SIGNED is a boutique recruiting firm that focuses on partnering with innovative companies to execute essential business hires. We provide a consultative approach with an emphasis on quality, in order to produce measurable results for our clients.

WHAT WE DO

Design

Product

Engineering

TECH

Sales

Marketing

Customer Experience

GO TO MARKET

Legal

Finance

People Operations

G&A

FOUNDERS

Sam and Tara both started their careers at traditional full-desk recruiting agencies. After a few years in the agency world, each of them transitioned into internal roles at high-growth tech startups, eventually working together at Bolt.

While at Bolt, they managed hiring across all departments and during this time of hyper-growth, they hired over 300 individuals as the company scaled through Series C, D, and E.

Today, they partner to run Signed Talent, and work as strategic consultants to help companies scale thoughtfully.

TARA

SAM

TESTIMONIALS

  • "Tara was instrumental in helping me scale the sales team at Planful. Throughout my time working with Tara, she has been an exceptional partner and easily one of the best recruiters I have ever worked with. She is hardworking, thoughtful, and listens carefully to what is needed around a search while also providing a ton of guidance and input of her own. I highly recommend working with Tara."

    Pier Barattolo

    Chief Sales Officer, Planful

  • "Sam is one of the best and most professional recruiters I've worked with. He had been relentlessly improving the efficiency of the entire recruiting process, as a result, we worked together to hire 20+ highly talented engineers on my team within 3 months of partnering up."

    Hao Yan

    Director of Engineering, Navan

  • "Tara is one of the best recruiters I've worked with. She took the time to understand me and what I was looking for and then effortlessly demonstrated how the company fit my desires. She was proactive and open in her communications throughout the recruiting process and kept me engaged and excited. After joining the company, I was very impressed with Tara's outbound recruitment chops in addition to her ability to sort through hundreds of inbound candidates to find the right fit. We had a 100% close rate and I would love the chance to do it again."

    Meg Ciarallo

    Head of Global Brand, Plaid

  • “Throughout my time working with Sam, he has been an invaluable recruiting partner. We've worked together to quickly scale high-performing Engineering teams, and he always went above and beyond while consistently delivering great results. He not only finds exceptional talent for hard to fill technical positions, but also is a thoughtful, strategic partner who any company or candidate would be thrilled to work with!"

    Xiao Guo

    VP Engineering, Warner Music Group

  • "Tara recruited me, then later recruited some star team members for me. She is great at building relationships and stewarding people through the process. As the recruit, I appreciated her mastery of the role and conscientiousness about keeping me updated on the process. As the hiring manager, I appreciated her driving things forward and giving thoughtful advice. I would jump at the chance to work with her again!"

    Amanda Bradley

    General Counsel, Bolt

  • "Working with Sam was a game changer. He was a true partner that worked with me throughout the whole process from what I'm looking for, to the ideal candidate profile and interview process as well as the offer stage. It felt like I had another member of my team that was collaborative and shared my goals, not at all a transactional relationship. I can't wait to work with him on our next hires!"

    Michael Hoffman

    Co-Founder and CEO, PastSight

  • “I've worked with dozens of recruiters to hire hundreds of of people in my career and can honestly say Tara is in the top 1% of talent folks out there. She's collaborative, has an eye for candidates, and has successfully helped me recruit some of the strongest teams I've ever built. Highly recommend her to hiring managers."

    Darren Zuckerman

    Chief Revenue Officer Stay AI

  • "Tara was a fantastic partner for me in helping to build my team. Whether it was a specialized individual contributor, or a team leader, she always thought outside the box and brought in the best talent through a superior candidate experience. I'm looking forward to partnering with Tara again!"

    Scott Stockberger

    Chief Financial Officer, Cedar

  • "Tara is a unique talent in the world of talent acquisition.  She quickly ramped on the company and the product to be able to have real conversations with candidates about things like our value proposition to help ensure candidates were sold before entering the funnel. She has a good eye for talent and is able to quickly cut through the noise to weed out people that were not the right fit. When we find someone we like, she gets completely focused on white gloving the candidate through the process and making them feel awesome about the experience. I'd absolutely work with her again and highly recommend her."

    Bob Buch

    Chief Revenue Officer, integrate.ai

  • “Throughout my time working with Tara, she was an invaluable recruiting partner. We worked together to quickly scale the Strategic Sales team at Bolt, and she always delivered successful results with extreme bias to action. She not only finds exceptional talent for hard to fill positions, but also is a thoughtful, strategic partner to both the hiring teams and candidates.”

    Todd Scarpato

    Chief Revenue Officer, Bolt

  • "I've had the pleasure of working with Sam and can confidently say that he is an exceptional technical recruiter. Sam possesses a unique talent for identifying top-tier candidates and has an unparalleled ability to scout top talent in the industry. He took the time to delve into the nuances of our engineering team's requirements, ensuring that he only presented us with candidates who were not just good but outstanding fits for our organization."

    Vikas Agarwal

    VP Engineering, Upwork

  • "Tara helped us find a great person for a really specialized job as our Chief Accounting Officer. Her dedication and insight into the specific needs of my company was unmatched. I definitely endorse Tara for any recruitment needs, especially when it comes to filling those rare, super specialized roles that will make or break your company."

    Trevor McGuire

    Chief Executive Officer, Borgg LLC

  • "Sam is undoubtedly one of the most impactful recruiting leaders I’ve had the pleasure of working with. He was a critical component our rapidly growing company needed in order to hire top [technical] talent at a rapid pace. His ability to collaborate with hiring teams and take the time to deeply understand the needs of each role is what makes Sam an elite recruiter. The definition of a partner."

    Tom Navin

    VP People, Latch

  • "Tara was great to work with! We were looking to fill a senior roll with unique requirements, and Tara delivered a "hell yes" candidate in less than two weeks. Definitely recommend her and her firm for high quality hiring with extreme efficiency."

    Ken Johnson

    Co-founder, Churnbuster.io