Market / Illinois
Financial advisor recruiting in Illinois
Permanent placements for independent advisory practices, RIAs and wealth management firms across Chicago and the collar counties around it.
The local market
Chicago, and
the suburbs
around it
Illinois is one metro and a long tail behind it. Chicago and the collar counties around it hold a dozen suburbs above 65,000 people, and each of those is its own hiring pool. A candidate in Naperville is not realistically commuting to Waukegan, so a search that treats the metro as one market tends to stall.
Most independent practices in the suburbs around Chicago are small, so a single hire can change how the whole office runs. These firms located in suburban areas are also competing with downtown firms for the same limited pool of experienced financial industry professionals.
Proof
A Chicago client
DeRose Financial Planning Group is an independent advisory practice in Chicago. We have hired for their financial advising team for years.
DeRose FPG has worked with Humans Being Resources for many years to support the hiring needs of our Financial Advising Team, and they have become a trusted partner in helping us find the right candidates.
We especially value their thorough vetting process, from the initial screening of applications to video introductions that allow us to get to know candidates before meeting them. Their personality assessments also provide valuable insight into how each candidate may align with our existing team and firm culture.
With their years of expertise, extensive resources, and thoughtful approach to identifying qualified candidates, Humans Being Resources continues to be our go-to partner for our hiring needs!
Karen DeRose, President and Managing Partner, DeRose Financial Planning Group, Chicago
Firm
DeRose FPG
Market
Chicago
Positions filled
Advising team
Relationship
Multi-year
What that means for a search
One metro,
nine labor
markets
One ad for the whole metro reaches everyone and persuades nobody. The candidates worth hiring are usually employed and not looking, and what moves them is a specific practice within a reasonable drive, not a wider search radius.
That is the part of the search we are actually being paid for. We research what the role pays in your part of the metro before the ad goes out, then go directly to people already doing the job well nearby.
Where we work
Illinois markets
The largest markets in the state, and the ones a search here usually starts from. Chicago and its collar counties are where most of the work is, and we search statewide from there.
Common Illinois roles: Client Service Associate, Financial Advisor Assistant, Financial Advisor and Certified Financial Planner.
Next step
Hiring in Illinois
Tell us the role and the suburb. We will tell you what it should pay before the ad goes out.
