Meet Jill De Forest
Jill De Forest is Managing Director, Customer Development. Previously, Jill served as CEO of De Forest Search for nearly 30 years. TalentoHCM acquired the firm in 2022 to expand product offerings and transition from a boutique firm to a dynamic powerhouse with a business model that supports customer’s talent needs across the enterprise.
Prior to TalentoHCM, Jill spent 30 + years in Recruitment in both agency and corporate. She created De Forest Search in 1995 with a specific niche in lifestyle consumer products companies in Los Angeles. With her experience as a Corporate Recruiter at Mattel, Jill had developed excellent relationships and was lucky enough to continue supporting Mattel’s talent needs. This evolved into many of the biggest toy and entertainment brands and ultimately into all lifestyle consumer products placing mid to upper management and C-Suite talent throughout the US.
Jill De Forest | Managing Director, Customer Development
Industry Experience:
Lifestyle Consumer Products & Services-Health & Wellness, Food & Beverage, Cosmetics, Gaming, Entertainment, Toy, Sporting goods, Fashion, Tech- Fintech, Data Insights, Healthcare, SaaS, CPaaS, B2B-Marketing Agencies, Supply Chain, Logistics, Material Handling, Environmental, Climate Tech, Automotive, OEM
Functional Experience:
Brand Marketing, Digital Marketing, Retail Marketing, eCommerce, Brand Licensing, Design & Development, Product Innovation, Sales, Operations, Human Resources, Legal, IT, Data Science and Supply Chain.
When not developing new customers, Jill enjoys
Continuing to work most of the time as it is in her DNA but feels that if you love what you do, it never feels like work. Any spare time is spent, investing in Real Estate and spending time with her husband, Steve, three kids, Dane, Lexi and Cole, and two rescue dogs…Bentley and Bosco Bear.
MEET THE TEAM
Juan Gaitan
CEO
Andrea Rodriguez
Vice President, Operations
Shaun Sisso
Talent Advisor
Rocio Rodriguez
Customer Experience & Development Mgr.
Rocio Guerrero
Research Analyst
Brittany Armstrong
Senior Recruiting Specialist
Maureen Chianese
Manager/Customer Development & Experience expert
Magda Ortiz
Recruiting Analyst
Brooke Del Solar
Director of Customer Experience & Development
Jessica Ctvrtlik
Executive Recruiter and Team Manager
Jill De Forest
Managing Director, Customer Development
MEET THE TEAM
Juan Gaitan
CEO and Founder
Andrea Rodriguez
Managing Director
Brittany Armstrong
Senior Recruiting Specialist
OUR CULTURE
PEOPLE + PASSION + PERSEVERANCE = PROGRESS
OUR SOCIAL COMMITMENT
TALENTO CAN - AND WILL - BE A FORCE FOR ELEVATING THE HUMAN CAPITAL OF OUR COMMUNITIES
We are conscious of the needs and opportunities of our local communities. Our purpose is clear in everything we do, help businesses to capitalize on the human side of business with productive outcomes for the main cornerstone of all organizational success, Talent. With Talent, we can achieve anything. With Purpose, we can all work together to help our society.
