Marvin Smith

Marvin Smith is a talent acquisition consultant focusing on talent engagement. Marvin leverages his experience in talent acquisition, recruitment marketing, and HR technology to help clients develop custom strategies that meet the challenges of the digital talent marketplace. Marvin previously led innovative talent engagement initiatives for Lockheed Martin, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft, and several early-stage companies. The talent engagement projects leveraged HR technology and tools to cultivate relationships with the desired target talent audiences Ito meet the workforce plan. Marvin has a Political Science/Economics degree from Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, WA. He writes, speaks, shares insights, and engages in conversations in various talent acquisition industry venues. Previously, he led two industry non-profits; the Northwest Recruiters Association and Sourcing 7 (a talent sourcing special interest group).