在老板（威廉达福）一家芝加哥的猎头| Dane Jensen（杰拉德巴特勒）|谁的作品在贝莱德招聘代理机构安排工程师|工作退休的延森终于实现了自己的|接管公司后将头和他的雄心勃勃的竞争对手| Lynn Vogel长期的目标（爱丽森布里）。然而|接管了公司他辛辛苦苦在| dane's10-year-old儿子|赖安控制（Max Jenkins）|突然罹患癌症，他的工作专业优先和个人prioritiesat家开始彼此冲突。

  After the boss (Willem Dafoe) of a Chicago-based headhunter| Dane Jensen (Gerard Butler)| who works atthe Blackrock Recruiting agency arranging jobs for engineers| retires| Jensen finally achieves his longtime goal of taking over the company after going head-to-headwith his ambitious rival| Lynn Vogel (Alison Brie). However| upon taking over the company he worked so hard to be in control of| Dane's10-year-old son| Ryan (Max Jenkins)| is suddenly diagnosed with cancer and his professional priorities at work and personal prioritiesat home begin to clash with one another.