About Tricia Tamkin
Tricia Tamkin grew up in the Chicago suburbs, the only girl in the boys’ baseball league, and spent her teenage years fitting in gymnastics, cheerleading, and a starring role in Grease between innings.
At 19, she interviewed for a job she’d never heard of – Headhunter. The next morning, she called the agency owner and told him she was going to be a recruiter, either for him or someone else. He hired her. She was the top producer in the firm before she was old enough to order a drink.
When a boss told her to play nicer in the sandbox, she opened her own executive search firm instead. She ran it for nearly two decades, survived more than most people face in a lifetime, and eventually pivoted into training when a client asked her to build a recruiting team rather than fill one.
For the past sixteen years, Tricia has been a recognized leader in both the recruiting industry and the emerging application of AI to recruiting work. She’s the co-founder of Moore eSSentials and creator of The Complete Library and has accumulated over 175 testimonials on LinkedIn from practitioners at every level of the industry. She still makes cold calls and answers her own phone.
Go ahead and call her at 630.240.4454. She’ll pick up. Just make sure it’s because you want to invest in yourself. She’s been in recruiting long enough to know within thirty seconds if you do.
Timeline
Enthusiastic Love from Tricia's Clients
Tom Aprill
Founder | Global Managing Partner
Excellent partner with strong sourcing capabilities. I would recommend Wolf Technologies for professional, executive level search assignments
Razz Jenkins
Actor
Tricia, flat-out, is the best recruiter with whom to date, I have had the honor of working. She is whip-smart, focused, diligent, committed and has, in my estimation, the strongest customer relations skills in the search business. She consistently out-drives expectations, delivers quality candidates/results and is extrordinarily skilled, knowledgable and consistent. Tricia brings passion, clear deliverables and a remarkable work ethic to her recruiting projects.
Mike Snow
West Monroe Partners
A results-driven IT operations executive with a proven record of driving success and innovation through strategic planning, product development, and product management of cutting-edge commercial technology solutions.A results-driven IT operations executive with a proven record of driving success and innovation through strategic planning, product development, and product management of cutting-edge commercial technology solutions.
September 20, 2010, Mike was Tricia’s clientSeptember 20, 2010, Mike was Tricia’s client
Tricia helped us locate technical staff for development and services. She was very well organized, worked without any supervision and delivered great results. I would work with her again.
Cindy McWilliams
Talent Manager at American College of Surgeons
I have had the pleasure of working with Tricia Tamkin through Wolf Technologies, Inc. on multiple occasions, both while I was employed with Accenture and Allstate Insurance. Tricia is a consumate professional, a highly skilled subject matter expert in all aspects of recruting, and a real joy to work with. I frequently retained her services to fill extremely difficult requisitions, and I could always count on her to set clear, realistic expectations and ultimately to deliver the high quality, targeted candidates I was seeking. Tricia operates as a true partner in the hiring process – her energy, excitement and enthusiasm make the process enjoyable from start to finish. Tricia has earned my highest respect over many years of doing business with her, and I would highly recommend her to anyone looking to make the right hiring decisions for their organization.
Jay Mansfield
Senior Client Partner at Accenture
I had the pleasure of working with Tricia while joining CPG Solutions. Tricia is, without question, the most knowledgeable and hard working executive that I’ve met in the staffing/recruitment industry. Her industry expertise and her work ethic make her an asset to any technology professional, regardless of where they are in their career. Tricia’s honesty and integrity show in every aspect of her work and it led to my acceptance of employment with CPG. I’m very pleased to be part of a “like thinking” and respected consulting firm like CPG Solutions. Thank you, Tricia, for putting us together.
Claudio Boyks
Trusted & Strategic Advisor for Enterprise-Wide Transformation
Tricia is one of the top career advisors. In addition, her Talent Search and Placement business is focused and deals with technology resources (rather than a ‘we do everything approach’).
One over her best attributes is her ability to break things down into actionable items and provide guidance and insight as a result of her successes with other clients.
I would strongly recommend Tricia to any technology professional seeking career advice and guidance.
Linda Clark-Borre
HFPD Fire Chaplain
Tricia and I met a few years ago…what an inspiring experience. The hallmark trait of Tricia? She cares for people…her family, staff and everyone who ventures into conversation with her. She’s a rare blend of determination, courage, kindness personified, and blunt honesty. When I thought of running my own business, I thought of her as an admirable person who made it, and a great role model for success.
Peter Wright
Passionate and accomplished leader known for turnaround and team building in IT and design.
Tricia’s dedication and skills in recruitment are head and shoulders above the field. As a senior IT manager I’ve worked with numerous recruiters over the years who would provide me with a varying quality of individuals. These folks would do a fine job and deliver on a regular (9-5) basis. Tricia, however, even when put under incredible personal pressures, delivered and assisted at all hours of the day as I needed. Every candidate had relevancy and great backgrounds as well. Tricia is someone I truly treasure and am extremely glad to have met.
Douglas Gordon
Professional Technical Recruiter in Redmond, WA
Tricia is an incredible resource for hard to find technical talent. Her ability to understand my business’ needs and find, pre-qualify and close the right candidate for the position saves me vast amounts of time and helps me to be much more successful at my job. I would recommend Tricia to anyone looking to find high-end niche talent.
Mark Eudy
Senior Recruiter at Appen
Tricia is a smart and persistent search manager. She has succeeded in placing top quality candidates for me again and again. Tricia is tenacious and steadfast. Her team finds the rare and valuable candidate when others fail or surrender. She is a great negotiator and handles her candidates extremely well. She really knows the consulting business and is a true entrepreneur. Tricia has a relentless quality that is hard to match.