Critical hires.
Gold Level Talent
For the people you need to build what comes next.
Founder-led recruiting for your most important technical, go-to-market, and leadership hires.
Built for the whole team.
Primarily hiring for seed, Series A, and Series B companies with 1–100 employees.Experience from pre-seed through post-IPO.Above all, the right fit comes first.
Your next great hire
could be on your calendar
by this time next week.
New clients receive 3-5+ qualified candidates for their most critical open roles within 7 days of signing on with Gold Level Talent.
Receive at least 3 qualified candidates by this time next week.
Let’s get your search startedplacements since
January 2024
of extended
offers accepted
years of combined
hands-on team experience
Teams at an inflection point.
Hires that move them forward.
Some needed their very first employee. Others needed an entire department.
Here’s where GLT made a difference.
Direct access.
Work directly with our founder, Joey, throughout your search. Continuous access and candid feedback loops sharpen calibration and accelerate the path to the right hire.
Close to your team.
Closer to the brief.
A lean recruiting team, one clear point of contact, and a search that gets sharper with every conversation.
01Define the hire in depth.+
We start with a comprehensive intake: ownership, responsibilities, expected outcomes, and the work this person will deliver. We map the companies and backgrounds you want to see—and why—so the first candidate reflects the brief.
02Source with reach. Present with context.+
We combine our network of active and passive talent with proprietary AI systems and modern sourcing tools. Every submission explains the fit, motivations, timing, compensation expectations, and the details you need before investing time in an interview.
03Turn feedback into a stronger search.+
We gather direct market feedback and stay close to candidate conversations. Together, we identify bottlenecks, refine the brief, and expand qualified talent pools where it makes sense—moving deliberately toward a successful hire.
04Close well. Stay close.+
We help you understand where candidates stand, shape the offer conversation, and close the people you want. We stay involved through start-date preparation, onboarding, and post-start check-ins—with the aim of eventually helping those hires build their own teams, as we’ve done before.
Four ways to build together.
Contingent search
A specific, critical hire. Fees tied to a successful placement under your agreement.
Discuss your search ↗Retained partnerships
Focused support for priority searches or a sustained, multi-role hiring plan.
Plan your partnership ↗Executive search
Leadership recruiting with the depth and attention consequential hires deserve.
Find your next leader ↗Embedded / RPO
Recruiting capacity shaped around your team, hiring volume, and timeline.
Build your hiring engine ↗Your next role.
Explore opportunities with Gold Level Talent clients. Get the context, find your fit, and share your profile directly with our team.
Our role board is continuously being updated. Every role includes equity. Share your information so GLT can match you to current or future openings.
Share your profileThe next great hire
starts with
a conversation.
Tell us what you’re building—or what you want to build next.
joey@goldleveltalent.com ↗A profile is a great place to start.
Share your LinkedIn or resume, plus an email or phone number. Add preferences if you’d like—we’ll reach out if there’s a potential fit.
A conversation about your priorities. A clear search brief. An engagement model and terms agreed before work begins.
Tell us about your next hire ↗