Talent acquisition Toronto
Talent Acquisition & Recruiting Strategy
Hiring is rarely a sourcing problem. It's a clarity problem about the role, the bar, and who actually owns the decision. We build the hiring system that finds the right people the first time.
Who this is for
Built for the calls in front of you.
- Founders making their first executive hire.
- Heads of People who own hiring but can't run every senior search themselves.
- Mid-market firms tired of contingency agency fees and wanting defensible hiring infrastructure.
Definition
What is talent acquisition consulting?
Talent acquisition consulting is senior recruiting expertise (role design, structured interviews, offer construction, and onboarding) engaged by Canadian businesses that need to hire well without building a full internal recruiting function. The work installs a hiring engine your team can keep running after the engagement ends.
How it works
A clear shape, every time.
Diagnose the role
Single-page brief: business outcome, first 90 days, non-negotiables, what good looks like at one year.
Design the interview
Calibrated rubrics, panel division of labour, decision meetings that take 30 minutes not 3 weeks.
Run or coach the search
Sourcing, screening, references, offer construction. Or your team runs it with me as thought partner.
Onboard for retention
30/60/90 plan written before the candidate signs. Catch problems while they're small.
What you get
Concrete deliverables, not slideware.
- Single-page role briefs and offer recommendations
- Structured interview kits with calibrated rubrics
- Reference and background-check protocols (Ontario-compliant)
- 30/60/90 onboarding plans
- Weekly search-status reporting
FAQ
Common questions.
Do you replace an in-house recruiter? +
Sometimes. More often I sit alongside a small team to take senior, time-sensitive roles or install hiring infrastructure.
What roles? +
Senior individual contributors, people-leadership roles, executive hires across Canadian SMBs.
How long? +
Most senior searches close in 6 to 10 weeks from kickoff.
References? +
Available on request after a chemistry call.
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