Startup Talent consultants work inside your company as your internal recruiting and HR team, on fractional or full-time hours. Our team covers every level of both functions, from the sourcers, coordinators, and HR Generalists who run the day-to-day work to the VPs of Talent and Heads of People who set strategy and build the function. You can engage recruiting, HR and People, or both, and we deliver top tech talent and the People support behind it at the pace your growth requires.
Your embedded recruiting team, from sourcer to VP of Talent
Our recruiting consultants join your company as your internal recruiting team. They carry your email address, represent you to candidates, and run full-cycle hiring across technical and engineering, go-to-market, product, operations, and executive roles. Senior consultants can also lead your Talent function, setting the hiring strategy, building the process, and selecting your recruiting technology.
You choose the level of expertise and the hours, and you can turn recruiting up, down, or off as your hiring plan changes.
Learn More- Talent leaders, including a VP of Talent or interim Head of Talent, set your hiring strategy and build the function.
- Full-cycle recruiters hire across technical, go-to-market, product, operations, and executive roles.
- Sourcers, coordinators, and Talent Operations consultants keep your pipeline full and your process organized.
- Every role is available on fractional or full-time hours.
- Teams scale up, down, or off with your hiring plan while keeping the same people, process, and tools.
Your embedded HR and People team, from HR Generalist to Head of People
Our HR and People consultants work inside your company as your internal People team. They run onboarding, employee relations, benefits, HRIS, and compliance, and our senior consultants can lead your People function as a Head of People, VP of People, or interim CHRO.
You can engage HR and People support on its own or alongside recruiting, and it can continue for your employees when hiring slows.
Learn More- People leaders, including a Head of People or interim CHRO, own your People strategy and HR roadmap.
- HR Business Partners, Generalists, and People Operations consultants run day-to-day HR and the employee lifecycle.
- Specialists cover compliance, total rewards, employee relations, HRIS, and learning and development.
- Every role is available on fractional or full-time hours.
- We work alongside your existing PEO, HRIS, payroll provider, and benefits broker.
Your people are at the center of every engagement. Our recruiting consultants run full-cycle hiring for technical, go-to-market, and executive roles, and our HR and People consultants support your employees from onboarding through offboarding. You can engage any level of expertise, from sourcers and HR Coordinators to a VP of Talent or Head of People.
Contact Us- An embedded recruiting and HR team flexes between fractional and full-time hours as your plans change.
- Every level is available, from sourcers and HR Coordinators to a VP of Talent or Head of People.
- Team size scales to match your hiring schedule and headcount plan.
- Senior Talent and People leaders develop long-term workforce and hiring plans.
- Our consultants have delivered nearly 3,000 hires across 116+ startups.
Your embedded team becomes an extension of your company and works inside your systems as your internal Talent and People function. Our senior consultants can audit your existing recruiting and HR processes, identify what is slowing you down, and design the hiring, onboarding, performance, and compensation processes you need to scale. Our recruiters, coordinators, and People Operations consultants then run those processes day to day. We have built and operated these functions for startups from Seed through Series E and into going public.
Contact Us- Customized recruiting processes improve time to fill by roughly 50%.
- Scalable recruiting and HR processes are built for tech startups hiring at volume.
- Training and development strengthen your managers and your existing recruiting and HR teams.
- A clear action plan improves interviewing, offer negotiation, and onboarding to elevate the candidate and employee experience.
- Every hiring and People plan aligns with your business objectives.
Our consultants work in your recruiting and HR systems every day, building the top of your funnel, moving candidates through your pipeline, and running your HR operations. When your stack needs work, our Talent Operations and HRIS consultants evaluate your current tools, then select and implement the ATS, sourcing platforms, HRIS, performance management, and PEO or EOR providers that fit your stage.
Contact Us- Selection, implementation, and rollout cover your ATS, HRIS, performance management, and PEO or EOR platforms.
- Automation simplifies recruiting and HR tasks and keeps every process consistent as it scales.
- PEO and EOR selection covers payroll, benefits, and compliance without building an HR back office.
- Accurate recruiting and people data drive better hiring and People decisions.
Frequently asked questions
Startup Talent provides embedded recruiting and embedded HR and People support for venture-backed tech startups. Our consultants work inside your company as your internal recruiting and People team, on fractional or full-time hours, and cover every level from sourcers, coordinators, and HR Generalists to VPs of Talent and Heads of People. You can engage recruiting, HR and People, or both.
Yes. Our senior consultants include VPs of Talent, Heads of People, and interim Talent and HR leaders who can audit your recruiting and HR functions, set strategy, design your processes, and select your tools. They can lead our embedded team, your internal staff, or both, on fractional or full-time hours.
Our recruitment as a service model gives you an on-demand recruiting team, fractional or full time. You set the team size based on your hiring schedule. We can run the entire process as full RPO or take a defined scope such as sourcing, coordination, or a single function, and you can scale up or down as needs change.
Fractional support gives you any consultant on our team, from a coordinator to a VP of Talent or Head of People, for a set portion of the week. Full-time embedded support gives you a dedicated consultant or a complete team when you are scaling at volume or need a dedicated owner for the function. Many clients move between the two as their needs change and keep the same team, process, and tools.
Yes. Our Talent Operations and HRIS consultants help you select, implement, and roll out the right recruiting and HR stack for your stage, including your ATS, sourcing tools, HRIS, performance management platform, and PEO or EOR provider. If you already have a stack, we evaluate it and recommend ways to close gaps.
We recruit across the entire startup org. That includes technical and engineering roles, go-to-market (GTM) hires in sales and marketing, product, and operations, and senior leadership. On the Talent and People function we hire CPOs, VPs of Talent, Directors, Managers, technical and senior recruiters, sourcers, employer branding specialists, talent operations, and recruiting coordinators.
Yes. Our HR and People consultants work inside your company on the same fractional or full-time model, from HR Coordinators and Generalists to HR Business Partners, specialists, and a Head of People or interim CHRO. They can run onboarding, employee relations, benefits, HRIS, compliance, and performance and compensation cycles, on their own or alongside recruiting.
An embedded recruiter works inside your company as a member of your team. They carry a company email address, represent you to candidates, and run full-cycle hiring from sourcing through closing, while Startup Talent manages their process, tools, and quality.
