10 recruiting consultants
Some of these recruiting consultants run their own firms, while others have held fractional or interim talent acquisition titles, and several held in-house talent acquisition titles at companies such as Deel, Docusign, Pfizer and Lam Research. A call fits when you are deciding whether to build a recruiting team, bring in a fractional head of talent, or fix an interview process that keeps losing candidates.
Professionals to explore
Conrad McGinnis,SPHR,CIR,CDR
LinkedInExperience: Contract HR Recruiting Strategy & Implementation Consultant · Independent Consultant
Contract HR Recruiting Strategy & Implementation Consultant since October 2011, Conrad McGinnis also holds a current Senior Executive Recruiter role at World Wide Executive Search. Executive Director of Talent Acquisition at Fox Interactive Media (2005-2008) and Sr. HR Project Consultant at Toyota North America (2010-2011) sit behind client work building talent acquisition systems and recruitment branding.
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Damon Berkhaug
LinkedInExperience: Head of Talent · Independent Consultant
Damon Berkhaug has been an independent Head of Talent consultant since July 2023, after Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Deel (2022-2023), Vice President Talent Acquisition at 2K (2019-2021), Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Lam Research (2017-2019) and a global head role at Autodesk (2016-2017). Damon's specialties include staffing strategy, mobility, immigration, contingent workforce and workforce planning.
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Emiley Padgett
LinkedInExperience: Founder & Chief Optimizer · Optimized Recruitment Solutions
Emiley Padgett, Founder & Chief Optimizer of Optimized Recruitment Solutions since December 2018, positions the firm as helping companies run their own recruiting better rather than recruiting for them. Western Region Recruiting Manager at Covenant Care (2015-2018) and Regional Recruiter at St. Joseph Health (2014-2015) add regional recruiting experience, a fit for in-house teams tightening process and tools.
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Heather Langlais
LinkedInExperience: Founder Principal Consultant · Talent Refined
Heather Langlais has been Founder Principal Consultant at Talent Refined since December 2024, after corporate recruiter roles at Envoy Solutions (2022-2024) and Eclipse Advantage (2020-2022) and regional talent acquisition and recruiting manager roles at GetHappyUSA and WIS International. Heather advises executives on workforce planning, recruiting operations, process design and hiring strategy, a fit for questions on stabilizing a hiring function.
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Jason Pistulka
LinkedInExperience: Company Owner · StratTech Talent Consulting and Advisory
Company Owner of StratTech Talent Consulting and Advisory since 2019, Jason Pistulka also holds current Strategic Advisor roles at Match2, Zare Innovations, Fountain and Joveo, all started in 2025. The summary centers on talent acquisition, HR technology and data-driven recruiting, the right fit for questions on choosing and using recruiting software.
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Josephine Lui
LinkedInExperience: Founder Talent Acquisition & Strategy Consultant · Hello JoJo Consulting
As Founder Talent Acquisition & Strategy Consultant at Hello JoJo Consulting since July 2023, Josephine Lui has taken embedded roles such as Interim Head of Talent (Consultant) at Iterable (2024-2025) and a current Senior Recruiting Consultant role at Change.org since 2025. The summary covers full-cycle recruiting across tech, G&A and executive functions, useful for startups weighing an interim talent lead.
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Kate Dey, MA
LinkedInExperience: Strategic Talent Advising Consultant - Fractional · Intuitive
Kate Dey was Strategic Talent Advising Consultant - Fractional at Intuitive (2025) and has been Founder of Talent Forward Strategies since June 2023. Global Director, University Recruiting and Programs at Docusign (2019-2022) and Senior Director Talent Acquisition - Emerging Talent and Early Career at First Republic (2022-2023) make Kate Dey the pick for early career and campus hiring programs.
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Kavita Patel
LinkedInExperience: Founder and Principal Consultant · Talent Undiscovered
Kavita Patel founded Talent Undiscovered in 2018 and is its Principal Consultant, with current Talent Acquisition Consultant work at ENC - ElDorado National California Inc. since 2024 and at Golden West Packaging Group (2022-2025). The firm's description covers designing the operational foundation behind hiring with leadership teams, a fit for companies setting up the operational side of recruiting.
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Kisha Daniels
LinkedInExperience: Owner HR & Recruiting Process Consultant · Daniels Talent Strategies
Kisha Daniels opened Daniels Talent Strategies as Owner HR & Recruiting Process Consultant in March 2026, following North America Delivery Excellence Lead (2025) and Sr. Manager, US Talent Acquisition (2023-2025) at Haleon and talent acquisition and people experience roles at Pfizer (2018-2023). The summary focuses on interview frameworks, recruiter tools and setting hiring managers up to decide well.
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Leah Collingwood, CDR, CTR
LinkedInExperience: Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant Fractional TA Leader & Strategic Advisor · Independent Consultant
Leah Collingwood works as an independent Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant, Fractional TA Leader & Strategic Advisor since February 2022, and earlier held talent acquisition and operations partner roles at Windstream (2020-2022) and ScentAir (2018-2020). Leah builds scalable recruiting systems and personally runs full-cycle hiring, which suits a company that wants a player-coach.
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Choose the right perspective
If you need someone to run hiring for a stretch, Leah Collingwood, Josephine Lui and Kate Dey have held fractional or interim titles. For fixing the process your own team runs, Emiley Padgett, Kisha Daniels and Heather Langlais describe that work directly, and Damon Berkhaug or Conrad McGinnis suit questions about global or executive hiring at scale.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01At what hiring volume does it make sense to replace agency recruiters with an in-house recruiter or a fractional head of talent?
- 02What should a recruiting process audit look at first: the job intake, the interview loop, the tools or the offer stage?
- 03How do you set up interview scorecards so hiring managers make faster decisions without lowering the bar?
About this directory
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