Hire the people who will shape your company from the star
TALENT SEARCH
We partner with early-stage tech founders on the hires that have an outsized impact on the business. From a founding engineer to a first commercial hire, we bring the market knowledge and judgement to find people who can build, take ownership and grow with your ambitions.
THE EXPERTISE BEHIND A CRITICAL HIRE /
Judgement about who will thrive
We help distinguish the experience that matters from credentials that simply look impressive. Together, we define the evidence you need to recognise someone who can operate at your stage, solve the challenges ahead and set a high standard for future hires.
A credible connection to the right talent
Strong candidates have choices. We identify people whose experience and ambitions align with what you’re building, then make a considered case for the opportunity: the problems to solve, the ownership on offer and why this team is worth joining.
Confidence in the decision and the commitment
We bring perspective to the trade-offs in a critical hire, challenge assumptions and help you evaluate the evidence. By understanding candidates’ motivations and concerns throughout, we help both sides reach a well informed decision and turn mutual interest into a committed hire.
A founding engineer influences the product and the engineering standards that follow. A first commercial hire helps turn early traction into a repeatable way to grow. We look beyond job titles to understand the capability, judgement and appetite for uncertainty each role demands and what will make the opportunity compelling to the right person.
A founding hire changes what’s possible
Two founding engineers.
A high hiring bar.
Talent Nova partnered with Reson8's founders to define the roles run the search and secure two founding engineers, managing the process through to offers
“We worked with Talent Nova to help build out our founding engineering team at Reson8 and had a great experience.
Leah took the time to really understand what we were building, the technical bar we needed and the type of people who would thrive at such an early stage. She worked closely and flexibly with us throughout, from mapping out the right profiles and shaping the search through to ensuring a great candidate experience, navigating offers and everything needed to get hires over the line.
Most importantly, Talent Nova helped us hire two brilliant founding engineers without compromising on quality. They took a huge amount of the hiring workload away from our team while still keeping us closely involved in the decisions that mattered.”
Raoul Ritter Co-founder at Reason8
“We worked with Talent Nova to help build out our founding engineering team at Reson8 and had a great experience. Leah took the time to really understand what we were building, the technical bar we needed and the type of people who would thrive at such an early stage.
She worked closely and flexibly with us throughout, from mapping out the right profiles and shaping the search through to ensuring a great candidate experience, navigating offers and everything needed to get hires over the line. Most importantly, Talent Nova helped us hire two brilliant founding engineers without compromising on quality. They took a huge amount of the hiring workload away from our team while still keeping us closely involved in the decisions that mattered.”
Raoul Ritter Co-founder at Reson8
FAQS /
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A: Yes. We work with founders on critical early hires, helping you establish the capabilities you need and find people who can build with you through the uncertainty of an early-stage business.
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A: We focus on critical early hires for tech companies, including founding engineers and first commercial hires. We assess each brief against our expertise before committing to the search.
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A: Search focuses on an agreed hiring requirement. Fractional Talent provides ongoing leadership and delivery across a broader set of hiring priorities. We can help you decide which approach fits.
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