Havanna Velazquez
Recruiting Partner
- Practice lead
- Beauty & Consumer Goods
- Languages
- English, Spanish
I spent years in beauty before I ever touched a search desk. I hired and led teams across national department store retail. I ran commission-only recruiting, and I know strong beauty talent because I've been in the room with it.
Havanna runs her own searches. She sources and screens candidates, builds the slate, manages the client relationship, and brings in new business.
She led a state-level desk filling high-volume, commission-only roles, where every hire came from outreach. She still works that way, mapping the market herself and reaching out to people directly.
Both sides of the counter.
Beauty
- Brand Ambassador
- Salon Owner
Talent
- Account Manager, field workforce
- Recruiter
- Executive Recruiter
- Senior Manager, Talent Delivery
- Recruiting Partner
How I can help.
Beauty and consumer goods search
I lead our beauty and consumer goods searches, from field teams to corporate leadership.
The beauty practiceBilingual hiring
I recruit and interview in English and Spanish, so bilingual teams work with someone who speaks their language.
En españolExecutive search
I run full searches, from intake and market mapping to the slate and the offer.
How we workCareer advisory
I work one on one with experienced professionals on their résumé, LinkedIn profile and interviews.
Sessions and pricingTrack record.
Fourteen counters, one launch date.
- 14department store locations
- 2states, opened at once
- under 3months to open all 14
A California beauty brand was opening on the East Coast in 14 department store locations across New York and New Jersey, all at once.
Each location needed a brand ambassador who could represent the brand, perform beauty services, and sell to a daily goal. Because the services were hands-on, every hire needed an esthetician license, on top of being able to teach the product and sell it.
The launch needed 14 people who could do all three, in two states, on a date that could not move.
Havanna sourced, hired, and trained the full team. All 14 locations were open and running in under three months.