118 established firms headquartered in Illinois, and what they publish about fees and guarantees.
Among firms headquartered in Illinois
5.1%
publish a fee
14.4%
publish a guarantee
26%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AccuOne Hiring Solutions accuonehiring.com(opens in a new tab) |
Park Ridge, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Activ8 activ8recruitment.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Addison Group addisongroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Advanced RPO advancedrpo.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Alpha Staffing and Recruiting alphasr.com(opens in a new tab) |
Glenview, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| AND Staffing Solutions andstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Elgin, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Armada Solutions armadasolutionsinc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Libertyville, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Astor Professional Search astorsearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Atticus Recruiting atticusrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Auctus Search Partners auctussearchpartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| blueStone Staffing bluestonesg.com(opens in a new tab) |
Deer Park, IL | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| BottomLine Recruiting bottomlinerecruit.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Breakaway Consultants breakawayconsultants.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Bridge Professional Services bridgeprosvcs.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | 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 | |
| Burtch Works burtchworks.com(opens in a new tab) |
Evanston, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Career Development Savant careerdevsavant.com(opens in a new tab) |
Schaumburg, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| ChemSource Recruiting chemsourcerecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Chicago Healthcare Recruiting Specialists chicagohrs.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Chicago Legal Search looplegalsearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| CHS Recruiting chsrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | $8,000 flat | Contingency | 3 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| Corporate Select International corporateselect.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Crawley-Austin & Associates crawleyaustin.com(opens in a new tab) |
La Grange, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Crucial Hire crucialhire.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | 25% to 35% of total first-year compensation | Both | 2 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| CultureFit culturefit.com(opens in a new tab) |
Deerfield, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| DHR Global dhrglobal.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | for select searches 24 months (conditional) | No | Yes | Established | |
| Empowered Staffing empoweredstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Evanston, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| EpsteinSchwartz Legal Search epsteinschwartz.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Esquire Recruiting esquire-recruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Lincolnshire, IL | Not published | Not stated | 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 | |
| Felix felixglobal.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| First Class Workforce Solutions firstclassworkforce.com(opens in a new tab) |
Columbia, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| First Recruiting first-recruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Furst Staffing furststaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Rockford, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| GForce Life Sciences gforcelifesciences.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Gochkeys gochkeys.com(opens in a new tab) |
Park Ridge, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Growing Talent growing-talent.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Gunther Group gunthergroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Hale Recruiting halerecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Harmer Associates harmer.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| HireLevel hirelevel.com(opens in a new tab) |
Marion, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Hirewell hirewell.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| HirexHire hirexhire.com(opens in a new tab) |
Elk Grove Village, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Holden Richardson holdenrichardson.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Hunt Club huntclub.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Impact Placement Services impactplacement.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Inside Sales Staff insidesalesstaff.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Instant Alliance instantalliance.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Insurance Placement Solutions ipsstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Des Plaines, IL | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| InvestHR investhr.com(opens in a new tab) |
Naperville, IL | 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 | |
| ISEE Career Solutions iseecareers.com(opens in a new tab) |
Glenview, IL | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Jasper Management jaspermanagement.com(opens in a new tab) |
Lake Zurich, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Jobplex jobplex.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Jobskey jobskey.com(opens in a new tab) |
Downers Grove, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| JP Talent Solutions jptalentsolutions.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| JSK Recruiting jskrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Park Ridge, IL | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Kittleman & Associates kittlemansearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Lantern Partners lanternpartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Lucas James Talent Partners lucasjamestalent.com(opens in a new tab) |
Downers Grove, IL | Not published | Hourly | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Marengo Hampshire Partners marengohampshire.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| MatchSource matchsource.com(opens in a new tab) |
Naperville, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| McCann Partners mccannpartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| McCormack Schreiber thelawrecruiters.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Medix medixteam.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Mendelsohn Legal mendelsohnlegal.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Mulholland Legal Recruiting mlrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| My Future Consulting myfutureconsulting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Orland Park, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| MZN Management mznmanagement.com(opens in a new tab) |
Northfield, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Next Level Recruiting nlrcareers.com(opens in a new tab) |
Northbrook, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| O'Brien obrienco.com(opens in a new tab) |
Glen Ellyn, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Objective Paradigm oprecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Pacific Advisory Service paschgo.com(opens in a new tab) |
Schaumburg, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| People Foundry peoplefoundry.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Retained | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| PeopleScout Inc peoplescout.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Red Kite Recruiting redkiterecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Redline Associates redlinesearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Evanston, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Reed Recruiting reedrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| RHM Staffing Solutions rhmstaffing.net(opens in a new tab) |
Oak Brook, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Rocio Telinski & Associates rta-associates.com(opens in a new tab) |
Park Ridge, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Rose Fanta Search foodrecruitersrfsjobs.com(opens in a new tab) |
Brookfield, IL | Not published | Not stated | 12 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Roy Talman & Associates roytalman.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Sales Recruiters Chicago salesrecruiterschicago.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| SaltHill Group salthillgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Search Resources srimatch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Barrington, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Semper Fi Recruiting & Staffing semperfirecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Simplify Recruiting simplifyrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Naperville, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Smart TechLink Solutions smarttechlink.com(opens in a new tab) |
Rolling Meadows, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| SmartHire smarthireinc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Both | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| Spencer Stuart spencerstuart.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Staffing Network staffingnetwork.com(opens in a new tab) |
Oakbrook Terrace, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Stemta stemta.com(opens in a new tab) |
Lisle, IL | Not published | Contingency | 3 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Sterling Engineering sterling-engineering.com(opens in a new tab) |
Westchester, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Strategic Search strategicsearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Retained | 6 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Sun Recruiting sunrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Wheaton, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Svec Executive Search svecsearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Palatine, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Synergy Recruiting synergy-pros.com(opens in a new tab) |
Lombard, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Systems Research sritalent.com(opens in a new tab) |
Schaumburg, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Talent Management Professionals tmpstaffing.com(opens in a new tab) |
Mattoon, IL | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| TalentFoot talentfoot.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| TalentPool Search talentpoolsearch.com(opens in a new tab) |
Carpentersville, IL | 30% of total first-year compensation | Both | Not published | Yes | No | Established | |
| TalentRise talentrise.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Retained | 12 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Technical Paradigm technicalparadigm.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Technical Resources techrecruiting.com(opens in a new tab) |
Wheaton, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Terrana Group terranagroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| The Jacobson Group jacobsononline.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| The Larko Group thelarkogroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Guarantee published, no length stated | No | Yes | Established | |
| The LaSalle Network thelasallenetwork.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| The Mom Project themomproject.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | 15% to 30% of total first-year compensation | Contingency | 2 months | Yes | Yes | Established | |
| Torrey & Gray torreygray.com(opens in a new tab) |
Hoffman Estates, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Transportation Supply Chain Professionals tscp.jobs(opens in a new tab) |
Bolingbrook, IL | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| TruCapital Partners trucapitalpartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Vertex Resource Group vertexresourcegroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Geneva, IL | Not published | Not stated | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Victory Lap victorylap.io(opens in a new tab) |
Evanston, IL | Not published | Contingency | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Waterford Executive Group waterfordgroup.com(opens in a new tab) |
Winfield, IL | Not published | Both | Not published | No | No | Established | |
| Waterstone waterstonehc.com(opens in a new tab) |
Chicago, IL | Not published | Not stated | 12 months | No | Yes | Established | |
| Weaver Partners weaverpartners.com(opens in a new tab) |
Batavia, IL | Not published | Both | 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.
817 firms headquartered elsewhere say on their own websites that they work nationally. Each firm page shows the quote and its source.