Essential TA is a Talent Acquisition consultancy specializing in strategy, technology, analytics, and team enablement. I founded Essential TA to help companies build, scale, and optimize recruiting operations. Whether you need strategic assessment, hands-on support with new technology, team training, or interim recruiting operations leadership, Essential TA is built to deliver.

Essential was founded by me - Darren Bagnall.

I founded Essential to bring my experience to companies looking to optimize their TA functions. I have supported organizations like Method, Mekanism, Opendoor, and Grammarly in building scalable talent acquisition processes and technologies that drive quality hires. My expertise extends to process optimization, data governance, enabling analytics and recruitment tech stack administration. Keeping candidate experience and quality of hire as my north star, the aim is to elevate organizations through actionable insights and scalable solutions.