233 established firms headquartered in California, and what they publish about fees and guarantees.
Among firms headquartered in California
6.4%
publish a fee
16.3%
publish a guarantee
20%
median published fee (low end)
3 months
median published guarantee
Share of firms headquartered in this state 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12M Recruiting 12mrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Mateo, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| 80Twenty 80twenty.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Contingency | 3.3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| 360 Recruiting Solutions 360recruiters.com(opens in a new tab) |
El Dorado Hills, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Above All Consulting aboveallconsulting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Elk Grove, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| ACTION Recruiting action-recruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Fallbrook, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Advanced Personnel Profiles advancedpersonnelprofiles.com(opens in a new tab) |
Simi Valley, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Advocates Group advocatesgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| AEC Recruiting Solutions aecrecruitingsolutions.com(opens in a new tab) |
CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Ajobstaff ajobstaff.com(opens in a new tab) |
Santa Ana, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Akoto Recruiting akotorecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Alliance Recruitment Agency alliancerecruitmentagency.com(opens in a new tab) |
Pacifica, CA | typically 20% to 33% (conditional) of total first-year compensation | Retained | 3 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| Altus Recruiting altusrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Tustin, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Amtec amtec.co(opens in a new tab) |
Chino Hills, CA | Not published | Contingency | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| Anderson Sterling Associates andersonsterling.com(opens in a new tab) |
Pacific Palisades, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Ardent Search ardentsearchco.com(opens in a new tab) |
Westlake Village, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Arrow Recruiting arrow-recruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Santa Cruz, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | New firm | |
| Art2Hire art2hire.com(opens in a new tab) |
Redwood City, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Artisan Creative artisancreative.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Aviation Personnel International apiaviation.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Barbachano International bipsearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chula Vista, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| BarNone Recruiting barnonerecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Oceanside, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Bayworks Recruiting bayworksrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Pleasanton, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Betts Recruiting bettsrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| BioPhase Solutions biophaseinc.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| BLT Recruiting bltrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | 20% to 25% of first-year base salary | Both | 3 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| Blue Shoe Recruiting blueshoerecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| BOB Search bobsearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Irvine, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Bordwell & Associates wedolegal.com(opens in a new tab) |
Newport Beach, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Bornia Careers borniacareers.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Boutique Recruiting boutiquerecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Both | 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 | |
| Brentwood Search brentwoodsearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
El Segundo, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| BridgeGate bridgegate.com(opens in a new tab) |
Irvine, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Bright Sky Recruiting brightskyrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Busby Park Recruiting busbyparkrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| California People Search capeoplesearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Redwood City, CA | Not published | Contingency | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| CalTek Staffing caltekstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Canepa Associates canepaassociates.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Gatos, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Career Group careergroupcompanies.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| CarterPierce carterpierce.com(opens in a new tab) |
El Segundo, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Casino Recruiter casinorecruiter.com(opens in a new tab) |
Carlsbad, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| CDM Technology cdmtechnology.com(opens in a new tab) |
Del Mar, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Century Group century-group.com(opens in a new tab) |
El Segundo, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Chase & Associates chaseandassoc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Long Beach, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| CL Search Group clsearchgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Burbank, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Clay Burnett Group clayburnettgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Rolling Hills Estates, CA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| ClinLinks clinlinks.com(opens in a new tab) |
Tustin, CA | 25% | Both | Not published | Yes | No | Established | |
| Community Recruiting communityrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Carmel, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Compass Consulting Group compasscgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Danville, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Comprehensive Professional Solutions cprosglobal.com(opens in a new tab) |
Soquel, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Contract Recruiting laconstructionrecruiters.com(opens in a new tab) |
Palos Verdes Estates, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Cooper Connect cooperconnect.co(opens in a new tab) |
Simi Valley, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Creative Circle creativecircle.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| CSL Staffing cslstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Escondido, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| CultivHIRE cultivhire.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Culver Careers culvercareers.com(opens in a new tab) |
Del Mar, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| De Vore Recruiting devorerecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Sherman Oaks, CA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| DeWinter Group dewintergroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Campbell, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Dick Williams & Associates dwasearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Pleasanton, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Direct Staffing directstaffingjobs.com(opens in a new tab) |
Ontario, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Dry Development & Investment drydev.com(opens in a new tab) |
Forestville, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Duran HCP duranhcp.wordpress.com(opens in a new tab) |
Campbell, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Not yet verified | |
| DYH Recruiting dyhrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Torrance, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Eastridge Workforce Solutions eastridge.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Contingency | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Ed Tech Recruiting edtechrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Mateo, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Elevano elevano.com(opens in a new tab) |
Irvine, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Enterprise Recruiting enterpriserecruiting.net(opens in a new tab) |
Carlsbad, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| EPC Recruiting epcrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Huntington Beach, CA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| EQ Recruiting eqrecruiters.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Everett Solutions everett-solutions.com(opens in a new tab) |
Santa Cruz, CA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Evinex evinex.com(opens in a new tab) |
Newport Beach, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| ExecBase execbase.com(opens in a new tab) |
Redondo Beach, CA | 15% to 25% of total first-year compensation | Both | 3 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| Executive Healthcare Management executivehcm.com(opens in a new tab) |
Palm Desert, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Executive Recruiters of Danville retailrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Danville, CA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Fabric Staffing fabricstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Marina del Rey, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Fillmore Search Group fillmoresearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Financial Recruiting Solutions financial-recruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Retained | 18 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| FONpros fonpros.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| FORTIS Resource Partners fortisrp.com(opens in a new tab) |
Irvine, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| GA Rogers & Associates ga-rogers.com(opens in a new tab) |
Fresno, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Gehl Search Partners gehlsearchpartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
Santa Rosa, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Gillian Executive Search gessearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Long Beach, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Global Hospitality globalhospitality.com(opens in a new tab) |
Pasadena, CA | Not published | Not stated | up to 12 months (conditional) | No | Yes | Established | |
| GLOBERT Consulting tsgrecruiters.com(opens in a new tab) |
Merced, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Goat Recruiting goatrecruit.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Greenfield Partners greenfieldpartnersinc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Irvine, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Gulfstream Strategic Placements gulfstreamsp.com(opens in a new tab) |
Corona, CA | Not published | Contingency | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| High Bluff Group highbluffgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| High-Tech Professionals hightechpros.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Hire On-Demand hireon-demand.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| HK Recruiting hkrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| HNM Systems hnmsystems.com(opens in a new tab) |
Rancho Santa Fe, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| HopHR hophr.com(opens in a new tab) |
Walnut Creek, CA | 25% of first-year base salary | Contingency | 2 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| HR Advisors hradvisors.com(opens in a new tab) |
Mission Viejo, CA | Not published | Hourly | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| HR Search Experts hrsearchexperts.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Human Capital Solutions humancs.com(opens in a new tab) |
Coto de Caza, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Human Talent Expert humantalentexpert.com(opens in a new tab) |
Dublin, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Infosoft infosoft-inc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Gilroy, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| InfoSpeed Services infospeedinc.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Jose, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Insurance Relief insurance-relief.com(opens in a new tab) |
Fresno, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Insurance Staffing Consultants insurancestaffing.net(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Contingency | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| Integress integressinc.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Juan Capistrano, CA | Not published | Contingency | up to 12 months (conditional) | No | Yes | Established | |
| iStaff Pros istaffpros.com(opens in a new tab) |
Temecula, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| J Powers Recruiting jpowersinc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Sacramento, CA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| JK Consultants jkconsultants.com(opens in a new tab) |
Arroyo Grande, CA | Not published | Retained | 12 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| JR Berry Search Group jrberrysearchgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| KarmaBay karmabayinc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Fremont, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| KimberCo Recruiting kimbercorecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Newport Beach, CA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Kleinbach Group thekleinbachgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Granite Bay, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Koff & Associates koffassociates.com(opens in a new tab) |
Berkeley, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Kore1 kore1.com(opens in a new tab) |
Irvine, CA | 20% of first-year base salary | Contingency | 2 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| Korn Ferry kornferry.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Kuhn Med-Tech kuhnmed-tech.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Juan Capistrano, CA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| LabMinds Staffing & Recruiting labmindstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Bakersfield, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Legal Recruiting swanlegal.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Link Consulting Services link-cs.com(opens in a new tab) |
Irvine, CA | Not published | Contingency | 24 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Mac macttn.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Clemente, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Macrae macrae.com(opens in a new tab) |
Palo Alto, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Magnum Hunt magnumhunt.com(opens in a new tab) |
Vacaville, CA | Not published | Not stated | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Mainz Brady Group mbg.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Mateo, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Maven Recruiting Group mavenrec.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| MDM Recruiting mdmrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Irvine, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| MDstaffers mdstaffers.com(opens in a new tab) |
Rancho Cordova, CA | Not published | Not stated | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| Mission Recruiting missionrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Brea, CA | 20% to 25% of total first-year compensation | Contingency | Under 1 month | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| ModelExpand modelexpand.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Mountain View Staffing mountainviewstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Altos, CA | typically 20% to 30% (conditional) of first-year base salary | Retained | Not published | Yes | No | Established | |
| Mulvey International mulveyinternational.com(opens in a new tab) |
Coronado, CA | Not published | Both | 4 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Murdock Martell murdockmartell.com(opens in a new tab) |
Campbell, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| MW Partners mwpartners.net(opens in a new tab) |
Costa Mesa, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| New Heritage Recruiters newheritagerecruiters.com(opens in a new tab) |
Brea, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Nexstep Recruiting nexsteprecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Simi Valley, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Ninja Recruiting ninjarecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Pacific Companies pacificcompanies.com(opens in a new tab) |
Irvine, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Paraform paraform.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | roughly 20% to 25% (conditional) of first-year base salary | Contingency | Not published | Yes | No | Established | |
| Paragon Resources paragonresourcesllc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Laguna Niguel, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Pathway Resources pathwayresources.com(opens in a new tab) |
Solana Beach, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Pathways Personnel pathwayspersonnel.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Peak Recruiting Group peakrecruitergroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Pasadena, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| PeopleConnect peopleconnectstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | 25% to 30% of total first-year compensation | Retained | Not published | Yes | No | Established | |
| PeopleWare Staffing peoplewarestaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
El Segundo, CA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Personnel Strategies personnelstrategies.net(opens in a new tab) |
Irvine, CA | Not published | Not stated | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Pinto Employment Search pintoemployment.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Polonsky & Associates polonskyrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Foster City, CA | Not published | Not stated | 12 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Premier Construction Recruiting pcrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Both | 1 month | No | Yes | Established | |
| Premier Executive Recruiting premierexecutiverecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Sherman Oaks, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Premier Talent Partners premiertalentpartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| PRG prgir.com(opens in a new tab) |
Laguna Hills, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| PrideStaff pridestaff.com(opens in a new tab) |
Fresno, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| PrideStaff Financial pridestafffinancial.com(opens in a new tab) |
Fresno, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Prime Talent Recruiting primetalentrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Irvine, CA | Not published | Not stated | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| Primus Executive Recruiting primus-staffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Santa Clara, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Priority Staffing prioritystaffing.net(opens in a new tab) |
Woodland Hills, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Pro-Tax Executive Search pro-taxexecutivesearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Produce Careers producecareers.com(opens in a new tab) |
Arroyo Grande, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Professional Recruiting Offices proinc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Carlsbad, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| ProSearch Recruiting Group prosearchrecruitinggroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Santa Rosa, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Proven Recruiting provenrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Not stated | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| Prtnr Recruiting prtnrrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Santa Monica, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Quality Placement Authority qpauthority.com(opens in a new tab) |
Hayward, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| QUICK USA 919usa.com(opens in a new tab) |
Torrance, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| RealREPP realrepp.com(opens in a new tab) |
Irvine, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Recruiting Associates Network recruitingassociatesnetwork.com(opens in a new tab) |
Santa Rosa, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Recruiting Consultants rcirecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Newport Beach, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Recruiting For Good recruitingforgood.com(opens in a new tab) |
CA | 15% to 25% of first-year base salary | Both | 3 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| Redfish Technology redfishtech.com(opens in a new tab) |
Milpitas, CA | 25% of first-year base salary | Both | 2 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| Rennickbarrett Recruiting rennickbarrett.com(opens in a new tab) |
Palm Desert, CA | Not published | Not stated | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| RETS Associates retsusa.com(opens in a new tab) |
Newport Beach, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Rhino Recruiting rhinorecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Rich Talent Group richtalentgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Riviera Partners rivierapartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| RJ Watkins rjwatkins.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| RMA Executive Search rmasearchfirm.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Jose, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Robert Half roberthalf.com(opens in a new tab) |
Menlo Park, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Roccam Recruiting roccamrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Sausalito, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Romanoff Recruiting romanoffrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Venice, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Ruby Peak Recruiting rubypeakrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Russell Doyle Professionals russelldoyle.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Rx relief rxrelief.com(opens in a new tab) |
Fresno, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Saga Recruiting sagarecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Gatos, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| San Diego Dental Personnel Service sddps.com(opens in a new tab) |
La Mesa, CA | Not published | Not stated | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| San Diego Human Resources Consulting sdhrconsulting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Carlsbad, CA | Not published | Both | 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 | |
| Search Finance Group searchfinancegroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Search Tactics search-tactics.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Seaton And Associates seatonandassociates.com(opens in a new tab) |
Dublin, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Seymour & Associates seymourandassociates.com(opens in a new tab) |
Simi Valley, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Sharon Gerber Attorney Search sharongerberattorneysearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Valley Village, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Shoreline Recruiting shorelinerecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Sight Point sightpointllc.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Silicon Beach Talent siliconbeachtalent.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| SkillSetGroup skillsetgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Santa Ana, CA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Skyrocket Ventures skyrocketventures.com(opens in a new tab) |
Westlake Village, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Social Service Staffing & Recruiting socialservicestaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Concord, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| SOLID Personnel solidpersonnel.com(opens in a new tab) |
Pleasanton, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Staff Smart staffsmart.net(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Steelman Staffing & Associates steelmanstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | 20% of total first-year compensation | Contingency | 3 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| Sterling Search sterlingsearchinc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Costa Mesa, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Superior Executive and Legal Recruiting superiorexecutiveandlegalrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Glendale, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Surf Search surfsearch.org(opens in a new tab) |
Del Mar, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Swing Talent swingsearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Oakland, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Symmetry Search symmsearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Irvine, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Synergy 1 Staffing synergy1staffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| TechForce Recruiting techforcerecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Sonoma, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| The Ankenbrandt Group ankgrp.com(opens in a new tab) |
Newport Beach, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| The Berkner Group berknergroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Larkspur, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| The Boutique Search Firm boutiquesearchfirm.com(opens in a new tab) |
Culver City, CA | Not published | Not stated | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| The Devoto Group devotogroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Redwood City, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| The Dingman dingman.com(opens in a new tab) |
Westlake Village, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| The Hire Standard thehirestandard.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | 28% of first-year base salary | Both | 3 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| The Newport Group newportsearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Encinitas, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| The Pompeo Group pompeo.com(opens in a new tab) |
Carlsbad, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| The QualiFind Group qualifindgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chula Vista, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| The Workshop LA theworkshop.la(opens in a new tab) |
Venice, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Titanium Recruiting titaniumrct.com(opens in a new tab) |
Sherman Oaks, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| TOP Group top-us.com(opens in a new tab) |
Los Angeles, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Top Tempo Technical toptempotechnical.com(opens in a new tab) |
Pasadena, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Top Tier Candidates toptiercands.com(opens in a new tab) |
Santa Ana, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Topa Group topagroup.net(opens in a new tab) |
Camarillo, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Transition Staffing Group calltsg.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Contingency | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Treehouse Partners thetreehousepartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
Venice, CA | typically 25% (conditional) of first-year base salary | Not stated | 2 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| Tri-Search trisearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| TriStaff Group tristaff.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Contingency | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| Vantage Partners vantagesf.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Vendition vendition.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Vine Attorney Search vineattorneysearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Solana Beach, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Vitality Group vitalitygrp.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Francisco, CA | Not published | Both | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| Weinreb Group weinrebgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Berkeley, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| West Coast Recruiting westcoastrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Burbank, CA | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Whalls Group whallsgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Aliso Viejo, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Williams Recruiting williamsrecruitingcompany.com(opens in a new tab) |
Temecula, CA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Willis Consulting willis-consulting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Palos Verdes Estates, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| WineTalent winetalent.net(opens in a new tab) |
Sacramento, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| WRS Recruiting wrsrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Menifee, CA | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Xyon Business Solutions xyonglobal.com(opens in a new tab) |
San Diego, CA | Not published | Not stated | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| YES Partners yespartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
Menlo Park, CA | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Zenex Partners zenexpartners.us(opens in a new tab) |
Santa Clara, CA | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Not yet verified |
Sorted by name. New and not-yet-verified firms are listed in the full directory but left out of this page's stats.
788 firms headquartered elsewhere say on their own websites that they work nationally. Each firm page shows the quote and its source.