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Talentful: Inventing the future of recruitment

Combining expertise, speed and proprietary tech to supercharge the way we find you the right global talent.

Founded in 2015, Talentful is the world’s first GenAI-driven embedded RPO. With a global reach, evenly split across the US & Europe, we’ve made successful hires in over 80 countries globally. We combine specialist recruiters with the smarts of generative AI to speed up candidate acquisition – matching great talent with great companies and a product that scales to your business. All at one, fixed monthly cost. No hidden fees, no surprises.

We are the leading recruiter for the global tech sector, working with the likes of Atlassian, Alphabet, Expedia, and Microsoft. We are Enterprise scale, with startup agility. We work with companies with $5T total valuation and have helped build some of the most storied unicorns from startup to exit.

Our Values

We are built up from the central belief that recruitment can be done differently. Traditional recruitment agencies charge high fees and commissions for an impersonal service and talent solutions that don’t always match company needs. We believe businesses go further when they work with partners who actually care about how you do business. That philosophy is instilled in every member of our team. So we’ll not only find you hires fast, but they’ll match your company best too. 

Impact

We will always do our best to make business decisions that make a difference and improve long-term performance for our Clients. We set clear expectations, inspiring others to take action and achieve results.

Partnership

We’re you’re biggest advocate and care about building trust in your leadership and the organization; ensuring our shared goals are aligned and embedded. Customer satisfaction is of paramount importance to us.

Curiosity

We challenge each other and consistently seek out opportunities to learn and improve, including having tough conversations. Once a decision is made, we stand behind it – as if we’ve made it ourselves.

Grit

We’ve created an environment that encourages continuous learning and driving high performance for a competitive advantage. It’s all about working with tenacity, persistence, and passion to get the job done.

Candour

You can count on us to always communicate directly, with honesty and integrity. At Talentful, we do what we say we’ll do.

Why the best choose Talentful

We’ve exclusively partnered with technology businesses for nearly a decade, our expertize is grounded in global expansion and rapid growth, honed with more than 60 technology unicorn companies. We’re the only RPO solution powered by GenAI and a 12,000 strong talent community, founded by people who are passionate about creating value for your business.

We’re powered by market-first tech

Our people use our purpose-built Generative AI talent platform, Talentverse, to match you with best-in-class talent, faster than the rest of the market.

We’re flexible

Our embedded team can flex globally to adapt to your changing needs, scaling your talent function with best-in-class recruiters anywhere in the world.

We have global reach

Our expert teams in APAC, EMEA, LATAM and the US have helped us make hires in 80+ countries. With experience around the world, we can help you scale anywhere.

We offer fully managed recruitment services

We address every aspect of recruitment, from sourcing to onboarding, reducing the burden and workload on your team.

We have a proven track-record

Our proven success within hundreds of startups, scale-ups and global enterprises around the world allows us to draw on extensive experience to support you.

We’re delivery focused

We’ve placed thousands of successful candidates across roles in Tech, Product, Marketing, Sales and Operations with hiring processes built for efficiency, tried and tested across over 300 projects.

Work with the best talent experts in the world

Our commitment to L&D and career progression enables our people to work across multiple leading brands, allowing them to stay at the top of their game.

We’ll save you money

We save our clients an average of 48% based on our flexible subscription model, versus a traditional commission-based agency model.

We’re passionate about what we do

Since 2015, we’ve built partnerships with over 300 global organizations and are proud of achieving a 9/10 client satisfaction score

We partner with many of the world's leading businesses

Leading tech companies don’t just choose us for our consistently high quality of delivery and global reach. They also choose us because we care. Choose Talentful and work with a team as committed to your company success as you are.

“We tried several approaches and none of them were really delivering on the quality that we were looking for. And with Talentful, it was more of an extension of our existing team. They were coming here, living with us, and experiencing what we were experiencing.”

Tom Lienhart

Chief Operation Officer, i2x

“Partnering with Talentful has been a game-changer in our ability to scale our hiring by over 200% this past year. Talentful not only brings top-tier leadership support and TA talent to help get the work done, they care deeply about the how – which resonates and reflects our ability to grow as a company in a thoughtful, representative way.”
– Atlassian

How our Embedded Talent Acquisition Model works

It’s not just about hitting headcount targets, it’s about working with you to build out the foundations for strategic, sustainable growth.

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Meet The Team

Since 2015, we’ve built a team of the best TA experts in the world. As we’ve scaled, we’ve our ensured our philosophy of caring deeply about your business is engrained in every team member.

Chris Abbass

Chief Executive Officer

Chris has more than a decade of expertise in leadership and recruitment for game-changing technology companies.

Chris has been instrumental in the growth and expansion of Talentful since its inception and now oversees Talentful’s US headquarters in San Francisco. Chris is a member of the Forbes HR Council and offers his human-first philosophy and insights on the power of leadership, company culture, and redefining recruitment for the transformative age.

Before founding Talentful, Chris was the UK Head of Talent at Audible, the world’s leading provider of premium digital spoken word and entertainment. Prior to that, he was Head of Talent at Zopa, Europe’s leading peer-to-peer lending company and Lead Recruiter at Shazam, focusing on engineering talent.

Phil Blaydes

Chief Marketing Officer

Phil has fifteen years of experience in recruitment and leadership for some of the world’s most innovative companies.

He has been instrumental in the strategic direction and innovation at Talentful over the past five years and now leads our European operation from London, travelling to Berlin regularly. Phil is regularly cited as one of Europe’s leading startup recruiters and regularly speaks on panels and roundtable discussions. He talks about the psychology of hiring, business and company culture.

Before founding Talentful, Phil led global recruitment (UK, USA, South Korea, and China) for Forward3D (Forward Internet Group, exited to Stagwell Group), Magic Pony Technology (Octopus, Balderton, exited to Twitter) and Thought Machine (Draper Esprit). Prior to this, he was an early employee at Mind Candy (Accel, Index).

Jessica Zwaan

Chief Operating Officer

Jessica is a startup and technology executive with a background in Operations, People, and Talent spanning across three continents. She is the Chief Operating Officer of Talentful and Author of Built for People, published by Kogan Page and one of Amazon’s Hottest New Releases of 2023.

She has served as Chief Operating Officer at fully remote video meetings company, Whereby. Prior to this she served as Chief People and Operations advisor for startups across Europe, Group Head of Talent at McCann Worldgroup, and VP People and Talent at Wonderbly. She is based between New York City, New York and London, United Kingdom.

Alice Roper

Managing Director

Alice has over ten years of experience in talent and recruitment. After working in-house at Octopus Investments to help them grow across the business, she joined Talentful in its infancy to focus on advising scaling businesses. Alice has been integral to Talentful’s hyper-growth over the last five years and was previously VP of Client Success. She recently completed an executive MBA specialising in Strategy, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Supply Chain and Operations.

Alice has a passion for culture and leadership, implementing scalable solutions and helping businesses grow, focusing on quality. She has helped over a 100 businesses grow successfully at Talentful to date, with plenty more to come.

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