Great hiring doesn't happen by accident.
It happens by design.
AI is reshaping roles. Companies are restructuring. The talent strategy that worked two years ago isn't built for this. We design talent systems, build hiring infrastructure, and create the playbooks that turn recruiting into a repeatable competitive advantage, built for an evolving market.
How We Work
Diagnose
We find exactly where your hiring is breaking and why.
Build
We design and implement the system, infrastructure, and strategy that fixes it.
Transfer
We hand it over to your team documented, trained, and running.
We should talk if...
AI: You're ready to move beyond AI as a chat tool — think custom-built sourcing agents, automated workflows, and recruiting infrastructure that actually runs
Scale: You're ready to scale and need a talent strategy built for it
Playbook: You need a playbook for competing for talent in a market that doesn't slow down
Growth: Hiring is slowing your growth, and you can't name exactly why
ROI: You're investing in recruiting and not seeing the return
Systems/Forecasting: Your hiring is reactive — no headcount plan, no pipeline, no way to get ahead of what's coming
Critical hires: You need critical leadership hires done right, not just done fast
Reduction/Team design: You're navigating a reduction, a restructure, or a pivot — and your team needs a strategy and the tools to land well and move forward
After 20 years building talent acquisition functions from early-stage startups to global enterprises one thing stays constant. The companies that hire well don't just find great people. They build the systems, the playbooks, and the infrastructure that attracts and builds amazing teams and evolves with the business no matter the stage, the market, or the moment.
That's what LCTalentLab is built to do.
Laura Cloney, Founder
The Work:
Fractional Head of TA: Embedded senior TA leadership we own the strategy, coach your team, and run the function.
Talent Systems & Infrastructure: We build the sourcing architecture, configure your ATS, implement AI tools, and create the playbooks your team needs.
Talent Diagnostics: A structured audit of your recruiting operation with a clear roadmap for what to fix first.
Executive Search: We’ll Find the Talent, Director through C-suite.
Workshops & Training: For teams going through transitions, scaling new functions, or upskilling on AI in recruiting.
Let's get to work.
Book a 30-minute discovery call, a focused conversation about where you are, where you're going, and how LCTalentLab can help.
What People Are Saying
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Laura demonstrated superb recruiting skills and built a quickly enthusiastic and devoted team that consistently achieved or exceeded tough goals in recruiting and staffing operations. I have managed staffing leaders with more experience, but none who have delivered stronger results in a manner that delights candidates and stakeholders alike."
— Linda Esperance, VP of HR
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"Laura was perhaps the most perceptive staffing specialist I have ever worked with. With incredible efficiency and ease, Laura developed a keen sense for the set of skills and personal traits we were seeking. She was expert at guiding us in developing position profiles and continually amazed the team at how well she was able to filter the flood of resumes."
— Bob Bauer, COO, Co-Founder at Stealth Startup
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"Laura can effectively engage with low-level managers as well as executives. We built a number of high-impact programs together to better reach candidates and delight our employees. And she was the executive recruiter that engaged me as I interviewed at Vocera—she made the whole experience positive with transparency and timely follow-up."
Kathy English, Chief Marketing Officer,
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She has a strategic mindset that is uncommon and is one of the most effective COE heads I have ever partnered with. Any organization would be lucky to have her."
— Wade Galde, Total Rewards, & Compensation Leader