Hael Talent — Recruiting Education

The practice of recruiting, done with Clarity, Heart & Intention.

Hire like it matters.

Practical courses for recruiters and hiring leaders who want to do this job well — not just fast. Built by a recruiter who's still in it.

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Open Enrollment

15+

Years actively recruiting

Courses built for real recruiters

30+

Ready-to-use templates

Theory-free: 0

What is Hael Talent

Education built for the actual job.

Hael Talent is a recruiting education platform built for people who take the craft seriously. Not the version of recruiting that looks good on a LinkedIn post. The real version — intake calls that actually work, outreach that sounds human, and decisions made with intention instead of instinct.

The courses here are practical. No theory for theory's sake. No buzzwords. No content that sounds like it was written by an algorithm and never tested in real life. Every lesson comes from 15+ years of placing real people in real roles — including the mistakes.

If you're a recruiter who wants to get better at the job, or a hiring leader who wants to stop letting a broken process cost you great candidates — this is for you.

Clarity Heart Intention

Who This Is For

This is for you if...

Recruiters

You're early in your career and nobody really taught you how to do this.

You're figuring it out on the job, making it work — but you know there's a better way. These courses give you the foundation you should have had on day one.

Hiring Leaders

You're responsible for hiring but never got training on how to do it well.

Most hiring managers learn by doing — and by making the same avoidable mistakes. Learn how to interview with intention, make better decisions, and stop losing good candidates to a broken process.

Growing Companies

You're hiring without a dedicated HR or recruitment team.

You're wearing multiple hats and hiring is one of them. These courses give you a repeatable, professional process — so every hire is made with the same standard.

Senior Recruiters

You're experienced but ready to sharpen what you already know.

You've been recruiting for years — but habits form, shortcuts creep in, and the tools keep changing. These courses challenge you to do the craft intentionally, not just habitually.

Career Changers

You're moving into recruiting and want to start with the right foundation.

Recruiting looks straightforward until you're in it. Get ahead of the learning curve with practical training built on what the job actually requires.

Anyone Using AI to Hire

You're using AI in your process but not sure you're using it well.

AI won't replace good recruiters — but it will expose the ones who rely on it without judgment. Learn how to bring it into your workflow without losing your voice or your standards.

Leah Dorbyk

Founder, Hael Talent

15+ years in recruiting

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Meet Leah

Still recruiting. Still learning. Still teaching.

I started recruiting in 2012 and I haven't stopped. Over the past 15+ years I've worked across a wide range of industries — startups finding their footing, government organizations navigating complex hiring, retail and food companies scaling fast, and everything in between. The roles have ranged from Sales and Operations to HR, Finance, and beyond. No two searches are the same, and that's exactly what keeps this work interesting.

I'm not someone who used to recruit and now teaches about it from a distance. I'm actively placing candidates, running intake calls, and using AI in my workflow every day. What I teach is what I do — including the parts that went sideways and what I learned from them.

The reason Hael Talent exists is because most recruiting training is either too theoretical to be useful or too tool-specific to last. There wasn't a place that taught the actual craft — the conversations, the judgment calls, the moments where being a real human in the process makes all the difference. I built that place.

These courses are what I wish I'd had at the start, and what I still come back to now. If you're serious about getting better at this job, I think you'll find something here worth your time.

What Leah Offers

Three ways to work together.

Recruiting Education

Self-paced online courses for recruiters and hiring leaders who want to do the job well. Built from 15+ years of real placements, not theory. Learn at your own pace and apply it immediately.

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Corporate Recruiter Training

Custom training for in-house recruiting teams and hiring managers. Get your whole team running the same plays, with the same standard. Available as workshops or licensed courses for your organization.

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Recruitment Services

Hands-on recruiting support for companies that need to make great hires. Leah brings 15+ years of active recruiting experience to every search — direct, intentional, and built around finding the right fit, not just filling a seat.

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What people are saying.

Real feedback from recruiters, hiring managers, and professionals who've worked with Leah.

I have an HR background but recruiting was never my strength — and after five years away from work to raise my kids, stepping back into a large grocery chain felt overwhelming. The Modern Recruiter gave me structure I could actually hold onto. It didn't just refresh what I knew; it filled in the gaps I didn't realize I had. I finally feel organized and confident in a role I used to dread.

Jennifer E.

HR Professional, Grocery Retail

We were scaling fast — went from 12 to 40 people in under a year — and I had no real hiring foundation to build from. The Modern Hiring Leader gave me a framework I could actually use. I stopped winging interviews, started making better decisions faster, and finally felt like I understood what I was doing. Worth every dollar.

Alessandra G.

People Lead, Insurance Industry

We're a family business that had outgrown how we were doing things — still hiring the way we did when we were a startup, but the stakes were completely different. Leah built us a custom hiring playbook from scratch. It was practical, it fit our culture, and it gave our managers something they could actually follow. We finally have a real process instead of just winging every search.

Gus K.