Angelle Horste

About Angelle Horste

I\'m passionate about talent acquisition and candidate experience. I\'m energetic, impactful, and a strong team player (and hands-on leader). 15+ years of proven success, including leading high-achieving global teams of recruiters/sourcers (US, EMEA & LATAM), for fast-scaling high-tech startups, global giants, and everything in between. Expertise in both high-volume and very niche hiring. Even when in a lead role, I have always been fully hands-on with recruiting for high-priority roles myself. I started in the agency world, and even ran a small tech recruiting agency for a year before being recruited out of it to move to the SF Bay area, where I started consulting; I\'ve been in-house for the past 15 years.SME in recruiting processes/best practices. Trained interviewers/teams in behavioral and competency based interviewing, and BARS (behaviorally anchored rating systems). Industries: SaaS, Video Games, Finance/FinTech, MedTech, Semiconductors, BioTech, Healthcare, and others.Recruiting focus: Tech (including ML/AI/NLP, Big Data, and more); GTM (Product/Sales/CX); G&A; more.I\'m a neurospicy invidual with strong empathy and an expert in building solid trust relationships with stakeholders at all levels, and providing a white-glove candidate experience. Bilingual (English and French).

Experience

1. Talent Partner

   Chess.com

   Dec 2025 — Present · Amherst, MA, US

   Hiring the best humans @ Chess.com!

Education

• Institute of Copywriting

  CCW, Business & Marketing Advertising Copywriting

  2004 — 2004

• Eastern Michigan University

  BS, Communications