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
Patricia (International Headhunter) Allioux
Head Hunter
the eSSentials program with Tricia was simply amazing, she turns the way to use the searches simple.She has so much knowledge and energy to give !! Thank you so much Tricia !!
Julie Teixeira
Passive Talent Expert
Tricia’s class was amazing. The tools and techniques I was taught during her sessions allowed me to substantially increase the number of meetings and clients in a short period of time. Today, approximately one month after the start of training, I have scheduled dozens of meetings and have two new clients. I am getting meetings I did not get before which I attribute to the direct methods Tricia teaches for email and phone calls. These methods get results!
Laura Bailey
Executive Recruiter
Top notch. Tricia’s training style and material are top notch, but the best part of the training program is the incredible attention to follow-up, and even more importantly, follow-through. I took Client Cornucopia and I am still amazed at the value that Tricia and Jason provided with the class time, the materials, the follow-through, and the way that they were willing to give even more of their time on top of the great material to speak with me personally – digging in to an area of special interest for me and my business. Tricia showed that she really cares about my success, and that is the best way that I can think of recommending her! If you are looking for a thought leader in the recruiting field look no further and take a course with Tricia and Jason.
TJ Kastning
Managing Partner at Ambassador Group
I took the Moore eSSentials Client Cornucopia class to get a new perspective on marketing. My process has worked well over the years but I’ve felt rushed to make a decision on long-term mutual fit with potential clients.
The Moore eSSentials model extends the client discovery process beyond a typical MPC job order transition. I learn significantly more about the client, how to best serve them and fully understand the opportunities and challenges. This gives both them and us a much higher degree of understanding and commitment. The class gave me a great starting point with scripts and agenda points which helped me customize the process quickly to fit my clients.
Tricia and Jason are engaging and interesting to listen to and have an engaging teaching style. Be prepared to apply what you learn!
Bill Irwin
Technical Headhunter
What can I say about Moore Essentials without sounding over the top? If you want a Company to help you identify your strengths and how to maximize performance based on what you do well, then you will be in the right place. I have more leverage by focusing on the things I can expand on vs. trying to re-invent myself. This, to me, is the secret to their excellence. It is hard to know where you stand on the many facets of recruiting as compared to the nation’s best but Tricia and Jason can immediately identify what you need to do more of, work on/develop and drop altogether. I love training and techniques but I need strategies based on who I am and where I stand….Moore Essentials is the one place where this is reality.
Amy Martin
Commercial Real Estate Investor Relations
I met Tricia through Tony Robbins Business Mastery course and after the event I called her to discuss the possibility of hiring her and after she did some quick fact finding and understanding my goals and challenges, she actually suggested that I not hire her…. but what she went on to do was give me 40 minutes of her time actually giving me very valuable insights and ideas on how I could generate leads on my own. She is outstanding. She understands business and she understands the internet and social media platforms. I am very thankful I called her and I will not hesitate to recommend her to others. A week after I spoke with her, I attended an online webinar that her and her partner hosted which was great! Between their consulting, online classes and recruiting services, I think they have a great business that delivers value! Thanks again!
Robbie Sewell, MHS, ACRW, ACCS
Career Storyteller
It is without reservation that I recommend Tricia Tamkin and Moore Essentials for state-of-the-art recruiter training, regardless of one’s tenure in the business. Tricia’s intelligence, depth of character, sense of humor, and overflowing toolbox will support any recruiter seeking meaning and methodology in how to run a successful, gratifying recruitment practice. Having Tricia as a mentor and trainer is a gift. I have taken every training module Moore offers and would take more should they expand their curriculum. I feel I can finally check my bags; my journey for a recruitment trainer that “speaks to my condition” has reached its destination. Take one or all of Moore’s programs. Your practice will be transformed!
Jennifer Garcia
Recruiting Coordinator at Veritas Recruiting Group
I took the eSourcing eSSentials course by Moore eSSentials. Tricia and Jason are the most entertaining Boolean wizards. Their course in sourcing on-line opened my rookie recruiter eyes into the different avenues of sourcing. They made the class fun and easy to understand, while answering all our questions. This class showed me techniques that will help me build a sturdy foundation in recruiting for years to come. The amount of information given in this course can be overwhelming, but Tricia and Jason take the time to break everything down. They make sure everyone understands before moving on. You will get your money’s worth with all the information provided.They do not stop there though, once the course is completed you have a connection to the Facebook forum that allows you to ask even more questions. Tricia and Jason, thank you for the knowledge and I hope to take more courses in the future! –Rookie Recruiter
Julie Willard
Executive Recruiter | AE Firms
The eSourcing eSSentials course really opened my eyes that searching on-line goes WAY beyond Linkedin Recruiter, and that no one search string is the “magic bullet” to finding the right candidate. Tricia and Jason bring a wealth of knowledge about how to create a variety of search strings that capture people from many different places; places most of us would never have thought about! Even though I am a seasoned Recruiter, I believe I am now totally better equipped to find talent on-line than I ever was before. Their course is jam-packed with a ton of information so you definitely get your money’s worth! They also have a very good question period following each class in which they answer ALL your questions and correct the students search strings, which is super helpful. Great job Tricia and Jason and I look forward to your Mail Mastery course.
Irfan Balbale
Sourcing Director at JK Consultants
Tricia and Jason are Boolean experts and have done an excellent job on Training their Students Technical stuff in a fun way. After taking their webinar course, I was able to learn a lot of techniques to cut the time of my searches in half. It helped me to get more accurate results in finding Candidates and also discovering various sources to find them.