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Premier network of Talent Acquisition
Professionals

We are an independent, invitation-only community of Talent Acquisition Leaders from high growth Bay Area companies.

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ABOUT TALC

Our Purpose is to create the best peer-to-peer environment for TA Leaders to openly share best practices, industry trends, and ideas in a setting that fosters learning, growth and mentorship

Membership is by invitation or referral only and is limited to those people responsible for heading up the efforts of Talent Acquisition for their organizations. The intent is not to be exclusionary, but to ensure value of all participants

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ABOUT TALC

meet the board

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Juliet Peniston

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Nick Mailey

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Gail Jacobs

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Phil Haynes

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Kelly Cartwright

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AJ Thomas

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Brad Cook

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Shawn Phillips

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Kevin Francis

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PAST EVENTS

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UNLEASH  Las VEGAS

May 2024

Enjoy a few pics of the great time we
had in Las Vegas for Unleash 2024!

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2022 EVENT
Unleash Las Vegas

TALC delegates got themselves to Las Vegas where we were graciously hosted by Unleash. We gathered, listened and networked with our peers. Played a little TopGolf, had a few fancy cocktails .... took in some Vegas night life. A great TALC event featured two compelling speakers: Perry Friedman and Jonathan Kestembaum. 

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Perry Friedman                           Jonathan Kestenbaum

What happens in vegas, stays in vegas. BUT ....

if someone takes a picture, it lives on forever!! 

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There is no better forum to openly talk with peers who are solving the same problems.  TALC has long been a major part of my career growth

Chris Galy

TALC Event -
Wine Country

Members gathered at Backroads Winery to discuss

'Human Intuition vs AI' and enjoy the beautiful setting

in the hills of Suisun Valley. 

this event sponsored by
the hirekey
and hiretual

Guest speakers

Dr. Homa bahrami
Senior Lecturer at Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley

Gary albright
TA leader

steven jiang
ceo/hiretual

great food & wine
great interactive dialog
great opportunity to share ideas with peers

Guest Speaker Series

We were honored to have Torin Ellis head up an interactive workshop on moving the needle in diversity hiring. Torin and the group created actual, actionable items that members could deploy at their own organizations and, in turn, make an impact on hiring.

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Torin Ellis is a Human Capital Strategist, focused on the art of recruiting diverse talent using various creative methods.
Torin has an accomplished background that includes 17 years of human capital efforts, military service, several Board of Director appointments and unwavering sprit of giving back to the community and emerging youth.

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