🟠 Career Clarity for Talent Acquisition Professionals
Elevate Your Skills, Align Candidates Equitably, and Lead with Confidence
✨ Talent Acquisition Professionals
Your Work Helps Others Thrive. Let's Make Sure You Do Too.
Think of your career as a journey—a winding path where you wear many hats:
Sometimes you’re an Employee, embedded within a team.
Other times, you’re a Candidate, actively (or quietly) exploring what’s next or transitioning back into the workforce after a leave or layoff as a Career Professional.
You might be guiding others as a Hiring Leader.
And if you're here, you may be wearing the hat of a Talent Acquisition Professional—that often-invisible bridge between dreams and offers.
Wherever you are right now, Career Clarity is here to support you with resources, community, and reflection to help you thrive.
🟠 Am I a Talent Acquisition Professional?
If you’re currently in a Recruiter, Talent Sourcer, or TA Leadership role (Manager, Director, VP, or C-Suite), then yes—you’re in the right place.
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💼 The TA Professionals I Work With
Most of the Talent Acquisition Professionals who come here are…
✨ More than "just" recruiters:
You care about real alignment, not just filling roles. You’re the one candidates remember, the one hiring managers trust, the one always striving to build better.
✨ Alignment seekers:
You understand that success comes not from “control,” but from partnership. You want tools to assess both skill and soul—experience and alignment.
✨ Always evolving:
You're not afraid to unlearn. You value insight, trend awareness, and staying sharp in a field that shifts constantly.
✨ Deeply human:
You're emotionally invested in people. You care about the experience—for candidates, for teams, for yourself.
🤔 What You Might Be Wondering
✨ Sourcing + Recruiting
How do I identify and attract qualified Candidates for open positions, especially in a competitive market?
How can I improve my talent sourcing strategies and utilize various channels and platforms effectively?
How do I write Boolean search strings and search the interwebs with swiftness and success?
How do I build stronger relationships with candidates and hiring managers, leading with influence rather than “control”?
How can I manage the recruitment process more efficiently and effectively?
✨ Candidate Assessment + Experience
How do I develop and implement better screening and assessment tools?
How can I accurately identify and evaluate candidates' skills, experience, and cultural alignment?
How do I conduct behavioral interviews and assess candidates' soft skills equitably and efficiently?
How can I make more informed hiring decisions that align with both the hiring manager and the organization's needs?
✨ Strategy + Leadership
How do I develop and implement a comprehensive talent acquisition strategy that aligns with the company's goals?
How can I build a high-performing talent acquisition team and foster a collaborative environment?
How do I measure the effectiveness of my talent acquisition efforts and demonstrate their value to the organization?
How can I stay ahead of the curve and adapt to the latest trends and best practices in talent acquisition, including talent attraction (talent sourcing)?
🙋♀️ How I Can Help
I’ve walked this path—with all its nuance and complexity.
Across 20+ years in TA, I’ve:
💠 Conducted over 55,000 hours of interviews
💠 Reviewed more than 100,000 resumes
💠 Interviewed & worked with over 27,000+ candidates
💠 Built (and rebuilt) TA functions from scratch
→ Learn more about my career here
I’ve worked in Fortune 500s, scrappy startups, and scaling tech orgs.
I’ve managed squeaky-wheel execs,
stood up new ATS systems,
mapped talent markets,
and coached TA teams through intense hiring cycles.
💡 I even coined The Hiring Games™ to describe the invisible rules we all face—and how to move through them with strategy, intuition, and heart.
I don’t just teach the “how”—I share the “why,” the “when,” and the “what now?”
🌿 What I Offer You
Whether you’re early in your TA career or leading at the VP level, I’m here to help you:
✅ Elevate Your Skillset – Boost your sourcing, screening, and assessment game.
✅ Grow as a Leader – Build high-performing teams and org-wide credibility.
✅ Strengthen Your Strategy – Design TA functions that make hiring a partnership.
✅ Own Your Evolution – Align your career with your deeper values + gifts.
This isn’t about quick fixes—it’s about lasting transformation.
💜 My Approach
Everything I offer here—whether it’s a Substack post, a workshop, or a private community chat—is grounded in:
Empathy and nuance
Strategic clarity
Career spirituality (yes, your work is sacred)
And deep trust in your brilliance
You don’t have to prove anything to be supported here.
You don’t have to explain your burnout.
You don’t have to justify your ambition.
You just have to show up—and let’s go from there.
→ Learn more about my Coaching Style & Client Stories here
🌟 You're Not Alone
If you’re feeling overlooked, stretched thin, or unsure where your own career is heading in the midst of supporting everyone else’s—please know: you’re not alone.
I see you.
I’ve been there.
And I’m here to help you find your way back to yourself.
🚪Your Next Step
If this feels like your kind of support space, here’s where to go next:
📬 Subscribe to my Substack for ongoing insights, stories, and career clarity content
🫂 Explore the Career Clarity Community for live calls, tools, and deep dives
Your path as a Talent Acquisition Professional is sacred work.
Let’s honor it together.
🧡 Lavender
✨ P.S. — You might wear more than one hat.
If you found your way here based on your role, you might also love exploring the functional expertise pages I created for professionals in specific fields.
Whether you work in Tech 🟨, IT 🟧, Product 🟩, or Corporate Functions 🟪 — there's a space crafted with your challenges, your voice, and your brilliance in mind.
☝️Simply click on the hyperlink or 👉 visit our Career Pathways Page
Because you’re not just your title or job description.
You’re the sum of what you do, what you know, and how you lead.
Let’s honor all of it.
Written by Lavender Loveway — career strategist, clarity guide, and creator of the Brilliance Sequence™.
”With 20+ years in hiring and over 55,000 hours of interviewing behind me, I’m here to help you see your path clearly—and walk it with confidence.”
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