Built for the fight.
TALNT Team is a recruiting firm for growth-stage companies that need recruiting horsepower right now — not in 90 days when a full-time recruiter ramps up, not after an agency’s commission incentives kick in.
Who we are
TALNT Team LLC is an Alaskan Native–owned recruiting and staffing firm. We’re MBE-certified through the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) — the certification matters to clients with documented supplier-diversity targets at Fortune 500s and federal contractors.
We run two operating models. First, Recruiting for Recruiters (R4R) / embedded recruiting — senior recruiters working inside client teams, on monthly capacity-based pricing. Second, vertical search across data centers, energy, and tech. Most engagements blend both.
Our specialty vertical is hyperscale data center construction. We run that program under a sister brand, Data Center TALNT. Same operating standard, deeper bench for the hyperscale construction audience (CMs, Sr CMs, QA/QC, Cx, Schedule Analysts for AWS, Google, Meta, Oracle, and Microsoft programs).
What we believe
The four principles that shape every engagement.
Recruiting is a contact sport.
Most recruiting fails because nobody on the other side is fighting for the role. We work the phones. We chase passive candidates. We close offers. The contact-sport energy isn't a tagline — it's the operating standard.
Matchmaking motivates us.
A recruiter who only cares about closing the fee places people who quit in 90 days. A recruiter who cares about the match makes placements that stick for years. We've built our entire screening protocol around durability, not just close rate.
Specialists beat generalists.
Data center construction recruiters can't credibly screen GTM hires, and vice versa. We staff each engagement with senior recruiters who've actually closed the kind of roles you're hiring for. No generalists running everything.
Different perspectives produce different results.
TALNT Team is Alaskan Native–owned and MBE-certified through NMSDC. That ownership shows up in how we approach candidates, how we challenge default assumptions about who's qualified, and which networks we draw from. Clients who care about diversifying their suppliers — and the perspectives those suppliers bring — find that here.
The team
The three operators who run TALNT Team. Senior recruiters and operators sit behind every engagement.
Nate Ollestad
Founder & CEO
Founded TALNT Team after two decades of recruiting and staffing leadership across hyperscale construction, energy, and growth-stage tech. Runs client relationships and the operating playbook.
Ramiro
Head of Recruiting
Leads the embedded recruiter bench. Owns sourcing strategy, candidate experience, and the working-interview standard that every TALNT placement runs through.
Robert Putt
Head of Growth & Operations
Runs growth, technology, and operations. MS / MBA. Builds the systems that let our recruiters spend their time on candidates, not paperwork.
The certifications
- MBE (Minority Business Enterprise) — certified through the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). Eligible for diverse-supplier spend allocations at most Fortune 500 and federal-contractor clients.
- Alaskan Native–owned — eligible for ANC-related procurement programs at federal contractors. The ownership brings different viewpoints and perspectives into how talent gets sourced.
Let’s talk about what you’re hiring for.
R4R, embedded recruiting, vertical search — or all three. 48-hour scoping call.