Goodwin Recruiting is a leading national search firm with hospitality and restaurant recruiters in Michigan who connect companies to leading talent in the region. Our local team is committed to helping clients gain a competitive advantage through talent acquisition and helping professionals achieve their career goals.
Our Michigan recruiting experts have the power of a national search firm behind them. They leverage their sophisticated resources and their depth of knowledge in the Michigan market to deliver results. Whether you are looking for top-tier professionals or the opportunity to take the next step up the ladder, Goodwin Recruiting will tailor a solution for you.
The Goodwin Recruiting Advantage
Goodwin Recruiting is a full-service management recruiting firm that focuses on the total alignment between the candidate and the client. The company began with a focus on hospitality recruitment and has since expanded its reach across multiple disciplines.
We practice relationship-based recruitment, acting as trusted advisors to both candidates and clients. Only by forming real relationships can we deliver the right talent and the right opportunities at the right time. Whether you are looking for executive leadership, finance, engineering, healthcare, or hospitality recruiters in Michigan, Goodwin Recruiting is ready to deliver.
Recruiting is awesome! It enables me to stay close to the hospitality business (which I love), serving both my guests and clients.I enjoy that wonderful feeling of knowing you have provided excellent, above-and-beyond service.
Larry Chesner joined Goodwin Recruiting in March of 2017. He grew up in New Jersey as a latch-key kid with two working parents and thus learned to cook at an early age.
Larry went on to attend Johnson and Wales College in Providence, RI. He earned an Associate’s degree in Culinary Arts and a Bachelor’s degree of Science in Food Service Administration.
Much of Larry’s career was with Interstate Hotels, where he started in F&B, then migrated to rooms operations and General Manager. He helped open several properties during his tenure and worked in Boston, MA;
After spending four decades in restaurant operations, recruiting for Goodwin Recruiting allows me to keep that connection with the industry I love and also continue to impact people and their careers.
Eric Esterline started working with Goodwin Recruiting in April 2019. Eric says he remembers it well, as it is his brother's (Todd) birthday. Todd has actually been with Goodwin Recruiting for a few years, and due to his great passion for the business, convinced Eric to come on board.
I absolutely love my job because I get to work with people, but even more rewarding, I get to help them. I can significantly improve their lives with the right placement. Happiness and satisfaction are not only contagious but very fulfilling. The other part is working with an organization with tremendous culture. The support and relationships are epic.
I’ve always loved helping to shape careers as a leader in the restaurant industry. I’m thrilled to be able to do the same without the rigors of day-to-day restaurant operations.
Jeff Wilk’s career with Goodwin Recruiting began in January of 2016.
Jeff grew up on a large family farm in central Michigan. He fell in love with the restaurant industry while working at a restaurant in high school.
Jeff is a graduate of Michigan State University’s School of Hospitality Management.
Here’s what people are saying about Goodwin Recruiting.
I was genuinely impressed with the communication, thoroughness and rapid delivery of candidates from Goodwin Recruiting. Their hard work shows through in the quality candidates they present.
Goodwin has worked hard to provide a personalized recruiting experience for our brands. They have worked to truly understand the culture and standards of our organization and have used that information to find the right talent to present to us for open positions.
You need to partner with a team that knows your business. I have been using Goodwin Recruiting for over 6 years. In that time, I have been with two different companies with different needs. Goodwin is the ONLY company that I brought with me to my current company! You need a team that is quick to respond. I have that with Goodwin. You could not choose a better recruiting partner!
Working with Goodwin Recruiting has been great! The team does a wonderful job presenting candidates well-suited for us. They take the extra time to not only thoroughly interview the candidates but to also review our compensation and benefits packages, our expectations and culture. By doing this, Goodwin Recruiting provides me the opportunity to focus in on my specific interview questions – making the process extremely thorough.
It has been a pleasure working with Goodwin. I’d like you to know that I spoke to many recruiters during my job search and my Goodwin Recruiter stood out immediately. It was apparent from the questions he was asking and the honesty in his approach, that he was who I should work with. My Goodwin Recruiter took the time to truly get a sense of who I was and what I hoped to achieve and then put me in front of the right people at the right companies for interviews.
