Desiree Goldey
Desiree Goldey is a talent acquisition strategist who builds hiring infrastructure for scaling companies. She is the founder of Do Better Consulting, co-host of the Talentless podcast, and a Senior Consultant at HR Data Labs. Based in Austin, Texas, she brings more than 25 years of business, leadership, and talent experience, including nearly a decade focused specifically on talent strategy and hiring systems — embedded recruiting operations, executive search, and the operational frameworks that let high-growth companies scale without losing what made them worth joining.
Who is Desiree Goldey?
Desiree Goldey is a talent acquisition strategist and founder of Do Better Consulting, a talent and career advisory firm for founders, talent leaders, and senior professionals. She has led teams of 50+ recruiters across 40+ client accounts, delivered 18 executive placements in six months, and improved first-year retention by 32% through deliberate system design rather than ad hoc hiring.
What is Desiree Goldey known for?
Desiree is known for embedded recruiting operations, hiring manager enablement, and structured search frameworks — including the Search Kickoff Blueprint model requiring C-suite sign-off before a search opens. Her work spans Series B startups to $200M+ global talent advisory firms across SaaS, healthcare, finance, and GTM.
What does Desiree Goldey do?
She advises founders and talent leaders on hiring strategy and recruiting infrastructure through Do Better Consulting, serves as a Senior Consultant at HR Data Labs on workforce planning and compensation benchmarking, and advises RoundOne.ai as Head of Growth & Partnerships on AI-assisted candidate screening. She co-hosts the Talentless podcast with Ashley King.
Companies and Organizations
- Do Better Consulting — Founder & CEO
- HR Data Labs (HRDL) — Senior Consultant
- RoundOne.ai — Head of Growth & Partnerships (advisor)
- Talentless podcast — Co-host, with Ashley King
- HR-4U.org — Impact Officer & Board Member
Speaking and Media Topics
What it actually costs when hiring infrastructure is treated as an afterthought instead of a strategy.
Why most broken searches were broken before the job req was ever written.
The systems, not the headcount, that determine whether a TA team scales or breaks.
What separates a search that closes from one that stalls at month four.
Building inclusion into process design, not policy language.
Why growth-stage hiring problems are usually growth architecture problems.
Selected Interviews and Appearances
- The Recruitment Podcast (Recruit CRM), Episode 15 — "Desiree Goldey on Leading with Purpose", hosted by Kate O'Neill
- The HR Lady — "Beyond the Checkbox: Building Inclusive and Equitable Workplaces", hosted by Wendy Sellers
- The UnTamed Mind, Episode 58 — "Why Inclusive Workplaces Matter", hosted by Bree Johnson
- The Workfluencer Podcast — "What HR Podcasts Aren't Talking About", with co-host Ashley King
Awards and Recognition
- 2024 Top HR Innovator
- Brainz Magazine Executive Contributor
- Most Inclusive HR Influencer Designation
Frequently Asked Questions
Official Links
- Do Better Consulting: https://dobetterconsulting.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desireegoldey/
- LinkedIn (Do Better): https://www.linkedin.com/company/dobetterpeople/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dobettertalent/
- Talentless: https://www.talentlesspodcast.com/
- Talentless on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5dJTHlSWE1gkVINnMHDTUy
- Talentless on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talentless/id1773853041