We’re so happy to welcome a new partner to Guild Talent, Wendy Taylor. Wendy will lead Go-To-Market and G&A Executive Searches. We sat down with her to pick her brain on her passion. Q: What got you into the recruiting industry? A: I stumbled into recruiting as a result of my husband having trouble …
We’re so happy to welcome a seasoned recruiting consultant to our ranks here at Guild Talent, Justin Shotwell. We sat down with him to pick his brain on what got him into recruiting and how he’s evolved. Q: What got you into the recruiting industry? A: My mom. She’s been in HR her whole …
Justin Shotwell: Welcome to Guild Talent and Q&A Read More »
This month, Heavybit interviewed two top recruitment experts to uncover tips and tricks for hiring a company’s first management layer. Guild Talent’s very own partner, Marissa Iteld, was identified as an industry influencer and featured in the publication. A little more about Heavybit: they run an intensive 9-month accelerator program and fund that helps fledgling …
Heavybit, Venture Fund & Accelerator, Interviews Guild Talent Partner, Marissa Read More »
A startup’s hiring process is the only component they can fully control when trying to fill a leadership role. Hiring involves working with people, who can’t really be controlled. Managing the process tightly is as close as we’re ever going to get in really being in control of hiring. In today’s world with COVID remote …
One of my colleagues recently gave me a bit of a ‘thank you’ after a conversation we had around sourcing strategy when they thought they had looked at every single profile on the internet. My point was to challenge their own notions, even when they’ve exhausted all options. With the risk of jumping into entrepreneurship, and …
Striving Valiantly and Challenging Notions in Entrepreneurship, Recruiting, and Life Read More »
I believe a gap exists in the recruiting space, and Guild Talent fills this space by focusing on Senior Managers, Directors, and VP roles of the non-technical variety. After now nine months in business, I remain confident that the gap exists and also more confident in my decision to start the business. There are a …
Operating like an Operator, Forging Solutions to Complex Problems Read More »
The first post on this blog was, “My First 90 Days in Business”, and with everything that has been going on, along with the new year kicking off, I think the end-of-year warrants an update to further dig into why I started Guild Talent and where it stands since the 3-month update. At the point …
Operationalizing Our Mighty Team: Small, Scrappy and Engaged Read More »
I was honored to partner with Dan Morris of the venture firm NFX to talk about best practices hiring for early-stage companies. As a long-time recruiter mainly focused on startup/technology companies, offering insights to founders on hiring for their scaling business is an exciting opportunity to share my own domain expertise necessary for their next …
Best Practices in Hiring for Early-Stage Companies Read More »
Rance Bauman is the OG Executive Recruiter for Guild Talent. Jamie hired Rance to take the leap and begin building a recruiting business from scratch, and the dynamic duo (with the addition to Miss Ali) has been killing it ever since. One of the things that makes Rance so interesting? He’s the new kid on …
Guild Talent’s OG Recruiter Shares Life With a Start-Up Read More »
Working remotely has become a growing phenomenon in the last few years and for good reason. Not only does this work style offer employees the flexibility they constantly seek, but also a great opportunity for employers to save on overhead costs, decreases sick days and employee time off, reduces stress and increases the employee talent …
These 10 CEOs Share Tips and Benefits to Working Remotely Read More »
