About Tricia Tamkin

Tricia’s youth in the Chicago burbs was spent divided between reading and sports. She was the only girl in the boys’ league for baseball, and still managed to sneak in gymnastics, cheerleading, and a starring role in Grease.

Tricia’s prep school made college comparatively easy. When something is too easy, Tricia moves on. At 19, she interviewed for a job she’d never heard of – Headhunter. The day after her interview, she called the agency owner and told him she’d made a decision. She was going to be a recruiter, either for him or someone else. She was immediately hired, and went on to be the top producer in the firm before she was old enough to have a cocktail.

In the early days, Tricia was content to be the top biller anywhere she went. Then her boss told her she needed to play nicer in the sandbox with the other employees. A month later she opened Wolftec, her executive search firm.

Nearly a quarter century later, she’s been widowed twice, fought and won several court battles, given birth, and lost a parent. She’s expanded her staff to more than a dozen, and then slimmed it back down, outsourcing everything.

Then, a client asked her to stop recruiting tech salespeople, and instead to build them a recruiting team. With her years of owning a firm, constant professional development, and help from Jason, she did just that. She recruited the team, made the hiring decisions, trained them, and worked herself out of a client… but into a new industry.

Tricia has spent the last thirteen years speaking on the most prominent stages in the recruiting industry, developing and delivering acclaimed training programs, and coaching some of the highest producers in our industry. She’s an F’n gladiator, who does random acts of kindness every day. She also still makes cold calls and answers her own phone. 

Timeline

2026

Retirement. Balance. Joy. Peace.

2025

Began reclaiming personal identity and meaning through therapy

2024

MARS program launch. The most complete recruiter support program ever.

2023

Co-launches first ever ChatGPT program for the recruiting industry.

2022

After more than a year of having a waitlist for Private Coaching, co-launched Group Coaching program for the recruiting industry.

2021

Major overhaul of both sourcing and sales programs, and development of over 100 hours of new recruiting training.

2020

Heads down in Church of Executive Search Private Coaching Practice. Help dozens of recruiters generate millions of dollars.

2019

Presented Keynotes and Breakout Sessions at 14 conferences in one year.

2018

Co-Founded Church of Executive Search, while simultaneously training and recruiting.

2017

Attended Tony Robbin’s Business Mastery- overloaded with ideas.

2016

Expanded Moore eSSentials staff and focused on building training and speaking business.

2015

Launched Client Cornucopia. Married again, third time’s a charm.

2014

Taught Pinnacle Society for the first time (top 80 headhunters in North America) to rave reviews.

2013

Co-launched first ever Facebook sourcing class, 18 days after Facebook launched Graph Search.

2012

First time speaking at ASA, traveled around North America and Canada training recruiters.

2011

Taught first Sourcing Class and first Private Training for an executive search firm.

2010

Retained to recruit, hire, train and build external recruiting department for client.

2009

Second Husband dies, better knock this off. Let everyone go and moved recruiting desk home.

2008

Build Wolftec to 10 recruiters and 3 support staff.

2007

Launch FastGround, a web-based real estate collaboration platform.

2006

Win award from Cognizant Technology Solutions for executive search excellence.

2005

Son is born, husband is diagnosed with terminal blood cancer.

2004

Closed Lockwood Ross (it was profitable, but not fun!) Returned to sole focus in recruiting.

2003

Generate 1M from one client for first time (Accenture).

2002

Launch Lockwood Ross, an outplacement firm. Married second husband.

2001

Closed $150K engaged deal (50/50/50), biggest to date.

2000

Tech bubble bursts, closed Padigent, bought Disney property.

1999

First husband dies, started traveling extensively and launched Padigent, and HR company for startup firms.

1998

Only accepted 100K jobs. Blanked for 5 months. Closed 11 deals in 10 weeks. Took 3 months off.

1997

Started Wolftec, an executive search firm still running today, took first class in Boolean.

1996

Top internal recruiter with 72 starts, 94% of which were unassisted with over 19% executives.

1995

Accepted internal recruiting position at Whitman Hart.

1994

Top producing recruiter in 15-person agency, billing 272K in first twelve months.

1993

Left college after 2 years to become a commission only agency recruiter in IT.

1991

Graduated from St. Francis High School, and began college at Eastern Illinois University.

1985

Won essay contest to be the Attorney General of Bloomingdale for a day.

1978

Played the Grand Prize Game on Bozo’s Circus and missed the first bucket.

1973

Born September 17th, an only child.

Enthusiastic Love from Tricia's Clients

Carol Calvano

Principal & Sr Recruiter Calvano Search Consultants LLC

Tricia and Jason are some of the best trainers out there for the recruiting industry. Their live Moore Essentials “eSSourcing” class was very thorough and included plenty of time for live practice. As trainers, they are prepared, thorough, and very generous with answering questions and sharing knowledge (even via email outside of class). They even threw in a few extra training modules.

Lisa Oxenhandler

Recruiter | Headhunter Recruiting For Growth

I’ve been through several recruiting coaching programs but Tricia and Jason’s stand out from the crowd. They are generous with their time and knowledge in addition to sharing current expertise with a sense of humor. If you haven’t signed up for any of their programs, you’re missing out!

Nicole Razavi

Managing Partner at EGS

I just finished a training course with Tricia and Jason and I found them to be amazing coaches/leaders. They are a wealth of knowledge in sourcing/recruiting and business development. They are extremely organized and the two of them are perfectly in sync with their trainings. They provided tools and resources that are in line with today’s technology and they are fun to listen to. They both have an amazing sense of humor and are fun and engaging. I was amazed by all of the insightful tools they provided that were so helpful in my business. I would absolutely recommend their courses and I can’t wait to take another! Thank you, Tricia and Jason!

Mark Timler

Partnering with Business Leaders in Polyurethanes, Adhesives and Coatings to Help Businesses Thrive

I signed up for four weeks of More Essentials’ Client Cornucopia to improve my skills in business development and client acquisition. I found it sufficiently helpful and there was so much to learn that I signed up for a full year of access to Client Cornucopia. I found it helpful both for the content it provided and for the camaraderie with other recruiters. It challenges you in new and old areas to do what you need to do to be at your best as a recruiter. I heartily recommend it.

Theresa Nordstrom, SPHR

Headhunter | Executive Recruiter | Talent Acquisition Leader Talent Company, Inc.

Hiring Tricia & Jason as business coaches is the best investment I’ve made as a business owner to date. It’s not even close actually…the ROI they add beyond the normal coach is crazy. I wanted coaches who wouldn’t coach me into their ‘box’ which is what I have found with others. Usually, you’ll find a coach who is good in one area of the business – one type of business development, candidate relationships, technology…these two are beyond amazing at all of it. In addition to private coaching, I’ve taken eSourcing essentials and client cornucopia which are game-changing and beyond anything else you can find on youtube or some of the big ‘sourcing’ guru websites. Their ways, ideas are innovative and things you won’t ever find ‘written’ about in posts on websites. You’ll walk away with scripts, headlines, and more value than you can imagine. You won’t be scrambling trying to write everything down either. Their trainings are so well organized and managed. They are advanced and 10 steps of others. The ideas, the accountability, and the pure value are beyond what I expected and its obvious others thought it too…the classes were engaged, people didn’t drop off which is unheard of in a no-video session. They actually give you tools/resources i.e I now have quick links that were quickly loaded to my computer within seconds. Last…the way they run their business is jaw-dropping. When I say they are on time to the minute every single meeting to the minute- not kidding that in itself is unheard of today. So much more to share but I am thankful to have found Tricia and Jason. At the end of the day I believe they will help me a better communicator, business owner, recruiter, and person.

Kimberly Ermis, PHR, SHRM-CP

Founder & Manufacturing Talent Advisor Optimum Staffing Solutions, LLC

Another recruiter highly recommended Moore Essentials and I am so glad I took the course! Tricia and Jason have a lot of knowledge on how to recruit candidates that no one else can find. They both have a great sense of humor and make training fun! I will recommend their training to anyone who wants to learn alternative ways to find candidates and grow their staffing business!

Emily Jones

Executive & Profesional Search at ETI Professional Search

It is rare that a training class makes an impact in daily work product on day one, but that is exactly what Tricia’s program offers. Not only is her class content comprehensive and easy to follow, her wealth and depth of knowledge in the sourcing and recruiting space in invaluable. If you are looking to take your recruiting and sourcing activities to the next level, Tricia’s eSourcing eSSentials is a must!

Samantha Sisk, MBA, CPRR

Reverse Recruiter

Tricia and Jason were both so fun to work with. The information provided in training was immensely helpful and they made it fun. I was able to use the knowledge I gained immediately on my searches. I highly recommend their training services.

Meredith Gatto

Director of Business Development

I just finished a course with Tricia and besides the invaluable content of the class, Tricia was clear, thorough, and extremely engaging. Tricia made virtual learning personable and effective.

Rich Bradley

Connecting Premier IT & AI Talent with Top-Tier Opportunities

Tricia does an outstanding job of making the knowledge she has, fun and enjoyable to learn.