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.

How can I best utilize you?

Clients engage me for a wide range of projects. Some common examples include:

  • Tech Stack Optimization – Assessing your current tools (including ATS, CRM, and AI solutions), identifying gaps, and making recommendations to streamline and modernize your systems.

  • ATS Implementations – End-to-end project management of applicant tracking system rollouts, including configuration, integrations, and training.

  • Recruiting Process Redesign – Auditing and evolving your workflows for scale, efficiency, and data integrity.

  • Early-Stage Team Building – Standing up recruiting operations from scratch, especially for start-ups or new business units.

  • Data & Reporting Infrastructure – Building the systems and practices that enable a data-driven TA culture.

If your team needs guidance, structure, or simply an experienced partner to help execute, I can help.

How do you work?

Right now, Essential TA is just me—but with range. For larger or highly specialized projects, I tap into a trusted network of experienced freelance Recruiting Operations professionals. When I do, they work as Essential employees under my direct oversight. You’ll always know who’s involved and I’ll always be your main point of contact.

I support both short- and long-term engagements, from quick audits to multi-month transformations.

Tell me more about yourself.

I started my career at a search firm where I learned how to find and engage top talent. From there, I became the first in-house recruiter at a large tech company—handed a spreadsheet with 75 open roles and tasked with building a team and process from the ground up. That experience showed me just how critical Recruiting Operations is.

Over time, I’ve worn many hats: Recruiter, TA Leader, Analyst, and Ops Strategist. I’ve built teams, led data-driven process redesigns, implemented more ATSs than I can count, and stood up recruiting functions for startups. Since 2020, I’ve focused exclusively on helping companies strengthen their recruiting operations.

What are your values when it comes to Talent Acquisition?

Everything I do is anchored in business impact. I prioritize:

  • Aligning recruiting operations with business goals

  • Delivering excellent experiences—for recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates

  • Enabling truly data-driven decision-making

  • Designing custom solutions, not cookie-cutter strategies

Recruiting is not one-size-fits-all. Your TA strategy should be tailored to your company’s current stage, structure, and market realities—not just what other companies are doing.

What clients have you worked with?

I’ve supported a wide range of companies, including:

Enterprise & Tech: Apple, OpenDoor, Grammarly, Crusoe Energy
Creative & Design: AKQA, Frog, Ntropic, Match Creative, Designit
Healthcare & Nonprofit: WCG, EasterSeals
Startups & Agencies: Catapult, Plato Design (YC), multiple VC-backed companies

Do you have any case studies of past client projects?

Due to client confidentiality, I don’t publish case studies publicly. However, I’d be happy to walk you through relevant examples in a one-on-one conversation.

Let me know if you'd like this in a downloadable format or formatted for your website. I can also help write case studies under NDA-friendly terms if you'd like to expand that section.