# Charlie Saffro

> Charlie Saffro is a Chicago-area recruiting founder, operator, and speaker who turned informal introductions into CS Recruiting, a specialist firm serving transportation, logistics, and supply chain employers across North America. After building the company from a one-person operation into a multimillion-dollar agency, she sold it to Hirewell in December 2025 and became managing director of Hirewell's Supply Chain and Industrial Practice, continuing her advocacy for human-centered hiring and workplace culture.

- **Role:** Managing Director, Supply Chain and Industrial Practice at Hirewell
- **Organizations:** Hirewell, CS Recruiting, Real Time Freight, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- **Known for:** Built CS Recruiting from a one-person operation into a multimillion-dollar logistics and supply-chain recruiting company with 48 employees at its peak., Led a firm credited with thousands of placements for hundreds of companies., CS Recruiting was named an Inc. Best Workplace in 2022.

## Career timeline

- **2000s** — Worked in advertising account management for five years, including major consumer-brand accounts.
- **2008** — Left advertising after the birth of her first son and joined Real Time Freight, where she became an internal recruiter.
- **2010** — After Real Time Freight was sold, launched CS Recruiting as an independent third-party recruiting firm.
- **2011** — Won an early large-scale assignment from the young XPO Logistics and hired her first recruiter, Beth Herber Holt.
- **2017** — Joined the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.
- **2018** — CS Recruiting appeared on the Inc. 5000 list of fast-growing private companies.
- **2022** — CS Recruiting was named an Inc. Best Workplace; Saffro was also the first recipient of the Blended Pledge Grant.
- **2024** — Delivered the TEDxWilmette talk 'Business IS Personal - Prioritizing People Pays Off' and won Women Lead Change's Speak Tank.
- **2025** — Sold CS Recruiting to Hirewell; the acquisition closed December 1.
- **2026** — Continued leading the supply chain and industrial practice within Hirewell, with expanded contract, interim, RPO, and industrial hiring capabilities.

## Achievements

- Built CS Recruiting from a one-person operation into a multimillion-dollar logistics and supply-chain recruiting company with 48 employees at its peak.
- Led a firm credited with thousands of placements for hundreds of companies.
- CS Recruiting was named an Inc. Best Workplace in 2022.
- CS Recruiting appeared on the Inc. 5000 list in 2018.
- Delivered the 2024 TEDxWilmette talk 'Business IS Personal - Prioritizing People Pays Off.'
- Won Women Lead Change's 2024 Speak Tank competition.
- Was the first recipient of the Blended Pledge Grant, supporting greater representation in the supply-chain sector.
- Sold CS Recruiting to Hirewell in December 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Co-authored Hirewell content explaining the different recruiting strategies required for corporate supply-chain roles and frontline industrial hiring.
- **2026-05** — Appeared on The RAG Podcast to discuss selling CS Recruiting, navigating the transition from founder to employee, and rebuilding identity after an exit.
- **2026-01** — Joined Hirewell's company podcast to explain the acquisition, the continuation of the CS Recruiting team and brand, and the expansion into contract, interim, and RPO services.
- **2025-12** — Hirewell acquired CS Recruiting; the transaction closed on December 1, 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://www.cs-recruiting.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliesaffro
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CSRecruitingLLC
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CSRecruiting/

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Last updated: 2026-08-26