Uproot Talent

We are excited to announce that our phenomenal search team Stephanie Castellanos and Melanie P. will be presenting at Surge Institute’s 2025 Convening in Scottsdale, Arizona, from May 8 - 10, 2025! We’re excited to share space with the Surge Institute community for our session ✨“Reimagining Hiring: Search Committee Strategies for Selecting Talent from an Anti-Oppressive Lens” ✨ The Convening focuses on the need for our communities to retreat, reflect, and reimagine so that we, as a collective, can ascend to even greater heights! ➡️ Still time to join us: https://lnkd.in/gsc-Dn2r #SurgeConvening #Ascen10n

🌎 The deadline to apply for the Washington State Director at Climate Solutions has been extended to next week, Thursday, March 20. ♻️ Share this with a friend with expertise in climate or environmental policy and movement-building!

🌱Looking for guidance in your career journey? Navigating transitions, searching for opportunities, or just need a space to ask a career- related question? You don't have to do it alone. Join Stephanie Castellanos, Founder & Partner at Uproot Talent, for an Ask Anything Drop-In Hour—a virtual space to ask an executive recruiter any career / job search related question(s). 📅 Tuesday, March 18 ⏰ 12-1 PM PST 💻 Via Zoom ✨ Schedule when you'll drop in: https://lnkd.in/eRPeFFNT #UprootTalent #IncreasingAccess #ClosingtheOpportunityGap #AskMeAnything #OfficeHour

Looking for your next mission-driven role? ✨ New roles just added to the Uproot Talent Network! 🔗Find more opportunities via the Link in bio or at: careers.uproottalent.co 🌟Washington State Director at Climate solutions Salary: $120,000 - $135,000 + benefits Location: Seattle, WA Work environment: Hybrid 🌟 Uproot Talent is leading this search 🌟 🌱Senior Director of Institutional Giving at Healthy Learners Salary: $130,000 - $150,000 Work environment: Remote 🌱Controller at Stand for Children Salary: $140,000 - $175,000 Work environment: Remote 🌱Director of IT at Equal Opportunity Schools Salary: $122,500 - $145,00 Work environment: Remote 🌱Elementary Literacy Coach for School Transformation at Partnership for Los Angeles Schools Salary: $92,829 - $99,460 Location: Los Angeles, CA Work environment: In-person 🌱Human Resources Generalist at Green Dot Public Schools Salary: $71,000 - $80,000 Location: Los Angeles, CA Work Environment: In-person 🌱Chief Operating Officer at The Primary School Salary: $180,000 - $210,000 Location: East Palo Alto, CA. Work environment: In-person 🌱Middle School STEM Vice-Principal at Ingenuity Prep Salary: $103,522 -$129,285 Location: Washington, DC Work environment: In-person 🌱Regional Case Manager at KIPP SoCal Public Schools Salary: $85,000 Location: Los Angeles, CA Work environment: In-person ------ Join the network and begin searching for opportunities: Step 1: Create a talent profile Step 2: Set alerts so you’re notified immediately when future aligned roles are posted Step 3: Start searching and applying to opportunities! Employers - share opportunities with our 1,600+ national talent network (free membership and job postings through 2025). #ClosingtheOpportunityGap #Jobboard #Nowhiring #TheGlobalMajority

For the 3rd year in a row, Uproot Talent has been recognized as a Top Boutique Search Firm by Women of Color in Fundraising and Philanthropy (WOC)® 🌿 As a latina founded and led search firm, our mission has always been to center women of color in leadership and to create spaces where we can thrive. This recognition fuels our commitment to keep pushing forward, breaking barriers, and building a future where leadership reflects the diversity of our communities. To all the women of color in fundraising, philanthropy, and beyond: we see you, we celebrate you, and we are here to support your journey. Thank you for trusting us to be part of your story. Let’s keep rising together. 💪🏾✨ ✨Click the link to read the full announcement! https://lnkd.in/ggjmmX5G #UprootTalent #AntiOppressiveHiring #LeadershipEquity #WomenOfColorLeadership

💫 UPROOT TALENT NETWORK - MEMBER SPOTLIGHT #OpentoWork We’re giving flowers to Shanda, Jeanette, and Dr. KáLyn—leaders, visionaries, and changemakers in our Uproot Talent Network. Each of them is building pathways to justice, equity, and opportunity in their own way, and we’re here to celebrate them. 🌱✨ ✨ Shanda McConnell is a powerhouse in career readiness, using her skills in strategic relationship-building, public speaking, and facilitation to create opportunities for individuals and communities. She’s all about building, equipping, and empowering (BEE) people to step into their fullest potential. ✨ Jeanette Kowalik PhD MPH is an artist and a leader, bringing joy, creativity, and innovation to public health management and policy. She’s rewriting what leadership looks like by centering community, equity, and deep care in her work. ✨ Ka'Lyn Coghill, Ph.D (They/Them) is a scholar, activist, and storyteller, shaping conversations on online gender-based violence, gender studies, and Black feminist thought. Their work is rooted in justice, and they’re using their brilliance to shift policies and uplift communities. We see you. We celebrate you. And we know that any organization would be so lucky to work with you. 🌍 👀 Hiring? Connect with our network members directly on our job board: careers.uproottalent.co. -- Not a member yet? You can join our Uproot Talent Network by clicking the #LinkinBio. Our network is designed for people of the global majority to feel empowered, valued, uplifted and supported in their career search. #UprootTalent #WeAreTheGlobalMajority

Meet my mom, Rosa. She's been a school bus driver for over 30 years and absolutely loves her job. Her school district adopted a fleet electrification plan and has been educating their drivers on the transition process. Love to hear it! As a kid who grew up right under the LAX flight path and only two blocks from the busiest freeway in the U.S. -- we didn't fully understand the harm and environmental racism we were experiencing. I'm glad Uproot Talent now gets to partner with organizations like Climate Solutions (#changingpolicy) and the Breaking Barriers Collaborative -- an initiative to decarbonize fleets across Washington. ➡️ They're hiring a #FleetElectrification Program Manager to lead their programs and Fleet Decarbonization Accelerator ⬅️ IS THIS YOU? Please reach out to Melanie P. with questions. 📌 The application deadline is next week, on March 5. 📌 Location: Seattle, WA 📌 Learn more: https://bit.ly/bbc-pm-app (Ps: they’re also hiring a Washington State Director 👀) #nowhiring #climatejustice #environmentaljustice

Week 2 of #TalentIsForEveryone: Bias in Interviews 🌿 Bias doesn’t just show up—it shapes decisions, influences hiring outcomes, and keeps systems of exclusion in place. This week, we’re breaking down Affinity Bias and Confirmation Bias, two biases that often unconciously and consciously show up in our hiring decision-making. 🔍 Affinity Bias happens when we gravitate toward candidates who remind us of ourselves—same school, similar hobbies, same background. This looks and interviewer discovering that a candidate attended the same college or enjoys the same sports team and spends a significant portion of the interview discussing these shared interests. This can also look like an interviewer favoring a candidate who speaks in a similar tone, uses similar language, or has a comparable personality (e.g., extroverted, assertive). The Impact: The interviewer may rate the candidate more favorably, even if their qualifications are not as strong as strong as the other candidates. 🔍 Confirmation Bias happens when we make a snap judgment about a candidate early on and then only see what confirms that belief—ignoring anything that challenges it. This looks like seeking information that aligns with initial assumptions made about the candidate. For example, an interviewer assumes that candidates from certain schools or companies are more competent and only asks questions that confirm this belief. The Impact: Candidates with unique or non-traditional career paths may be undervalued, even if they bring diverse perspectives and skills -- like lived-experience and strong cultural capital. 💡 So what can we do? 📌 Structured Interviews: Use standardized questions and evaluation criteria for all candidates. This means you ask the same questions to all candidates, and work towards creating similar conditions for all (e.g., same interviewers for all, interviews all take place in the morning vs. late evening).  📌 Create a Search Committee: Create a committee that is representative of the diverse experiences and perspectives of your team -- include folks who will work with the future hire in different capacities.  📌 Develop a Scorecard: The Scorecard (rubric) is the blueprint for the search and keeps the search committee honest and evidence-based. 1) Faciliate listen & learn conversations with key stakeholders and staff who will be working alongside the new hire. 2) Seek to better understand what the new hire will need to achieve in order to be successful, their goals, and the core competencies (“the how”) the person will be successful. 3) Determine the rating scale. For example, at Uproot Talent - we use a scale from 1-5 for each success outcome, 5 “exceeding expectations” set on the Scorecard. We rate core competencies in the aggregrate on the same scale. How have you seen these biases show up? Let’s talk in the comments. #AntiOppressiveHiring #BiasInInterviews #MitigateBias

🌟#OpportunityAlert. Lead. Impact. Thrive. Explore this week’s featured roles and take the next step in your career. 🔗Link in bio or Join at: careers.uproottalent.co 🌱Executive Director at Oakland Feather River Camp Salary: $100,000 - $130,000 Location: Oakland, CA. Work environment: Hybrid 🌱Associate School Director at DSST Public Schools Salary: $85,000 - $105,000 Location: Denver, CO Work environment: In-person 🌱Policy Advisor at The Humane League Salary: $80,392 -$98,257 Work environment: Remote 🌱Knowledge Management Development Fellow at EdTrust-West Compensation: $26.00/ Hour Location: Oakland, CA. Work environment: Remote. Fellows must reside in California 🌱Account Manager at Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation Salary: $122,000 - $142,000 Work environment: Remote 🌱Senior Associate, Supporter Relations at Sandy Hook Promise Salary: $54,000 - $64,000 Work environment: Remote 🌱Regional Program Director at Summer Search Salary: $108,389 - $118,914 Location: Boston, MA Work environment: Hybrid 🌱Senior Director, Data & Analytics at The States Project Salary: $164,025 - $170,000 Work environment: Remote 🌱Director of Development at Hamilton Families Salary: $112,000 Location: San Francisco, CA Work environment: In-person ------ Join the network and begin searching for opportunities: Step 1: Create a talent profile Step 2: Set alerts so you’re notified immediately when future aligned roles are posted Step 3: Start searching and applying to opportunities! Employers - share opportunities with our 1,500+ national talent network (free membership and job postings through 2025). #ClosingtheOpportunityGap #Jobboard #Nowhiring #TheGlobalMajority

🌟#OpportunityAlert. Lead. Impact. Thrive. Explore this week’s featured roles and take the next step in your career. 🔗Link in bio or Join at: careers.uproottalent.co 🌱Executive Director at Oakland Feather River Camp Salary: $100,000 - $130,000 Location: Oakland, CA. Work environment: Hybrid 🌱Associate School Director at DSST Public Schools Salary: $85,000 - $105,000 Location: Denver, CO Work environment: In-person 🌱Policy Advisor at The Humane League Salary: $80,392 -$98,257 Work environment: Remote 🌱Knowledge Management Development Fellow at EdTrust-West Compensation: $26.00/ Hour Location: Oakland, CA. Work environment: Remote. Fellows must reside in California 🌱Account Manager at Sandberg Goldberg Bernthal Family Foundation Salary: $122,000 - $142,000 Work environment: Remote 🌱Senior Associate, Supporter Relations at Sandy Hook Promise Salary: $54,000 - $64,000 Work environment: Remote 🌱Regional Program Director at Summer Search Salary: $108,389 - $118,914 Location: Boston, MA Work environment: Hybrid 🌱Senior Director, Data & Analytics at The States Project Salary: $164,025 - $170,000 Work environment: Remote 🌱Director of Development at Hamilton Families Salary: $112,000 Location: San Francisco, CA Work environment: In-person ------ Join the network and begin searching for opportunities: Step 1: Create a talent profile Step 2: Set alerts so you’re notified immediately when future aligned roles are posted Step 3: Start searching and applying to opportunities! Employers - share opportunities with our 1,500+ national talent network (free membership and job postings through 2025). #ClosingtheOpportunityGap #Jobboard #Nowhiring #TheGlobalMajority