Vetted People & HR Professionals

“Talent/recruiting operations leader with 10–15 years of hands-on recruiting across light industrial, office, skilled trades, and truck driver hiring, including multi-location team oversight. Has redesigned complex multi-state construction recruiting workflows and championed Jobber implementation at a commercial maintenance company to improve documentation, transparency, and speed.”

Samantha Portillo

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level Talent Acquisition Leader specializing in scaling recruiting operations

Fort Worth, TX9y exp

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader who has repeatedly built and rebuilt TA infrastructure—writing end-to-end processes, migrating ATSs to Lever, and integrating with HRIS/background check systems. Has managed teams up to 30 (indirect) and delivered measurable outcomes, including doubling headcount in a year by standardizing and streamlining interview workflows while training technical hiring managers on best practices.”

Eric Dulkin

Screened ReferencesModerate rec.

Senior scouting and recruiting professional in sports talent evaluation

Chicago, IL34y exp

“Longtime multi-sport coach and baseball mentor with playing experience at the high school varsity and semi-pro levels. He cites deep baseball roots through his great-grandfather Jack Rosenberg's 45-year career with the Cubs and relationships with figures like Curtis Granderson and UIC coach Sean McDermott, and says he has helped guide athletes through the high school-to-college baseball pathway, including a player to Illinois State.”

“HR leader with experience managing global/distributed teams and restructuring HR operations by formalizing step-by-step processes across recruiting, onboarding, orientation, and training. Implemented compliance training programs (HIPAA, OSHA, sexual harassment) and ensured organization-wide completion using a multi-platform recruiting stack (Indeed, Hireology, LinkedIn).”

“Talent Acquisition/Recruiting Operations leader with 22 years of experience managing large onsite/offshore teams (100+ at peak) and running VMS-driven delivery for multi-industry accounts (telecom, health insurance, retail). Has implemented ATS-based resume databases and reporting dashboards to improve turnaround time, productivity tracking, and coverage planning across multiple client/vendor relationships.”

“Recruiting Operations leader with 5+ years managing a small team and owning end-to-end process improvements, including implementing a new ATS that cut time-to-fill by 30%. Built structured, role-specific interview feedback surveys (9 Microsoft Forms) and leveraged Lever reporting to diagnose funnel drop-off and improve candidate experience. Also designed an early-careers hiring roadmap that enabled 30 intern offers in a single quarter through assessments, campus outreach, and faster scheduling.”

“Recruiter with demonstrated full-desk ownership of a complex Global People Operations Manager search for an international nonprofit, requiring a blend of compensation, HR operations, and recruiting expertise. Stands out for targeted sourcing in niche talent markets, strong hiring-manager calibration, and data-driven pipeline management, including successfully closing the search within a week despite compensation and scope concerns.”

“South Dakota-based senior recruiter with an unusual blend of 30+ years in baseball instruction, college/professional recruiting, and 20+ years as a sports broadcaster. He brings a relationship-driven advising style shaped by work with athletes and families across baseball, hockey, and wrestling, helping them navigate scholarship, development, and career-path decisions.”

“Corporate Recruiting Manager (Cambrian Homecare) who led an 18-person recruiting/onboarding team and implemented end-to-end recruiting process improvements in a previously unstructured environment, cutting time-to-hire to 5 days. Partnered closely with HRBPs and executive leadership on KPIs, core values, ATS decisions, and new-market hiring strategy (including Texas/Dallas expansion).”

“Recruiter with full-desk, end-to-end ownership of searches (example: Project Engineer) spanning intake, multi-channel sourcing, structured screening/interview coordination, offers, onboarding, and 30/90-day retention follow-ups. Emphasizes recruiting operations rigor—weekly requisition aging, pipeline reviews, and bottleneck management—including implementing a 48-hour hiring manager feedback SLA to unblock stalled searches.”

“HR leader with ~20 years of experience focused on raising talent and performance standards through structured hiring (Bar Raiser veto panel), output-linked incentives, and rigorous operating cadences. Reports quantified impact including +21% revenue per head and 93% top-performer retention, and has built recruiting-to-revenue pipelines plus performance-gated onboarding/certification boot camps aligned with Finance and Sales.”

“Former competitive baseball player with experience from travel ball and a national championship through varsity, junior college in California, and independent minor leagues, now coaching and advising athletes. He combines firsthand playing credibility, private instruction, recruiting guidance, and a coach network to help players navigate college pathways and development decisions—including athletes who advanced to D3 baseball and even pro ball.”

“Healthcare recruiter/business development professional with strong experience building outbound talent pipelines and expanding client relationships in medical staffing. They combine high-touch relationship management with data-backed selling, including opening new business through proactive candidate submissions and influencing large health systems like Cedars-Sinai on hiring strategy.”

Krystin Sheahan

Screened

Senior HR & People Operations Manager specializing in talent acquisition and HR operations

New York, New York11y exp

“People/HR leader who partners directly with CEOs and senior leadership to drive culture and employee experience transformations during organizational change. Brings a systems-thinking and data-driven approach across onboarding, performance/development practices, and employee relations, including coaching leaders and running impartial investigations to rebuild trust and improve team alignment.”

“Recruiting leader who expanded into full HR ownership, with HRBPs reporting to them, and has led multi-state recruiting teams (NY plus teams in IA/NE). Implemented SOPs, KPIs, and a structured orientation/onboarding program to improve conversion from applicant/interview volume into actual starts, and has experience navigating executive-level decisions including a C-suite termination.”

“Former college baseball player whose career ended during the Covid year, with experience spanning team analytics, a California Winter League analytics internship, private lessons, and college recruiting advisory work. He combines firsthand playing experience with baseball operations knowledge to guide athletes and families through recruiting, JUCO vs. D1 decisions, transfer portal considerations, and exposure strategy, and has leveraged Cape League relationships to create concrete opportunities for players.”