Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Talent House is the leading recruitment firm for seed to Series C funded companies looking to build their sales, marketing, engineering & technical teams. Our VC partners, CEOs and hiring managers trust us to advise and hire the best foundational teams possible. We're different because our backgrounds are diverse and our founder, Bill McHargue, has run global startup teams for over 17 years. Our approach is practical and very consultative so each engagement is unique and personalized.
Talent House provides executive retained search and contingency services for individual contributor roles.
Meet The Team
Bill McHargue
Founder
& Chief Recruiter
Former startup executive led sales teams across North America and abroad. Involved in one IPO and two acquisitions
StrongMail
Rubicon Project
Swrve
Autoweb.com
Outside of work
Bill enjoys his time with family and friends. He loves to travel and be outdoors.
First Concert
Adam Ant (INXS opened)
Jason Quiro
Senior Recruiter
Held sales and account management roles in network security and data storage
Gigamon
Imation
IronKey
Ixia
Outside of work
Jason spends time with his family and helps coach his son's football team and stays busy chauffeuring his daughter to gymnastics.
First Concert
Hall and Oates
Noelle Ceaser
Talent Sourcer
& Recruiter
Previous experience as an Account Manager, onsite corporate recruiter and agency talent sourcer
Remend
Lsi Logics
Outside of work
Noelle loves spending time with her daughter and cheering her on at the many swim meets. She enjoys time with friends and her lovable dog.
First Concert
New Kids on the Block
Kelsey Makaiwi
Recruiter
Previous experience in customer service industry with food & beverage and hospitality.
Outside of work
Kelsey enjoys trying new foods, listening to podcasts and keeping up with pop-culture. She's passionate about travel, being in nature, and making memories with friends and family.
First Concert
Van Halen
Julie Mrozinski
Talent Sourcer
Previous experience as a freelance copywriter and private English tutor
Outside of work
Julie loves volunteering at animal shelters, dancing salsa and traveling. She is passionate about people, good films and occasionally makes art.
First Concert
Jessica Simpson
Samantha Lucas
Client Development
& Talent Sourcer
Previous experience as a Recruiting Coordinator with Blackstone Financial and as an Administrative Assistant to the Chief of Communications and Strategic Events at The United Nations Global Compact
Blackstone
33Vincent
Outside of work
Samantha enjoys taking barre/dance-based fitness classes, hanging with friends/family, and going to see the theater!
First Concert
Sara Bareilles
Advisors
Michelle McHargue
Michelle brings Talent House years of experience helping some of Silicon Valley's top hiring managers, CEOs and founders build rockstar teams to scale their businesses.
Michelle is an Operating Partner
for Costanoa Ventures.
Cowboy Ventures
Amazon
Yahoo!
Adobe
Talent House
Culture + Values
If you’re going to change anything you have to stand for something and be committed. Talent House takes recruiting very seriously. We want to deliver the best experience for both our clients and our candidates. Its all about relationships in our business and we get that. We also understand that our own company must constantly strive to be great. We're a remote team but work hard to stay close and maintain a strong culture.
Collaboration
Respect
As a team we believe that without collaboration you block progress for everyone. Our team, our clients and candidates benefit from this relationship.
Curiosity
We genuinely care about the businesses and candidates we support.
Accountability
We hold ourselves accountable making for a stronger partnership.
We respect the hard work our clients are doing to build their companies. And we respect one another and their important role in our success.