About Us
Striving to Earn Your Trust
With your insights we develop a detailed understanding of your organization and requirements. Providing outstanding work and results is always our top priority.
- Integrity and excellence are at the foundation of our work
- Our diverse professional network and proprietary methodologies have grown and developed during the last twenty-five years
- We are innovative, flexible, reasonable and guarantee our work
- Our clients typically employ their first choice of candidates
- We have alliances with other outstanding consultants
Our Philosophy & History
We are a recruiting and consulting firm founded in Chicago in 1995 by Mike Shackleton.
We serve industry leading companies and non profit organizations that value excellence, integrity, diversity and results.
Our service offerings include recruitment and management consulting. Consulting includes strategic growth planning, needs assessment, management succession planning, benchmarking, career planning, compensation, and outplacement assistance.
Our outstanding results, relentless service, and innovative, customized work distinguish us from the competition. Clients express outstanding satisfaction well above industry standards. We measure our performance based on client and candidate experience, response time, timely results, fill rate and the post hire performance of the people we recruit. We believe that earning your trust is the foundation of our success. Professional client and candidate references are available upon request.
Meet Mike Shackleton
Founder and Managing Partner of Shackleton & Associates, Mike brings more than 20 years of experience helping organizations identify exceptional leadership talent and solve complex business challenges. His work spans Fortune 100 companies, higher education institutions, trade associations, and private organizations, delivering proven results through executive recruitment and strategic consulting.
Our Clients
For decades, Shackleton & Associates has partnered with Fortune 100 companies, leading research universities, healthcare organizations, trade associations, financial institutions, and nonprofit organizations. Our clients trust us to help identify exceptional talent, strengthen leadership teams, and solve complex organizational challenges.