The Talent Studios has introduced Determined People™, an agentic AI-powered cognitive engine designed to provide a competitive edge in talent acquisition. This comprehensive platform addresses candidate identification, recruitment, assessment, and selection, developed by expert teams in Israel and North America to transform executive search processes.
Determined People™ emerges from The Talent Studios' deep expertise in executive search, distinguishing itself from engineer-led AI tools that lack nuanced understanding of human capital challenges. By leveraging mixed-model LLMs and long context windows, the platform is trained on nearly two decades of proven search processes, enabling reliable, enterprise-grade performance in hiring.
Traditional AI recruitment tools often produce limited candidate sets with opaque training logic, failing to capture the incremental insights from seasoned professionals. Determined People™ overcomes this by distilling client business elements into targeted attributes, isolating high-performing organizations and candidates via efficacy KPIs. This approach empowers early-career recruiters and human capital leaders with domain-specific intelligence.
The platform assesses psycho-social signals during candidate interviews and simulations, shifting recruitment toward evidence-driven precision. As search consultants lead development alongside product experts, engineers, and psychologists, Determined People™ scales the art of talent acquisition into a science, enhancing decision autonomy for clients in consumer-focused industries.
Jeremy Cohen, CEO & Co-Founder of The Talent Studios notes that "as an executive search firm, over the last 36 months we've seen AI-enabled recruitment tools pitched to us by technology startups that are being led by engineers and entrepreneurs first and foremost. They have stumbled upon human capital as an opportunistic area, but lack the depth and experience that comes from being in the trenches over decades as search consultants or recruiters."
Cohen believes that "it's evident in their resulting work product and tools – they don't solve for some of the nuance and incrementality that only seasoned search and recruitment consultants, or our internal client HR & talent teams or investor/partner human capital leaders would know from owned experience. For AI products to be valuable, its creators need to fundamentally understand the context and logic of the industries they are serving."
In assessing all available AI capabilities in the marketplace, he's seen "examples of terrific data aggregation and summarization – but these AI recruitment startup leaders have made the claim that their tools are truly agentic, somewhat less convincingly so."
Kelli Telling, Co-Founder of The Talent Studios has spent twenty years in executive search and recruitment, however, began her career in data architecture and digital product development at MicroStrategy, GE and Deloitte. "Every AI tool we tested for executive search, recruitment, talent business intelligence, assessment or selection, produced narrowed consideration sets of candidates, but the underpinning philosophy, logic and process on which the LLM's were trained was somewhat of a black box".
"As search consultants first, we have been able to lead and orchestrate a team of product leaders, engineers, data scientists, UX designers and industrial/organizational psychologists to identify, then assess, the highest performing candidates in the world."
Telling shares that "much of what makes Determined People™ unique is its ability to distill client businesses into constituent elements and characteristics, then project those into the marketplace to instantly isolate and target organizations and candidates through observable efficacy attributes and KPIs."
Both Cohen and Telling believe that Determined People™ doesn't just compete in the war for talent, it changes the rules of engagement by transforming recruitment from an art into a precise, evidence-driven science that scales with AI.
Determined People™ positions The Talent Studios to deliver specialized AI tools for consumer sector clients, from fashion and food to digital services, serving partners like Apollo Management and Andreessen Horowitz. The rollout will equip talent leaders with advanced capabilities for scalable hiring success.
The Talent Studios is the leading business-to-consumer focused retained executive search firm, working across consumer technology, digital commerce, four-wall commerce & service businesses, iconic brands, entertainment, media & content, and app-enabled consumer services.
Vertical expertise include: fashion & apparel, food & beverage, beauty & personal care, lifestyle brands, action sports, fitness/wellness, creator economy, media & content, digital and physical consumer services (healthcare, FinTech, education, Two-Sided Marketplaces).
Investor partners and direct brand clients include: Apollo Management, Advent International, Andreessen Horowitz, Bain Capital, L Catterton, Apollo Global Management, Advent International, Institutional Venture Partners, HIG Growth, Norwest Equity Partners, North Castle Partners, Red Bull, Mattel, Disney, Burton Snowboards, Restoration Hardware, The Princeton Review, Pure Barre, Raising Cane's, Boardriders, Aston Martin, Fanatics, Soylent, SmartyPants Vitamins, Lulus.com, Restoration Hardware, Restore Hyper Wellness, Peet's Coffee and Public Goods.
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