Connect, inspire, take action.

Looking for a Talent Partner to support your people strategy?

Talenttify helps you ATTRACT the right talent in challenging markets and ELEVATE your capabilities to thrive in your career.

We aim to connect talent and culture and inspire leaders to take action and achieve success.

At the head and heart of

I have a passion for people. I partner with organisations in their search for the best talent in global markets and connect with people in their pursue of a corporate culture that makes them thrive. I enjoy engaging candidates and hiring managers in a positive and meaningful experience, as much as coaching leaders to inspire others and build a better version of themselves.

I am fascinated by how cultural diversity enriches organisations and communities. I was born and raised in Spain, went to school in France and the United Kingdom, lived and worked in the United States for 7 years, across Florida, Washington, DC and Texas, took some time off my career for a round the world adventure, and left a little piece of my heart while volunteering at a children’s home in Tanzania with my young daughters Maite and Julia. Traveling and moving to new places pushes me out of my confort zone and broadens my perspective on life. I just love it!

A mix of Corporate and Consulting background throughout 20+ years has impacted every piece of my customer partnership mindset. I am an ICF Certified Leadership Coach by Georgetown University, speak native Spanish and fluent English and French and hold a degree in Psychology & Human Resources.

After a career in HR Consulting, I joined the Talent Center of Excellence for a global company, leading an exciting people & culture transformation process, until a new expat assignment from Spain to the United States brought me to start my current practice as Talent Partner, aiming to connect talent & organisations, support people growth and build bridges across cultures.

Thanks for visiting Talenttify!

Leyre Varela
Founder of Talenttify

What

can do for you

Attract

Talent Acquisition

Talenttify supports your talent acquisition strategy and helps you align your needs with the market offer.

From sourcing, attracting, engaging and assessing potential candidates through their hiring and on boarding.

No matter what level within the organisation, any role can be critical for you.

Searching for talent in a different culture? Across borders, Talenttify builds the bridge between your organisation and your target talent market.

Connect

We connect you with the right talent in your target market.

Understand

We understand your needs and what thrives in your culture.

Partner

We partner with you, end to end, today and tomorrow.

Elevate

Training, Development & Career Coaching

Talenttify supports leaders and individual contributors to become a better version of themselves, by customising development programs tailored to your needs.

From training workshops designed within your developmental framework, to assessment centers to help you understand performance capabilities, improvement areas and motivators and call for action.

Looking to make the most of your talents? Talenttify provides coaching programs based on your strengths and passions, prepares you for career and networking opportunities, and guides you in your decision making process.

Training

We facilitate high impact workshops that resonate with your teams.

Development

We assess strengths, challenges & motivators towards development goals.

Career Coaching

Prepare for success. Find a better version of yourself. Go shine.

“Where your talent and the needs of the world cross,
there lies your vocation”

What to expect when you work with

Partnership

I sense your company culture & values to understand what truly matters to you. I commit to your goals. I partner with you and your business end to end until we succeed together.

Transparency

Values make sense when they lead to success. However you define success. I remain strongly committed to your objectives until your expectations are met, and hopefully exceeded!

Success

Values make sense when they lead to success. However you define success. I remain strongly committed to your objectives until your expectations are met, and hopefully exceeded!

Customers

Testimonials

I have known Leyre for more than 10 years now. She has always shown a great passion towards her career, enjoys connecting people and helping them grow. She is an strong communicator, with a global mindset who is able to blend seamlessly with different cultures around the world. She is a great listener and an excellent trained coach. She has this positive attitude to get things done.

Carlos Cortijo

Regional Head of Aviation, Atkins, Hong Kong

Leyre is a highly committed professional, always on top of the projects she leads, providing excellent top quality services, adding value and facilitating the solutions our business needs. She is very passionate and takes strong ownership of every assignment, which brings her to great results, even in the most challenging situations.

David Borreguero

HRBP Maxam North America, Dallas, TX, USA

I met Leyre as a candidate 15 years ago when she was Head of Recruitment in a local HR firm in Bilbao. My career with Deloitte was coming to an end, I had applied for a different opening and she presented me an opportunity with IKEA, which had a “company culture she thought I would fit in”. Fifteen years later have confirmed that Leyre not only has a gut feeling and true curiosity towards people, she also has a gift for identifying talent, showing great emotional intelligence. Committed, positive, determined and brave, Leyre shows great energy and trust, I am looking forward to working with her again”.

Belen Frau

Deputy Retail Operations Manager at IKEA Group, Sweden.

Leyre is a experienced person scanning, selecting and developing talent. She is able to identify the key skills required for a position, for both short and long terms, keeping a warm but focused approach during the process to deliver the best results. She visualizes how to deploy the company´s strategy in terms of talent development, not only creating the tactics for discovering talent, but also conceptualizing and deploying programs for critical capabilities. Always looking for the state-of-the art and continuous improvement, committed, results oriented and also a person with high values, accountable and responsible.
It was a pleasure to work and learn at her side.

Luisa Puerto

Global Water, Electricity and Utilities Engineering Manager, HEINEKEN, Netherlands.

“Leyre is a excellent HR Business Partner, with solid technical background and very good communication skills. She knows very well how to tailor her message to an audience and align stakeholders expectations to achieve a win-win outcome. Being always proactive, truly a global team player interacting with international teams but above all tries to foster team results and acts in the interest of the company and teams goals.”

Alexandre Pinheiro

Vice President, Head of GBS, Grunenthal Group, Portugal.

Conocí a Leyre en un momento complicado de mi vida en el que reinventarme parecía casi imposible. Se ofreció a ayudarme, y unos meses más tarde, estaba ya trabajando en un ámbito profesional por el que siento pasión y en el que tengo enormes ahora oportunidades delante de mi. Muestra un gran compromiso, saber hacer, ha conseguido sacar lo mejor de mi y ha hecho que crea en mí. Ella me guió hasta que encontré mi lugar.

Alaitz Aboitiz

Coachee, PPD Pharmaceutical, España

“Leyre was that caring and experienced voice throughout a senior regional recruitment job I was undertaking. I made it through by and large because of her guidance. The preparatory work and interview tips helped with my confidence. I have no doubt that businesses and leaders will all vouch for her experience. I will definitely be seeking her services in future.”