84 established firms that say they recruit for professional services roles, and what they publish about fees and guarantees.
4.8%
publish a fee
20.2%
publish a guarantee
25.5%
median published fee (low end)
3 months
median published guarantee
Share of firms in this category that state how they charge. A firm can offer both models.
As of Nov 1–4, 2026
| Compare | Firm | HQ | Fee | Fee model | Guarantee | Publishes fee | Publishes guarantee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AccruePartners accruepartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
Charlotte, NC | Not published | Both | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| Acumen Executive Search acumenexecutivesearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Tigard, OR | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Ainsley Search Group ainsleysearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Exton, PA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Amadis Consulting & Recruiting amadisconsulting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Highlands Ranch, CO | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Aura Leadership and Development auraleaders.com(opens in a new tab) |
Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | ||
| Avero Talent averotalent.com(opens in a new tab) |
South Bend, IN | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Barclay Simpson barclaysimpson.com(opens in a new tab) |
New York, NY | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Barney Ventures barneyventuresllc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Northborough, MA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Barracuda Staffing barracudastaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Tulsa, OK | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Beale Personnel bealepersonnel.com(opens in a new tab) |
Bethesda, MD | Not published | Not stated | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Brain Gain Recruiting braingainrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Palo Alto, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Brilliant brilliantfs.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | 30% of compensation (other basis) | Both | 2 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| Brooks Recruiting brooksrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | 26% of first-year base salary | Contingency | 3 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| C-Level Recruiting c-levelrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Akron, OH | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Catch Talent catchtalent.com(opens in a new tab) |
Mount Pleasant, SC | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Charles Sterling Group charlessterling.com(opens in a new tab) |
Boston, MA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Ciprani Consulting cipraniconsulting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Kennett Square, PA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Clarity clarityrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
New York, NY | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Dagen dagenpersonnel.com(opens in a new tab) |
Cypress, TX | Not published | Not stated | typically 3 months (conditional) | No | Yes | Established | |
| Diag Partners diagpartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
Beverly Hills, MI | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| DynamicsFocus dynamicsfocus.com(opens in a new tab) |
Traverse City, MI | Not published | Both | 3.3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Eastern Staffing & Recruiting hireeastern.com(opens in a new tab) |
Vestal, NY | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Eastman Group eastmangroupllc.net(opens in a new tab) |
Baton Rouge, LA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Encore Search Partners encoresearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Houston, TX | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Executive Recruiting Associates erecruitusa.com(opens in a new tab) |
Buffalo Grove, IL | Not published | Contingency | 1 month | No | Yes | Established | |
| Frost Connections frostconnections.com(opens in a new tab) |
Seattle, WA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| FullCircle Placements fullcircleplacements.com(opens in a new tab) |
Saint Louis, MO | Not published | Contingency | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Genius Talent geniustalentgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Raleigh, NC | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Genuine Search Group genuinesearchgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
New York, NY | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Get Hire Staffing gethirestaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Stafford, TX | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| GHR Technology ghrhealthcare.com(opens in a new tab) |
Plymouth Meeting, PA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Glenmont Group glenmontgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
New York, NY | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Good Labor Jobs goodlaborjobs.com(opens in a new tab) |
Mountain Brk, AL | Not published | Not stated | 12 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Halsen Solutions halsensolutions.com(opens in a new tab) |
York, PA | Not published | Not stated | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| HirexHire hirexhire.com(opens in a new tab) |
Elk Grove Village, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Insero Talent Solutions inserotalent.com(opens in a new tab) |
Rochester, NY | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| IOS Staffing Services iosstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Bala Cynwyd, PA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| IPS Search ipssearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| KDS Strategic Search kdssearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Westwood, NJ | Not published | Retained | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| Lantern Partners lanternpartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Market Shapers marketshaperser.com(opens in a new tab) |
Wilmington, NC | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| McLean Intelligent Workforce mcleaniw.com(opens in a new tab) |
Fairfax, VA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Mission Advantage Recruiting missionadv.org(opens in a new tab) |
Ridgewood, NJ | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Morales Group Staffing moralesgroup.net(opens in a new tab) |
Indianapolis, IN | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| MSH Talent talentmsh.com(opens in a new tab) |
Fort Lauderdale, FL | Not published | Contingency | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| My Future Consulting myfutureconsulting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Orland Park, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Nearterm nearterm.com(opens in a new tab) |
Houston, TX | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| NeedleFinder Recruiting needlefinderrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Pittsburgh, PA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Nesco Resource nescoresource.com(opens in a new tab) |
Mayfield Heights, OH | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Oakbrook Partners oakbrookus.com(opens in a new tab) |
Lakewood, NJ | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Odyssey Pursuit Enterprises odysseypursuit.com(opens in a new tab) |
Cincinnati, OH | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| ON Partners onpartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
Hudson, OH | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| One Stop ERP Recruiting onestoperprecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | ||
| Optimal Recruiting optimal-recruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Knoxville, TN | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Peak Sales Recruiting peaksalesrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
New York, NY | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Premier Staffing Solutions premierstaffnc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Wilmington, NC | Not published | Not stated | 2 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Pro Search prosearchmaine.com(opens in a new tab) |
Portland, ME | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Protouch Staffing protouchstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Frisco, TX | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Quorum Recruiting quorumrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Denver, CO | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Ready Set Exec readysetexec.com(opens in a new tab) |
New York, NY | Not published | Retained | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Redline Associates redlinesearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Evanston, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Rockwood Energy Search rockwoodenergysearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Sea Girt, NJ | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Rowland Personnel rowlandpersonnel.com(opens in a new tab) |
Newtown Square, PA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Sage Solutions Group sagesolutionsgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Livonia, MI | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Scion Staffing scionstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Serendipity Recruiting serendipity-recruiting.godaddysites.com(opens in a new tab) |
Washington, DC | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Not yet verified | |
| Silverline Consulting silverlinehr.com(opens in a new tab) |
Akron, OH | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| SkyBridge Resources skybridgeresources.com(opens in a new tab) |
Tampa, FL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| SOAR Talent Personnel soartalent.com(opens in a new tab) |
Jacksonville, FL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Spherion spherion.com(opens in a new tab) |
Atlanta, GA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| StaffBright staffbrightpro.com(opens in a new tab) |
Troy, MI | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| StarSource Staffing starsourcestaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Cincinnati, OH | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| StevenDouglas stevendouglas.com(opens in a new tab) |
Sunrise, FL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Taylor Consulting taylorsmithconsulting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Houston, TX | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| TEC Group tec.biz(opens in a new tab) |
Troy, MI | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| The Finders thefindersinc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Montchanin, DE | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| The Well | Recruiting Solutions thewell.solutions(opens in a new tab) |
Peoria, AZ | 25% of total first-year compensation | Contingency | 3 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| Theron Solutions theronsolutions.com(opens in a new tab) |
Frisco, TX | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| TRC Tunstall Recruiting Consultants tunstallrc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | ||
| #twiceasnice Recruiting twonice.com(opens in a new tab) |
Boston, MA | 9.9% to 15.9% of first-year base salary; minimum minimum $6,500 (conditional) | Contingency | 18 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| VoTech Recruiting votechrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Not published | Contingency | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | ||
| VTS3 vts3.com(opens in a new tab) |
New York, NY | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| W Talent Solutions wtalentsolutions.com(opens in a new tab) |
Grand Rapids, MI | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Warriors Recruiting getwarriors.com(opens in a new tab) |
Ashburn, VA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Willoughby Group willoughbygroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established |
Sorted by name. New and not-yet-verified firms are listed in the full directory but left out of this page's stats.