People operations
10 recruiting consultants
These ten recruiting consultants advise companies on talent acquisition strategy, recruiting operations and hiring processes, as independent consultants or through their own consulting firms. A reader can learn how a recruiting consultant assesses a hiring function, redesigns recruiting processes and decides when fractional talent leadership makes sense.
Professionals to explore
01—10Conrad McGinnis,SPHR,CIR,CDR
LinkedInExperience: Contract HR Recruiting Strategy & Implementation Consultant · Independent Consultant
Contract HR Recruiting Strategy & Implementation Consultant as an Independent Consultant since 2011, and Senior Executive Recruiter at World Wide Executive Search, a role listed from 2001. His profile says he assists clients on a consultant basis by developing and implementing talent acquisition systems, strategy and recruitment branding. He was Executive Director of Talent Acquisition at Fox Interactive Media (2005–2008).
Damon Berkhaug
LinkedInExperience: Head of Talent · Independent Consultant
Head of Talent as an Independent Consultant since 2023, work his profile describes as executive recruiting and advising. He was Head of Global Talent Acquisition at Deel (2022–2023), Vice President Talent Acquisition at 2K (2019–2021) and Global Head of Talent Acquisition at Lam Research (2017–2019).
Emiley Padgett
LinkedInExperience: Founder & Chief Optimizer · Optimized Recruitment Solutions
Founder & Chief Optimizer of Optimized Recruitment Solutions since 2018, and former Western Region Recruiting Manager at Covenant Care (2015–2018). Her profile describes her as a strategic talent acquisition consultant and says the firm does not recruit for clients but helps organizations streamline their own hiring processes and create alignment within their teams.
Heather Langlais
LinkedInExperience: Founder Principal Consultant · Talent Refined
Founder Principal Consultant at Talent Refined since 2024, and former Corporate Recruiter (Remote) at Envoy Solutions (2022–2024). Her profile describes her as a talent acquisition and recruiting operations consultant who advises executives and leadership teams on workforce planning, recruiting operations, process design and hiring strategy, and helps organizations stabilize or scale hiring functions.
Jason Pistulka
LinkedInExperience: Company Owner · StratTech Talent Consulting and Advisory
Company Owner of StratTech Talent Consulting and Advisory since 2019, and Strategic Advisor at Fountain and at Joveo since 2025. His profile names him Founder & Principal Consultant at StratTech Talent and says he helps organizations optimize hiring strategies, improve efficiency and create exceptional candidate experiences, drawing on talent acquisition, HR technology and data-driven recruiting.
Josephine Lui
LinkedInExperience: Founder Talent Acquisition & Strategy Consultant · Hello JoJo Consulting
Founder Talent Acquisition & Strategy Consultant at Hello JoJo Consulting since 2023, and Senior Recruiting Consultant at Change.org since 2025. She also held Interim Head of Talent (Consultant) roles at Iterable in 2024 and 2024–2025. Her profile says she has led full-cycle recruiting across tech, G&A and executive functions for companies from early-stage startups to global organizations.
Kate Dey, MA
LinkedInExperience: Strategic Talent Advising Consultant - Fractional · Intuitive
Founder of Talent Forward Strategies - Consulting and Coaching for Success since 2023, and former Strategic Talent Advising Consultant - Fractional at Intuitive (2025) and Senior Director Talent Acquisition - Emerging Talent and Early Career at First Republic (2022–2023). Her profile says that as a talent acquisition consultant she leads the assessment, strategic planning and phased implementation of talent acquisition programs.
Kavita Patel
LinkedInExperience: Founder and Principal Consultant · Talent Undiscovered
Founder and Principal Consultant of Talent Undiscovered since 2018, and Talent Acquisition Consultant at ENC - ElDorado National California Inc. since 2024. Her profile says Talent Undiscovered works with leadership teams to design and implement the operational foundation behind effective hiring, and helps organizations find professionals who remain undiscovered through traditional recruiting.
Kisha Daniels
LinkedInExperience: Owner HR & Recruiting Process Consultant · Daniels Talent Strategies
Owner HR & Recruiting Process Consultant at Daniels Talent Strategies since 2026, and former Sr. Manager, US Talent Acquisition at Haleon (2023–2025) and Manager, Talent Acquisition, Pfizer Global Supply North America at Pfizer (2018–2021). Her profile describes her as an HR and recruiting process consultant focused on the process behind recruiting, such as interview frameworks and recruiter tools.
Leah Collingwood, CDR, CTR
LinkedInExperience: Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant Fractional TA Leader & Strategic Advisor · Independent Consultant
Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant Fractional TA Leader & Strategic Advisor as an Independent Consultant since 2022, and Executive Recruiting Consultant Talent Operations & Process Improvement Consultant as an Independent Consultant (2015–2018). Her profile says she builds scalable recruiting systems, personally executes full-cycle hiring and has led talent strategy and process transformation for startups, scale-ups and enterprise organizations.
Choose the right perspective
Match the consultant's background, such as executive recruiting, high-growth tech hiring or recruiting operations, to the hiring problem you have. Decide whether you need someone to redesign your process and train your team or someone who will also run searches.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you assess what is slowing down or weakening a company's hiring?
- 02Which recruiting processes and tools should a growing company put in place first?
- 03When does it make sense to bring in a fractional talent acquisition leader instead of hiring full-time?
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