81 local agencies ranked by performance and reviews
Pittsburgh has transformed from steel into a major healthcare and tech innovation center. Carnegie Mellon and UPMC drive robotics and healthcare employment. Recruiters in Pittsburgh can help you fill healthcare, tech, robotics and research roles.
Bemana is the nation's premier recruiting and headhunting firm dedicated exclusively to the equipment, power, and industrial sectors. Serving the companies that supply, service, and operate the critical equipment powering the country, Bemana fills a wide range of management, sales, engineering, and technical positions nationwide. Their specialized practice areas include heavy equipment, power generation, renewable energy, data centers, HVAC, electrical and utilities, manufacturing, infrastructure, overhead crane and rigging, and property and facilities management. With deep industry knowledge and an extensive network of professionals, Bemana has successfully placed thousands of top-tier candidates for clients ranging from major national brands to growing regional firms. Known for their reliability, consistent communication, and ability to tackle hard-to-fill roles, Bemana partners closely with employers' internal teams to deliver high-quality talent solutions. Their niche expertise makes them a trusted resource in industries where specialized skills are essential.
Perpetual Talent Solutions is an executive recruiting and advisory firm that has been connecting great companies with great leadership talent since 1994. Headquartered in League City, Texas, the firm serves organizations nationwide across major markets with a consultative, high-touch approach to executive hiring. Their services include retained search for C-suite and senior executive roles, engaged search for director and senior leadership positions, annual service plans for ongoing hiring partnerships, and executive advisory for organizations navigating complex talent and leadership challenges. With an impressive track record — including a 95% fill rate, an average 34-day time to fill, and 98% client and candidate satisfaction — Perpetual Talent Solutions combines deep market intelligence, talent mapping, and rigorous sourcing to consistently deliver top-tier candidates. The firm is committed to diversity and inclusion, ensuring a robust and representative candidate pool for every search engagement they undertake.
Surf Search is a life sciences recruiting firm specializing in placing top talent across the biotech, healthcare, hospital, medical device, pharmaceutical, physician, and scientific industries. With a relationship-driven approach and a deep understanding of industry-specific recruiting challenges, Surf Search works with only a handful of clients at a time to ensure thorough, dedicated attention to every search. The firm partners with leading organizations — from major medical device companies to health systems and pharmaceutical innovators — to fill critical roles across the United States. What sets Surf Search apart is their all-in commitment to both clients and candidates, providing comprehensive support throughout the entire hiring process including interview preparation, scheduling, offer negotiation, relocation assistance, and new job onboarding. Built on deep, lasting relationships with HR leaders, recruiting partners, and hiring managers, Surf Search embraces tough recruiting roadblocks and delivers relentless results in the life sciences space.
Founded in 1979, The Energists is a specialist recruiting and executive search firm dedicated exclusively to the energy industry. With deep expertise spanning oil and gas, power and utilities, and renewable energy, the firm connects high-impact talent with leading organizations worldwide. What sets The Energists apart is their team — composed of former energy industry executives, technical experts, and functional professionals who bring firsthand sector knowledge to every search. Operating across major energy hubs from Houston and London to Abu Dhabi and Sydney, the firm serves a global client base that includes both established majors and emerging players. The Energists are also passionate about the forces shaping the future of energy, with a focus on Industry 4.0, the energy transition, and ESG strategy. For over four decades, they have been a trusted partner for companies seeking leadership talent that drives results.
We specialize in connecting exceptional information technology professionals with career-advancing opportunities throughout the greater Pittsburgh region and southwestern Pennsylvania. Since 2006, our team has built trusted relationships with hundreds of companies and decision-makers, becoming their go-to staffing partner for IT leadership, software engineers, developers, network professionals, database administrators, business analysts, and project managers. With over 100 years of combined recruiting experience, we bring a consultative approach rooted in full transparency, ensuring candidates and clients alike know exactly what to expect throughout the placement process. We offer contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent placements, and pride ourselves on taking the time to truly understand both the technical requirements and cultural fit that drive successful long-term matches.
Rooted in the Pittsburgh region with hub offices in Cleveland and Detroit, we deliver specialized consulting, direct hire recruiting, and executive search services across accounting, finance, and information technology. Our team provides full-time consultants for month-end close, financial reporting, M&A support, internal controls, ERP implementations, cybersecurity, and software engineering. Through our CFO Search Group, we place senior finance leaders including CFOs, VPs of Finance, and Corporate Controllers. With national reach through the American Association of Finance and Accounting network spanning over 40 metropolitan areas, we consistently deliver qualified talent options within 48 hours.
Since 2009, we have been connecting top technical talent with forward-thinking companies from our headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. As a certified Women-Owned Small Business, we specialize in contract, contract-to-hire, and permanent placements across AI, data analytics, software development, and project management. Our team has supported multiple Fortune 500 companies through large-scale digital transformations, ERP mergers, CRM implementations, and e-commerce platform builds. Beyond staffing, we build custom data science solutions powered by advanced AI engines to help clients generate incremental revenue. Guided by our core values of faith, relationships, quality, and integrity, we deliver cost-effective talent solutions that drive innovation and lasting results.
We are a purpose-driven talent management company with a passion for helping people build meaningful careers and helping businesses find the right workforce. Operating alongside our sister company USA Field Services, we provide field services, professional, and commercial staffing solutions tailored to each client's unique needs. Whether companies need support for occasional hires or a dedicated fractional recruiting partnership to scale quickly, our team delivers flexible, technology-driven recruitment that adapts as organizations grow. Our core values center on raising the bar in everything we do, ensuring every placement creates a positive impact for employers and job seekers alike.
"If you are looking for employment or if your company is looking to expand or augment it's workforce, let Lingo provide the solutions. Lingo is a full-service staffing firm dedicated to providing top quality services to its clients and its employees. With extensive knowledge and experience in light industrial, administrative, and professional employment, Lingo has the capabilities and resources necessary to meet your needs and help you get ahead. Whether we are helping qualified candidates land a job or connecting our clients with qualified candidates, Lingo has proven to be responsive to the needs of job seekers and employers alike."
Founded in 1964 with the belief that everyone deserves to be heard and respected, we have spent over six decades connecting people with meaningful career opportunities. As a full-service staffing company and part of the ActOne Group, we provide temporary, temp-to-hire, direct hire, and managed staffing solutions across administrative, customer service, financial, clerical, and call center roles. With more than 1,500 recruiters and talent advisors on staff, we treat every career seeker as a valued client and offer our services free of charge to job seekers. Our mission remains simple: to find, understand, and fulfill the needs of another.
ROKET - UX Design, App Development, and Staffing believes Great Products Start with Great People. Our team has spent decades building products as designers, developers, and innovators. Combining that experience with our leadership roles as business owners and hiring managers, we know the challenges of building and shipping the best product possible--because we've done it. Google, Eaton, Fitbit, 4moms, PJ Dick, and Deloitte have each trusted Roket to deliver competitive talent and consulting solutions over the last 10 years through direct consulting, team augmentation, and staffing solutions. Staffing & Consulting Solutions to Help You Build Awesome Products and Product Teams
Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, we are a technical staffing firm with over 30 years of experience placing engineering and information technology professionals in contract and direct hire roles. Our team of qualified technical recruiters takes the time to understand each candidate personally, listening to their goals for growth and career advancement before ever submitting a resume on their behalf. We never charge candidates a fee and never forward a resume without explicit permission, because we believe that building genuine, long-lasting relationships with both clients and candidates is the foundation of every successful placement we make.
Since 2006 Keystone has worked with leading organizations to identify their clients' needs, locate top talent, and maximize employee productivity. Whether you are a candidate or client, we are committed to addressing your specific business needs by establishing lasting relationships locally and nationally. We are more than a recruiting firm; we are a team of trusted Advisors that value both you and your business.
Founded in 1986, we are a veteran-owned, family-run staffing firm headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, connecting employers with highly qualified professionals across the country. Our team places candidates in contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire roles, giving both clients and job seekers the flexibility they need. We pride ourselves on building a diverse candidate pool and simplifying the recruitment process so organizations can focus on their work while we handle the search for top talent.
Here at Special Counsel, we're the nation's leading full-service provider of legal consulting, attorney recruiting, legal talent, legal technology, and eDiscovery solutions. But there's more to being a leader than having tremendous size and scale. Our strength comes from our ability to partner with you to create solutions on a case-by-case basis. It comes from our gift for fostering, furthering and promoting the expertise of our people. And it comes from our commitment to doing business with transparency, flexibility and integrity. That's what sets us apart. That's what makes us Special.
Operating as a division of CP Staffing Solutions, we specialize in finance and accounting recruitment across the Buffalo, New York and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania markets. Our team places professionals in direct hire, temporary, and temp-to-hire roles, matching candidates' skills and career goals with client needs in a way that prioritizes long-term relationships over transactional placements. We leverage state-of-the-art recruiting software, social media, professional networking, and our membership in the NPAworldwide network to access a global pool of qualified candidates. Our depth of experience in the accounting and finance sector helps us deliver placements that stick.
OpenArc was founded in 2010, with a commitment to change the tech landscape by combining full-stack software development solutions with partnership approach-based staffing services. Through this unique blending of people and software, we've created a culture that delivers amazing enterprise, mobile and consumer-facing apps and the best talent for contract, contract-to-hire and direct placements for clients and partners alike. Today, we still live out that commitment and immensely value the trusting relationships that have been built over the years. By exceeding your expectations, we are confident that we will continue to be the best partner for you and your business.
At Consulting Professional Resources (CPR), we provide staffing and placement services in the information technology industry for corporations that require skilled personnel for managing and executing projects. Our goal is to provide a more profitable connection between information technology services and the companies that utilize them. We focus on providing measurable results and are fully committed to the success of our clients and employees alike. We stand behind our commitment with a performance guarantee to do whatever is necessary to meet this goal.
Part of Jewish Family and Community Services in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, we provide no-cost career counseling, job search assistance, and talent acquisition services to both individuals and employers throughout the region. Our expert staff offers career and interest assessment, resume development, interview preparation, networking guidance, outplacement support, and spousal relocation assistance. For employers, we serve as a skilled workforce development partner capable of supporting recruiting needs and staffing transitions. Whether a client is seeking their first job, navigating a career change, or an organization needing to build its workforce, we bring dedicated, personalized support and proven strategies to help achieve meaningful career outcomes.
Executive search firm finding talent for top companies in the Greater Pittsburgh Area. We believe in maintaining long-term relationships with each candidate and company that we represent. Our confidence that we cultivate mutually beneficial relationships between candidates and companies has led us to be ranked in Forbes 2018 Best Recruiting Firms, and to be top ranked in Pittsburgh in 2019. We do the heavy lifting of sourcing and interviewing candidates for the final interview - saving companies time and energy! What makes us unique is our ability to serve company needs by finding the ideal candidate for each job. We pride ourselves on providing individualized attention to companies & candidates.
SurgePoint HR Direct is Pittsburgh's exclusive Human Resource Search Firm. We represent mid to executive level professionals and practitioners in all disciplines of HR, and have placed in most industries. SurgePoint has carved a niche in the Pittsburgh job market over the past 17 years, and we are proud to know and represent the incredible talent in our HR community. We work with businesses of all sizes throughout the Western PA area and beyond. With our finger on the pulse of Pittsburgh's HR job market, we can advise on hiring trends, market salary data, and talent pool activity. Leverage our expertise, experience, and extensive network of active and passive HR Talent for your next search.
TradeWorX is a Skilled Trades Contractor and a full time employer of the area's top construction employees. As true partner in your construction workforce planning, TradeworX offers labor consulting and management to truly help provide the most value to your business. As an employer, we recognize that our success comes from our best asset, our employees and we strive everyday to uphold a a responsible, reliable and safe working environment. Work with the best. TradeWorX.
Express Employment Professionals is in the business of helping people. From job seekers to client companies, Express helps people thrive and businesses grow. Our international network of franchises offers localized staffing solutions to the communities they serve in a variety of industries, including Light Industrial, Office Services, Skilled Trades, and Professional. Express offices are locally owned and operated with the support and stability of an international headquarters with more than four decades of experience. Entrepreneur named Express a Top Global Franchise in 2022 and has been ranked the #1 Staffing Franchise since 2012. Since our start in 1983, Express has put more than 10 million people to work in temporary and contract jobs.
Vaco is the Talent Solutions division of Highspring, a leading global professional services organization. With expertise in Accounting and Finance, Technology and Digital, and Human Resources and Operations, Vaco provides Contract Staffing and Direct Hire solutions. Vaco's parent company, Highspring, helps clients with two additional integrated service offerings: Consulting and Managed Services. With more than 10,000 employees across more than 45 offices worldwide, Highspring gives partners the agility to thrive, address challenges, and seize opportunities in a rapidly changing world. Our convenient location serves the Los Angeles market, including the surrounding areas, such as Renondo Beach, Malibu, West Hollywood and beyond.