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

Jaime Archuleta (Sklenar)

Business Office Manager ARVADA CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER

I had the privilege of being in one of Tricia’s classes recently and it was very informative. Her instruction style was very refreshing. Her humor helped a normally dry topic become interesting. Tricia was very easy to talk to and she answered questions in a way that made sense. She explained things simply and helped those that struggled in a very kind manner with a lot of patience. I look forward to learning more from her!

Shani Servetter, MBA

Executive Search Consultant

Tricia is an absolute powerhouse! She is extremely generous with her wealth of knowledge about sourcing, recruiting, and business development. As a private coaching client, and student in all of her classes, I can safely say that she has so much to give, and that I have gained invaluable knowledge and experience through working with her and Jason on developing my own recruiting firm, GemHarvest. If you are thinking about taking a class or being a coaching client, do not hesitate! Thanks for being the inspiration you are, Tricia!

Tiffany Stone, CPC

Executive Search and Recruiting @ BBR Search, Inc.

After being on the “yo/yo” ride of working a full desk for my own recruiting company, I became desperate for some type of training that would help me get off this roller coaster. If things didn’t get better, I was considering leaving the recruiting industry altogether. I found Client Cornucopia interesting, mostly because it was taught by individuals who do exactly what I do – they do all their own business development, then fill their own open positions. The course was jam packed with information – LOTS of information. It was a big commitment – especially when your day to day business carries on. But it was worth every second and every dollar spent. I found Tricia and Jason to be so personalized in their approach. If I ever had a question, or wanted more information on something we covered, they took time out of their busy schedules to speak with me one on one. Everything we learned was also made available to us via online documents – so we could keep and review at any time on our own. This included sample documents which we could customize for our own business needs afterwards. Tricia and Jason covered everything from “how to target your desired clients”, “how to cold call”, to “how to formulate your emails”. In addition, they also taught us how to create google alerts, use social media to step up awareness, and basic communication and relationship skills. My business has improved triple fold since taking this course in March. My client and candidate relationships have improved immensely, and once again I enjoy recruiting. Tricia and Jason are the real deal – not a fly by night sales scheme. They help you learn how to “work smarter”, not harder. And they are in this for the long haul! I would highly recommend this course to anyone considering. Tiffany Stone, Chief Headhunter, BBR Search

Dixie von Aschwege

Talent Acquisition Consultant

Tricia Tamkin’s classes are worth every penny and more. I’ve taken several and always made my money back in spades, in fact, her classes were the reason we were able to get the quality candidates we needed to set ourselves apart from the competition as a new firm. Our whole recruiting team has taken her sourcing class, Tricia is required training now.

Cori Sachais

Industrial & Manufacturing Recruiter

I recently completed the eSourcing course and it was awesome! Being a headhunter for 20 years, it’s great to learn new and updated ways to source candidates while saving money by not having to pay for the high priced resources out there. Plus, I learned ways to find people that I know most headhunters are not using so it’s another way to stand out from others by finding individuals other recruiters aren’t finding! A ton of useful information and I have already found individuals for searches I’m doing that I wouldn’t have found otherwise.

Mark Norris 

I Help Companies Build Their Executive and Technical Dream Teams

I’ve taken part in a number of Tricia and Jason’s training programs. They are both engaging, very knowledgeable in all facets of recruiting/business development and they go out of their way to make sure that you are getting the most from their training. They genuinely care about their students and most importantly, they are very good and giving individuals.

Barbara Clayton

Executive Recruiter Banking Industry Colorado, Wyoming and the Central United States

Tricia is a master at all she does. I would highly recommend her as a trainer or a coach. In less than 4 days on the phones during and after my first 5 training sessions, I have 4 meetings set up. She has helped me rethink my business and expand my regional strategy. She has made me feel rejuvenated and energized.

Marli Palarino

Elite Body Transformation Coach for High-Performing Women

Hands down, Tricia’s sourcing methodology is THE BEST in the marketplace. You are taught how to fully control your sourcing needs, and ensure that you know how to find exactly what you need. I took her course 7 years ago, and her methods still serve me to this day in searching for the right candidates and clients. I have saved so much time from having implemented her methodology, that I recommend her services to anyone who wants to fully master sourcing!

Rick Romo

Outside Sales Consultant at Mobility Partners of Houston

As an instructor for the eSSentials course, Tricia does an excellent job of taking technical material and delivering it in a fun yet thorough way. She makes sure every student understands the curriculum through an interactive process that leaves no one behind. I also appreciated Tricia’s quick response to email questions outside of class. Very helpful. A true professional.

Todd Michael Frey

Emerging Talent & Military Recruiting Program Manager

I have had the privilege of learning from Tricia. I literally can say that Tricia is “Second to None!” Tricia is passionate about her work; she ensures that she has covered every detail to effectively present the right solution to her students. I know I will be able to move forward in my career with the exceptional skills I have learned from her. All the training I have received from Tricia has proved to be priceless!