Company Background

Year Founded: 2005

Private or Public: Private

Headquarters: Brookfield, Wisconsin

Number of Customers: 215

Mergers & Acquisitions: Peridus Group, AsiaNet, Talent Function

CEO: Marissa Geist

Website: www.cielotalent.com

DEI leadership: 80% of women on executive team

Product Analysis

Heritage: Deep domain expertise across all areas of talent acquisition and founded by women.

Services: Talent Acquisition, Consulting, Search 

Global: 215 Clients, 113 Countries, 39 Languages, 17 Offices

Analyst Insight

Cielo is a leading talent acquisition provider that delivers a better talent experience for everyone through Recruitment Process Outsourcing, Executive Search, Contingent Workforce Solutions and Consulting services. Cielo has an international presence with offices in North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. It expanded its global reach with the further investment in the APAC region, including opening a new office in India.

Cielo has a strong team of experts across technology, robotic process automation, engineering, client success, and innovation. Differentiators include a focus on experience (candidates and internal stakeholders), technology-enabled flexibility, and geographic balance. Its technology-enabled services support different delivery and hiring models and is configurable to different clients’ needs.

Cielo knows its employees are at the heart of its success. The company has a unique educational platform that prepares new hires and upskills existing team members to be the top talent in the TA industry. It has also invested in a sustainable learning platform to build great recruiting and hiring teams.

Product Enhancements in the Past Year

• Unveiling its next generation of targeted products and services (2023), offering businesses more options to flex and scale their talent acquisition processes to continue meeting the demands of a fluctuating market:
  • Digital Accelerators^TM: A suite of intelligent tools that leverage automation and AI to help companies optimize the hiring experience for all.
  • TA Optimizers^TM: Cielo’s modular RPO offering that gives TA leaders the scale and support necessary for key moments in the hiring process. 
  • Consulting: Business and talent strategy, employer brand, technology, DEI, data, and change management support for HR and talent leaders on their transformation journey as they build tomorrow’s global workforce.
  • Search: Helping companies find the visionary leaders they need, no matter the hiring timeline or scale, through research-driven sourcing techniques and leading technology that save clients’ time and money.
• Further expansion into APAC (2022), opening a new office in India.
• Acquisition of Peridus Group (2022), a boutique full-service human resources technology consulting firm delivering integrated advisory and consulting services, to advance clients’ goals.