Access Search Inc

Access Search Inc is an executive search firm in Chicago, Illinois, set up in 1998 to bring capable candidates and hiring companies together. Its recruiters combine search work with years spent in accounting and finance, which shapes the roles it fills and how it judges applicants.

Products and services

• Executive search: finding senior hires for client firms, with the recruiter acting as the client's first contact with the candidate market.
• Consulting and staff augmentation: supplying professionals to extend a client's team for project or interim needs.
• Candidate assessment: weighing each applicant's skills, goals, personality and presentation before putting them forward.

Customers and markets

The firm focuses on employers hiring in accounting and finance, and spends time learning each client's business so that shortlists match its specific requirements.

Key facts

• Based in: Chicago, Illinois
• Founded: 1998
• Team background: recruiters drawn from the Big 4, investment banking, corporate finance and recruiting, including former staff of Bank of Montreal (BMO)