Talent Beyond Borders

We Connect Organizations to Critical Talent

We deliver critical hires to your organization by developing highly effective talent acquisition strategies. In addition to finding top talent, we optimize and innovate new talent practices and recruiting systems to support your growing team.

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Talent in the Social Impact Sector
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Matt MacLean, Founder
Making an Impact

Who We Are

What People Are Saying

Experts in the social impact sector

We’ve always been mission driven. We know how essential personnel are to social impact organizations because we’ve worked in them ourselves. Our familiarity with the unique needs of these organizations allows us to provide clients with ambitious and niche talent who are aligned with their goals and mission.

About our founder

Matt MacLean brings over 20 years of experience in talent acquisition, with deep expertise in executive recruiting, recruiting systems, and strategic workforce planning and management. He has served as both a recruiting practitioner and leader across a wide range of industries and sectors—including philanthropy (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Ballmer Group), global non-profits (PATH, GH Labs), start-ups (Clearwire), and large enterprises (Amazon, Microsoft, AT&T Wireless).

In 2020, Matt founded Talenton Group, a boutique executive search firm dedicated to organizations driving social impact. The team specializes in identifying and placing top talent for mission-driven organizations, with a strong focus on global development, global health, education, economic mobility, and life sciences.

Matt has successfully led senior-level searches for regional, national, and international organizations—including NGOs, philanthropic foundations, local non-profits, and world-renowned institutions.

Adaptable & Mission-Driven

Our Philosophy

We offer a customized approach

We work hard to ensure your recruitment maximizes your budget and puts more money towards your mission. From our consultative approach to our fees, every step in our process is customized to your needs.

It’s about more than just talent acquisition

Before you begin a talent search, let us ensure your recruitment process and strategy aligns with your goals. From there, it’s easier to ensure you’re attracting talent that will drive your mission forward.

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Talenton Group can be your resource to connect world class talent to ambitious business goals.

Build Your Future

Recruiting

Grow your Social Impact Organization with our Customized Recruitment Services

Achieve more significant social impact with collaborators that align with your goals. With our customized approach, we personalize our support to meet the unique needs of your growing organization.

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Personalized attention, meaningful results

Consulting

Create a More Thoughtful Recruitment Process 

Our in-depth industry knowledge allows us to deliver customized solutions designed for your unique needs.  We leverage our deep industry insights to help you find top-tier talent through our meticulous executive search process or provide expert guidance for specific projects. Our goal is to ensure lasting value and tangible results, aligning with your business objectives.

Let us identify, assess, and recruit the ideal staff to scale your organization’s future success.

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Testimonials

From Our Clients

Matt [CEO of Talenton Group] has been an invaluable talent acquisition partner with me over many years at multiple organizations. His genuine passion for a mission fuels excellence in discovering and connecting top talent with organizations and roles where they will have a tremendous impact. Matt’s strategic approach to looking around corners, discipline in the fundamentals, and stellar relationship management results in graceful navigation of the many complexities and curveballs that inevitably pop up with stakeholders, and throughout recruitment cycles. At the end of the day, Matt has, time and time again, driven excellent and sustainable results, and is a trusted colleague who makes key contributions to each organization’s mission and success!”

Matt is an outstanding leader and talent acquisition expert. He grew PATH’s recruiting programs to the next level improving quality, speed, and efficiency. Matt’s passion for and knowledge of the development sector are a true asset. His relentless pursuit of excellence and innate drive to develop and reward talent underpins his success. Matt is genuine, kind, and generous. He brings his whole self to work and models exemplary leadership behavior. Matt’s insatiable curiosity for next and best practices keeps PATH ahead of the curve. His work ethic can’t be beaten. Thank you, Matt, for teaching me so much as a talent acquisition professional, leader, and human.

I have known Matt for many years in the recruiting industry, first as colleagues together at the Gates Foundation and more recently as Matt’s client. Matt is an exceptional talent sourcer and is well-connected and in tune with the development sector. He has always brought a strategic mindset, client and talent-centric focus to his meticulous work. Most importantly, Matt brings his whole self and passion to his work and relationships. Anyone would be lucky to work with Matt and know him as a person.

Working with Matt has been one of the best experiences I had at the Gates Foundation. He was the best TA partner that I have ever worked with. His brilliant business and people skills mixed with his high level of intellect delivered great results. Work always seemed to be so effortless and smooth with Matt. He is highly dependable and sincere in his work. I will highly recommend Matt for a senior job that requires passion, sincerity, and complex problem-solving while working with multiple stakeholders across geographies.  

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