Candidate Services
Top reasons Lynn Hazan & Associates provides outstanding candidate & recruiting services, starting with you!
Lynn Hazan & Associates featured on the Chicago Bound site as “The Absolute Best Headhunters in Chicago” in July 2026.
Why Register with LH&A?
Candidates who seek new career opportunities appreciate our commitment to long-term relationships. We partner with talent at different levels in their professional and personal development to make successful placements in the Chicago area and nationwide.
We value in-depth interviews and appreciate getting to know our candidates holistically to ensure the best fit. “We use a marketing-driven process focused on the complete candidate” – Lynn Hazan, President. As “relationship recruiters”, we see the benefits firsthand. It’s an exciting and energizing dynamic. We all win!
Embarking on Your Career Journey: Early Career or Experienced Candidate?
Whether you’re a recent grad or a seasoned pro seeking new career opportunities, Lynn Hazan & Associates (LH&A) offers personalized consulting services to guide you.
Our expertise in communications and marketing recruitment ensures that you receive tailored advice to confidently navigate the job market. LH&A provides resume and LinkedIn profile consultations, interview coaching, and career strategy sessions. Included is a complimentary resource kit with valuable tools to enhance your job search.
In today’s ever-changing job landscape, adaptability and strategic initiative are more critical than ever. LH&A stays ahead of industry trends to ensure our candidates develop the skills and mindset for an often unpredictable job market. We provide the coaching and support you need to help you advance in your career.
1. Core Competencies
As a candidate, you want to be represented by a recruiting firm that specializes in your core competencies: communications and marketing.
2. Experience
You have experience working for corporations, agencies, nonprofits, trade associations, or entrepreneurial companies. So do we!
3. Relationship Recruiters
You want to maintain a long-term relationship with us as you grow your skill sets. We are the Relationship Recruiters. We value getting to know you and to placing you.
4. Coaching
You want the best job for the right salary, level of authority, and fit. Our goal as your recruiter of choice is to help you succeed. We have the inside track on our clients. We coach you for success in getting the job offer.
5. Confidential
All of our recruiting work is confidential. Your background and credentials are safe with us. To protect client confidentiality, we only disclose our clients by name after we have presented your credentials.
6. Decades of Excellence
LH&A has a track record of success for 26 years. Lynn has been recruiting for 41 years and Falguni Shah for 8+ years.
7. Resume Review
When you apply for a job through LH&A, we help you refine the resume that becomes a marketing document on your behalf. We also provide one-on-one coaching and consulting services to help you ace your interview and win that dream job (and more money)!
8. Updates
We send you our weekly newsletter with job openings and resources – training webinars, networking opportunities, etc.
Register
Send your resume along with the answers to the questions from this link to Lynn@lhazan.com or Falguni@lhazan.com
“Right now, the job market feels like a high-stakes game of message-in-a-bottle. We’re casting our resumes into a vast, online sea, and every once in a while, a response floats back to shore.
Lynn Hazan helped me board a speedboat. She got me straight into the interview pipeline — and quickly hired — thanks to a deep knowledge of the hiring company’s needs and a nuanced sense of the role. Moreover, her expert coaching helped me turn my work experience into a compelling story and sharpened my messaging in a competitive hiring environment.
I can’t recommend Lynn’s services highly enough.”
AF, Full-time candidate placement
“I had a very positive experience working with Lynn Hazan & Associates. I was placed almost immediately. Payments were consistently prompt and accurate. Lynn was always responsive and absolutely wonderful to work with. I would recommend anyone who is looking for their next opportunity work with this great agency.”
Mike B, Freelance Creative, for Ad Agency Client
“As a member of the Programming Committee of IABC Chicago, I had the pleasure of bringing Lynn into our organization to present to our members on the current job market and how to succeed as a candidate. Few recruiters understand the communications and marketing career space better than Lynn Hazan. She has led her firm, Lynn Hazan & Associates, since 2000, specializing in placing communications, public relations, and marketing professionals in some of the nation’s top employers.
As a speaker, Lynn gave our members what they were looking for — and then some! Lynn’s program was filled with tips and tool sto increase self-awareness, highlight strengths, and put your best foot forward as a job candidate. She introduced our members to current thought leaders in career positioning and provided online tools to assess the effectiveness of their LinkedIn profiles and to tell more compelling stories through their resumes and interview approaches.
After the program, attendees lined up to speak with her and receive a brief, tailored dose of wisdom on their most pressing questions about the current job market. Lynn stayed until every question was answered, and each attendee seemed satisfied that they had a direction forward.
Whether you are a hiring manager looking to attract the best talent in the communications and marketing space, a candidate looking for your next best opportunity, or the leader of a group whose members are interested in these topics — I would recommend Lynn Hazan any time as a speaker, a recruiter, and world-class communicator with a heart of gold. “
Linda Carlisle, Chicago Board – member at large, IABC Chicago Chapter
The 5 Ws + H!
Who
Lynn Hazan is a 41-year recruiting veteran with extensive experience working with corporations, agencies, nonprofits, associations, and consulting firms. She helps candidates translate challenges into opportunities.
What
LH&A offers a variety of individualized seminars to help in your job search or promotion strategies. These workshops are designed to meet your professional needs. Services can be group or one-on-one.
Why
Gain insights and knowledge to be the candidate of choice in a competitive job market.
Where
While we are based in Chicago, thanks to the internet and technology, we are available to work with you virtually, all over the country!
When
Whenever you need – sessions are set up by appointment.
How
Contact us to get started by the following link to our contact form!
“I reached out to Lynn looking to find a new role. Not only did she help me understand how my skill set could be utilized in different roles within the workforce she gave me advice on how to restructure my resume. Before revamping my resume I was applying to jobs and never hearing back. After taking her advice on the types of roles I should apply for my reply rate was 80-90%! I found a role within one month of meeting with her and am forever grateful she took the time to mentor me!”
Stephanie Castillo
Are You Ready to Get Started?
If you are a candidate looking for your next great role, contact the professionals at Lynn Hazan & Associates, and start your journey with us!