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 and marketing 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.
Our networks and skill-set help us hire for companies in the bay area and across the U.S. in major cities like New York, Boston, Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles and Seattle.
Meet The Team
Bill McHargue
Founder & CEO
Former startup executive that's led global teams for over 15 years
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Swrve
Crowd Science
Rubicon Project
StrongMail
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Outside of work
Bill spends as much time as he can with his family and loves golf, hiking, travel and tries to keep up with his four dogs.
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First Concert
Adam Ant opened up for INXS
Tori
Gunzenhauser
Senior Recruiter
Previous experience in retail, marketing and design. Background in agency recruiting & staffing
Insight Global
Bridge Advantage
Banana Republic / Gap
Outside of work
Tori loves to spend time with family and friends. Her big passions are anything water related and camping in the great outdoors.
First Concert
Tim McGraw
Jason Quiro
Senior Recruiter
Held sales and account management roles in network security and data storage
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Gigamon ​
Imation
IronKey
Ixia
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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.
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First Concert
Hall and Oates
Lorianne
Valencia
Talent Sourcer
Experience as a recruiting coordinator for a tech company and executive administrative assistant for a large law firm
SurveyMonkey
Fenwick & West
Intevac
Outside of work
Lorianne enjoys taking her dog to the beach and spending time with family and friends. She loves crafts and being outdoors.
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First Concert
LeeAnn Rimes
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Noelle
Ceaser
Talent Sourcer
Previous experience as an Account Manager, onsite corporate recruiter and agency talent sourcer
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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.
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First Concert
New Kids on the Block
Kelsey Makaiwi
Talent Sourcer
Previous experience in customer service industry with food & beverage and hospitality.
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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.
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First Concert
Van Halen
advisor
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.
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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
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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.
Respect
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.
accountability
We hold ourselves accountable making for a stronger partnership.