Talent Expertise for Real Impact

Providing end-to-end talent solutions for purpose-driven companies

Services

As a collaborative talent partner, we serve as an extension of your team. We seek to understand your brand, values, and business goals to deliver results and a seamless experience.

HEAD OF TALENT

Executive talent resource to address immediate needs. Includes first internal Recruiter, HR and People Operations to align and architect talent strategies with business goals.

SEARCH

Full cycle on-demand, embedded, and retained search services that include founding senior individual contributor to senior leadership at mission-driven, people-first organizations.

COACHING

High-touch, resuls-driven leadership development, career strategy, professional coaching, individual advisory and mentorship is available through our sister company, CareerlyLAB.

About

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Jo Maxion

Founder

  • Executive, hands-on leader with over two decades of experience in the startup technology ecosystem.

  • Talent acquisition expert with a background in human resources that also supports clients in early people initiatives, including compliance, total rewards, employee relations, and more.

  • Serial strategic and execution-focused internal Head of Talent, including scaling a company from seed stage with 7 employees to Series C with over 275 employees in less than 18 months.

  • Built and grew the first-of-its-kind augmented recruiting business for a talent agency offering embedded recruiting services, recruiting training, and R4R for high-growth technology companies.

  • Love scaling dynamic teams, building recruiting frameworks from the ground up, structuring scalable hiring processes, and hiring founding teams that take organizations to the next level.

A few clients served

AKASA logo with abstract face design above the text
Arbor logo with abstract circular design above the text "ARBOR."
Logos of U.S. Department of Energy and ARPA-E with tagline "Changing What's Possible."
Udemy logo with purple arrow above a black letter "U"
Aurora Solar logo with black circular design and stylized text
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) logo that has an a, 16, and a z.

Giving Back

Proudly providing pro bono services to entrepreneurs, small businesses, non-profits, and other social change organizations through these platforms, contributing to the collective efforts of creating a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive workplace.

Taproot Foundation logo with the text 'taproot' in stylized blue font on a white background.
Pacific Community Ventures logo with a blue and green circular design.
Upwardly Global logo with orange and gray text.