We help growth-minded companies modernize how they attract, hire, organize, and scale talent — boutique advisory led personally by Nikita R. Steals, a 15+ year enterprise talent executive, backed by a national search platform through her affiliation with TriSearch.
Nikita R. Steals works with TriSearch — a nationally recognized recruitment and RPO platform ranked among Forbes' and Hunt Scanlon's top nationwide recruiting firms — where she holds the title of Vice President, Client Success. This gives NWTS clients access to TriSearch's national search bench, technology, and specialized industry practice groups, while NWTS itself remains an independent, founder-led advisory firm.
Retained search and RPO engagements sourced through the TriSearch relationship are contracted directly through TriSearch. Workforce planning and transformation consulting engagements are advised and delivered directly by NWTS.
Visit TriSearchFaster ramp on retained search and RPO engagements through TriSearch's shared sourcing technology and delivery infrastructure.
Access to TriSearch's specialized practice groups — including Healthcare, Tech, Financial Services, Supply Chain, and Life Sciences — when a search calls for deeper functional expertise.
A single point of accountability: Nikita, personally, on every engagement — whether it runs through NWTS or TriSearch.
NWTS partners with organizations across five core sectors — bringing functional depth to each without losing the flexibility to move fast when priorities shift.
Engineering, product, data, and AI/ML hiring for companies scaling from seed stage through enterprise.
Talent strategy and leadership search for banking, fintech, insurance, and asset management organizations.
Operations and plant leadership, supply chain, and skilled workforce planning for scaling manufacturers.
Technical and functional engineering leadership across infrastructure, hardware, and complex systems.
Clinical, operational, and executive talent strategy for providers, payers, and health-tech organizations.
Our team is intentionally vertical-agnostic. Every NWTS consultant and recruiter is trained to move fluidly across sectors, so your engagement gets functional depth and industry fluency — not a single-industry playbook forced onto a different business.
These are the engagements where NWTS delivers the deepest, most measurable impact.
We embed as an extension of your talent function — owning sourcing, screening, and pipeline management end to end, at the volume and speed your growth requires. RPO with NWTS means predictable time-to-fill, a recruiting function that scales with hiring demand, and a partner accountable to your metrics, not just your headcount.
For roles where the wrong hire is the most expensive mistake you can make, retained search gives you a dedicated, senior-led process — full market mapping, direct outreach to passive candidates, and rigorous assessment, conducted with the discretion executive-level hiring demands. Every retained engagement is led personally by Nikita.
Growth without a plan creates chaos — the wrong roles hired at the wrong time, headcount that outpaces revenue, teams that can't keep up. We build the workforce plan that connects your business strategy to your hiring roadmap: what roles you need, when you need them, and how your organization should be structured to support the next 12 to 36 months of growth.
For organizations navigating restructuring, M&A integration, or a fundamental shift in how work gets done, NWTS leads the full transformation — from operating model redesign through change management and execution — delivered directly by Nikita and the NWTS team. This is the same work she led at scale inside Capital One, Amazon, and Conduent, now available without hiring a full internal transformation team.
Every engagement begins with a direct conversation — no intake forms, no junior coordinators.
A focused, time-bound engagement to audit, redesign, and modernize your TA function — strategy, process, tooling, and team.
Get StartedEmbedded senior talent leadership on a part-time basis — CHRO, VP of TA, or Head of People — without the full-time overhead.
Get StartedFull-cycle retained search for C-suite and senior leadership roles, conducted with executive discretion and commercial precision.
Get StartedA diagnostic and redesign of your recruiting operations, ATS, automation stack, and data infrastructure — built for what's next.
Get StartedOrganizational redesign, workforce planning, and structural change for companies navigating growth, restructuring, or strategic pivots.
End-to-end TA strategy — sourcing models, hiring frameworks, assessment design, and recruiter enablement at scale.
Senior-level search for C-suite, VP, and director roles. Conducted with executive discretion and commercial precision.
Operational audits, process redesign, ATS optimization, and interviewing frameworks that eliminate bottlenecks.
Automation strategy, AI tooling integration, and recruiting stack modernization to make your TA function future-ready.
Positioning, messaging, and experience design that attracts the talent you want — and repels the talent you don't.
Embedded senior talent leadership on a part-time or interim basis — without the full-time commitment or cost.
Building the systems, teams, processes, and metrics that allow companies to scale headcount without losing quality or culture.
RPO, retained search, workforce planning, workforce transformation consulting, TA Transformation Sprints, and Recruiting Ops + AI Modernization Audits are all quoted based on your organization's size and needs — reach out and we'll send a tailored proposal.
Covers RPO, Retained Search, Workforce Planning, Workforce Transformation Consulting, TA Transformation Sprints, and Recruiting Ops + AI Modernization Audits.
Request a ProposalMost talent consultants have either deep HR theory or execution experience. Nikita brings both — senior-level advisory thinking combined with a practitioner's understanding of what actually works inside a real organization under real pressure.
VP, Global Tech Talent Acquisition — scaled tech org 66% in 18 months, contributing to $2B+ in business impact; grew senior AI/ML and TPM hiring 88% YoY. Named North Star Strategist.
Led AWS's largest TA transformation across Infrastructure — 72% global technical hiring increase in Year 1 across NA, EMEA, and APAC.
Senior Director, Global TA — Workday HCM transformation across 60K+ employees. Reduced HR operating costs 58% ($17M annualized), lifted recruiter productivity 40%.
Founded, scaled with Fortune 500 clients including Capital One, PwC, and Raytheon. Secured a $3M enterprise RPO agreement. Exited via acquisition to a global RPO organization.
"Nikita demonstrated a keen understanding of Capital One's organization and strategy, an intuitive grasp of the relevant technologies, and the ability to communicate clearly and with authenticity."
"We instructed Nikita and her firm to assist with filling two key roles in our US office. Within four weeks, both positions were filled. Communication is one area that Nikita and her firm excel at."
"I had the pleasure of attending one of Nikita Steals' signature events recently. It was a testament to her expertise beyond just human capital strategies. The event was flawlessly executed, with high attendance and a vibrant atmosphere for networking with influential figures. It was clear Nikita understands the power of fostering connections and building communities. This experience solidified my impression of Nikita as a true visionary leader. As CEO of Northwest Talent Solutions, she seamlessly blends talent acquisition with DEI strategies, driving success for a diverse range of organizations. Her impressive 25+ years of experience includes senior leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies like Amazon. Nikita's dedication to building inclusive teams, coupled with her talent for community engagement, makes her a valuable asset. I highly recommend her."
"Nikita and I worked together during the build out of a new entity in EMEA for AWS. She was brought in to manage a highly ambiguous and unstructured global recruitment business. Nikita brought much managerial stability, direction and data use to the business reporting, and was able to use this data to demonstrate why decisions needed to be made. It was a pleasure working with Nikita, I highly recommend her ability to manage large complex businesses and deliver results."
"I had the privilege of working with Nikita during the ramp up phase of Northwest Talent Solutions. Her passionate vision for the future and ability to think innovatively about industry challenges sets her apart. She consistently demonstrates transparency in her decision-making process and encourages exploration of new methodologies. Nikita's enthusiasm for transformative ideas and openness to emerging solutions makes her a thought-provoking leader to work with. Her willingness to share her strategic thinking process provides valuable insights into entrepreneurial leadership."
"Nikita's been a colleague and a friend. She and I have worked on several critical projects and delivered. Her understanding of talent scape and beliefs in building talent experiences is exemplary. Nikita is able to deliver to strategic priorities by rallying organisations resources and using influence while maintaining a hearty sense of humour results in great partnerships both on and off work."
"Nikita is a strong recruiter who can navigate her way through any challenge thrown her way. She was a hugely valuable team member supporting one of our largest markets. Her relationship management skills and her technical recruiting experience helped to bring a consultative approach to her role supporting her internal clients. Nikita was also a great team member to her peers and others in the recruiting group."
"I have known Nikita ever since she hired me into Phillips. She is one of those few people that are fiercely passionate about what they do and are relentless in achieveing what they set out to pursue. I have been amazed by her ability to communicate and extract the best out of difficult employees within the organization. Her quest for excellence will take her places! All the best Nikita!"
Nikita R. Steals is an enterprise workforce transformation executive with 15+ years of experience architecting and scaling global talent, people, and organizational strategies across Fortune 500 and hyper-growth environments.
Her career spans Capital One (VP, Global Tech Talent Acquisition), Amazon (AWS Infrastructure TA transformation), and Conduent (Senior Director, Global TA), where she delivered measurable enterprise impact at scale — including a 66% tech org expansion contributing to $2B+ in revenue growth, a 72% global technical hiring increase at AWS, and $17M in HR operating cost savings.
Prior to NWTS, Nikita founded Ascension12, scaling it with Fortune 500 clients including Capital One, PwC, and Raytheon before successfully exiting through acquisition to a global RPO organization.
Today, as Managing Partner of Northwest Talent Solutions LLC and Vice President, Client Success at TriSearch, Nikita gives growth-minded companies access to senior talent advisory — backed by a nationally ranked search platform — that has historically only been available to the world's largest enterprises.
Every engagement begins with a direct conversation with Nikita — about where you're headed, what's blocking you, and whether we're the right fit to help.