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Hiring shapes careers, companies, and lives.

 

That’s why I’ve never believed recruiting is just about filling jobs.

 

I believe recruiting is more than a profession. It’s a responsibility. Every hiring decision has the potential to change a career (someone’s life and potentially for future generations), strengthen a team, and shape the future of an organization. That’s a responsibility I don’t take lightly.

 

I’m a Talent & Workforce Strategist with more than a decade of experience helping organizations build stronger teams through thoughtful hiring, honest partnerships, and exceptional candidate experiences.

 

Throughout my career, I’ve partnered with nonprofits, healthcare organizations, high-growth startups, and global enterprises to solve complex hiring challenges. My experience spans technical, corporate, legal, professional, and frontline hiring, giving me a broad perspective on what effective talent strategy looks like across industries and stages of growth.

 

I believe the best hiring decisions balance strategy with empathy, data with curiosity, and business goals with respect for the people behind every application. Whether I’m partnering with hiring leaders, coaching interview teams, or improving recruiting processes, my focus is always the same: build trust, create clarity, and help organizations make thoughtful hiring decisions.

 

I’m also the creator of recruitingSHEro, where I write and speak about the realities of today’s labor market, challenge hiring myths, advocate for candidates, and encourage organizations to build hiring processes rooted in transparency, trust, and respect. My content explores hiring strategy, candidate experience, workforce trends, neurodiversity in the workplace, leadership, and the conversations shaping the future of work.

I don’t believe candidates are transactions or that recruiting is simply about filling requisitions. Great hiring requires curiosity, communication, accountability, and a genuine commitment to people. Those principles have guided my career, and they’re the same values I bring to every partnership, every conversation, and every search.

Whether I’m analyzing labor market data, mentoring recruiters and sourcers, supporting hiring leaders, or sharing practical insights with job seekers, my mission is simple:

Help organizations hire better so more people have the opportunity to build meaningful careers.

If you’re passionate about improving hiring, talent strategy, workforce trends, or creating better candidate experiences, I’d love to connect.

- Rachel Kitty Cupples

Sustainable growth requires evolution in hiring, leadership, and talent strategy. I partner with organizations to drive meaningful, measurable change. Ask me about it.

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