke software work.

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   Connect Search, LLC

   Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Executive Search · Also in Austin and Dallas

   Connect Search, LLC runs recruiting searches for employers from a head office in Chicago and a set of regional offices.

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   CS Recruiting

   Driving and Logistics Recruitment · Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) · Executive Search · Also in United States of America

   CS Recruiting finds staff for employers in logistics, freight and the wider supply chain, and has done so since 2011.

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   DaCare Shanghai

   Executive Search · Temporary Staffing · Financial Services · Also in Asia and San Francisco

   DaCare Shanghai, which trades as DaCare Executive Search, is a bilingual headhunting and staffing firm working across Greater China.

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   Daubenspeck & Associates, Ltd.

   Recruiting Firms · Manufacturing · Education · Also in Illinois

   Daubenspeck & Associates, Ltd. runs retained executive searches from Chicago for clients at home and abroad.

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    Dental Auxiliary Placement Service. Inc

    Partners · Logistics · Also in Ohio and Michigan

    Dental Auxiliary Placement Service. Inc, known as DAPS, is a staffing agency devoted to the dental field.

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    DHR International

    Information Technology · Recruiting Firms · Financial Services

    DHR International, now operating as DHR Global, is an executive search firm that also runs a leadership consulting practice.

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    DW Simpson Global Actuarial & Analytics Recruitment

    Executive Search · Also in United States of America

    DW Simpson Global Actuarial & Analytics Recruitment is a search firm that places actuaries and analytics staff in jobs around the world.

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    Elite Staffing Inc.

    Temporary Staffing · Also in Dallas

    Staffing agency supplying temporary, contract and direct hire workers to light industrial and warehouse employers across the United States

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    Employment & Employer Services Inc

    Also in United States of America

    Employment & Employer Services Inc, known as E&ES, is a workforce organisation based in Chicago, Illinois.

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    Enterprise Search Associates

    Information Technology · Partnership · Also in Kansas and Cincinnati

    Enterprise Search Associates LLC is a search and recruiting firm based in Ohio.

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    Esquire Recruiting, LLC

    Finance and Accounting Recruitment · Legal Recruitment · Partners · Also in Austin

    Esquire Recruiting, LLC is a boutique recruitment firm that connects hiring companies with candidates.

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    ExcelGens, Inc.

    Healthcare Recruitment · Also in United Kingdom

    ExcelGens, Inc. combines recruitment with technology services.

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    Fairway Staffing Svc

    DataBase · Personnel · Also in Ontario and Florence

    Fairway Staffing Services is a family-owned staffing agency serving Los Angeles and Orange County.

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    First Recruiting, LLC

    Also in United States of America

    First Recruiting, LLC is a recruitment firm that handles the search for new hires on behalf of employers.

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    Flex HR, Inc.

    Executive Search · HR Recruitment · Government · Also in Baltimore and Atlanta

    Flex HR, Inc. provides outsourced human resources, payroll and recruiting for employers.

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    FootBridge Consulting

    Also in Boston

    FootBridge Consulting combines ServiceNow consulting with recruitment.

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    Harmer

    Finance and Accounting Recruitment · IT and Tech Recruitment · Executive Search · Also in United States of America

    Harmer is a professional recruiting firm headquartered in Chicago. It finds candidates for accounting, finance and technology positions and has been doing so since 1986.

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    Hart Executive Recruiting

    Driving and Logistics Recruitment · Executive Search · DataBase · Also in Texas and New York

    Hart Executive Recruiting is a search firm that specialises in supply chain roles.

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    Hire Dynamics

    Also in Charlotte and Atlanta

    Hire Dynamics is a staffing company that connects job seekers with local employers. Its website says it is becoming part of Employbridge.

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