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Recruiting· started 2026-04-25

Joey Vecchione — Gold Level TalentACTIVE

Joey Vecchione, joey@goldleveltalent.com, 910-585-2687 · Last touched 1d ago
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North starFirst Placement closed inside 90 days — proves the pay-per-placement model
Status
active
Pending actions
2
review below
Analyses shipped
1
latest 2026-04-29
Last touched
1d ago
Current snapshot
First search live: Carvis Founding AI Engineer — 33 candidates ingested (2 strong, 13 good). Commission agreement v1 sent. $5K flat per placement.
Top of mind
2 pending
deliverable01Send Joey the top 5 Carvis candidates with framing
JV-WK17-01
Expected
Joey decides which to push to Carvis interview round
Cost
30 min framing the top 5
Severity
high
  • channel: deliverable
  • expected: Joey decides which to push to Carvis interview round
  • cost: 30 min framing the top 5
  • severity: high
  • reason: 33 candidates ingested today (2026-04-29). 2 strong-fits + 13 good-fits. Joey needs the curated top-5 with one-line "why this one" framing — not the raw 33-row dump.
chat02Confirm signed commission agreement
JV-WK17-02
Expected
signed v1 returned
Cost
2 min
Severity
high
  • channel: chat
  • expected: signed v1 returned
  • cost: 2 min
  • severity: high
  • reason: Pay-per-placement only works if the agreement is countersigned. Don't surface candidates against a handshake.
Analyses
Carvis Founding AI Engineer — Initial Candidate Pool
2026-04-29 · carvis-founding-ai-engineer-2026-04-29.md
Recent activity
2026-04-29
2026-04-29
### ~19:25 — [decision] Trimmed to 6 high-conviction candidates only After honest audit against Joey's hard filters, removed 12 from share view — education data is missing on all (can't verify top-30 CS hard filter), and several had past-em…
2026-04-28
2026-04-28
### 17:30 — [decision] Accepted Joey's 4 redlines, proposal updated in place Joey came back with 4 reasonable asks and Ricki accepted all of them. Edited `~/proposals/joey-vecchione-gold-level-talent-cc971c.html` directly (same URL, no vers…
2026-04-27
(Monday)
### ~midday — [call] Discovery phone call Ricki called Joey at 910-585-2687. Joey was on the move so audio-only. Outcome: agreed in principle to pay-per-placement model. Joey said normal deals are $20k+ — typical roles are early-stage start…
2026-04-25
(approx)
### — [chat] LinkedIn DM thread origin Joey reached out / replied to Ricki's outreach. Wanted to know pricing. Ricki explained range ($2-5k per pool, varies by client; PE pays more, new recruiters pay less; sometimes free + commission). Joe…
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Joey Vecchione — Gold Level Talent

Status: active (first search running) Stage: intake submitted; Reach tenant provisioned; first search ingested 33 candidates Decision maker: Joey Vecchione, joey@goldleveltalent.com, 910-585-2687 MRR / deal size: Pay-per-placement, $5,000 flat per placement (proposed) Started: 2026-04-25 (LinkedIn DM thread) Last touched: 2026-04-29

Profile

Joey runs Gold Level Talent — early-stage startup recruiting, with placements in engineering, marketing, ops, finance, and sales. Typical deal size $20k+ per placement. Wants pay-per-result only — no upfront. We agreed: we source candidates, he places them, he pays $5k flat per placement once he collects from his end client.

What we're doing for them

  • Sending v1 commission agreement (drafted 2026-04-28, see agreement-v1.md)
  • First search live (2026-04-29): Carvis Founding AI Engineer, 33 candidates ingested
    • search_id: search-1777483293872-hntj8i
    • tenant_id: user_ua22d9b737042 (login: joey@goldleveltalent.com / cynthia2026)
    • 2 strong_fit, 13 good_fit, 5 worth_investigating, 13 likely_pass
    • Sourced from OpenAI, Scale AI, Together AI, Anthropic, Cohere, Pinecone — top AI labs filtered to SF Bay
    • Reference seeds: Tianye Lin (xAI), Shijie Xu (Ninjatech), Bradford Seipp (CaseMark)
    • Top 5: Damon Doucet (89, OpenAI FDE Tech Lead), Abhinav Wagle (82, Together AI Staff), Fahad Ahmed (79, Together AI Senior ML), Garima Dhanania (76, Together AI Senior ML), Derrick Ward (73, Scale AI Senior ML)
    • Full ranked list in analyses/carvis-founding-ai-engineer-2026-04-29.md

North star for this engagement

First Placement closed inside 90 days — proves the pay-per-placement model works for both sides and unlocks repeatable searches.

Context links

Open threads

  • Send v1 agreement to joey@goldleveltalent.com (waiting on Ricki's review + legal-entity / governing-state inputs)
  • Joey to complete staffing intake form (1 search) ✅ Done 2026-04-29
  • Pull first candidate batch once intake submitted ✅ Done 2026-04-29 — 33 candidates
  • Send Joey his login + top-5 picks so he can verdict them and refine the archetype
  • Run expand-wave for second-pass discovery once Joey verdicts the initial 33

How they like to communicate

LinkedIn DM and email. Phone call worked well for the discovery (10-15 min). Direct, no-fluff style; appreciates straight answers on price/structure.