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Jackye Clayton
Talent Acquisition Systems Advisor
Waco, Texas, United States · she/her
APPROVED BIOS
Short bio
Jackye Clayton is a talent acquisition systems advisor. She helps organizations fix the recruiting operations, hiring technology and decisions that make hiring harder than it needs to be.
Medium bio
Jackye Clayton is an HR, people and talent management consultant with more than 15 years in talent acquisition, recruiting leadership and HR technology. She provides fractional leadership and consulting across people strategy, talent operations, employee experience, responsible AI and inclusive hiring. Her commentary on hiring, AI and the workplace has appeared in outlets including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fast Company and SHRM.
Long bio
Jackye Clayton is an HR, people and talent management consultant who works across people strategy, talent operations, employee experience, HR technology and responsible AI. Over more than 15 years she has led talent acquisition and people functions inside HR technology companies, advised founders and buyers on product and adoption, and covered the HR technology market as a writer and podcast host.
Today she helps organizations identify where their people systems are breaking down and build practical solutions that leaders and teams can sustain. She is the creator of Talent Lab™, a practical framework for designing talent acquisition systems, and People Puzzles™, her work on human-centered hiring.
Jackye also speaks and hosts at HR and recruiting conferences, moderates panels on responsible AI in hiring, and publishes analysis for practitioners rather than vendors. She serves as Chairperson of the board of Communities In Schools of the Heart of Texas.
CURRICULUM VITAE
Current
- Talent Acquisition Systems Advisor - Recruiting systems consulting, advisory, workshops and speaking
- Chairperson, Board of Directors, Communities In Schools of the Heart of Texas
- Talent Lab™ : A practical framework and working lab for designing talent acquisition systems: intake, evaluation criteria, tooling and measurement.
- People Puzzles™ : Human-centered hiring work focused on how real people move through hiring systems, including neurodivergent and non-traditional candidates.
- AI Hiring Compliance Hub : Plain-language guidance on AI hiring regulation, bias auditing and vendor questions for HR and TA teams.
Previously
- Vice President, Talent Acquisition and DEIB, Textio (2021-February 2025) source
- DEIB Strategy Consultant, Talent Acquisition, SeekOut (prior to 2021)
- Director of Customer Success, Talent Acquisition & People Strategy, HiringSolved (prior to 2020)
- Contributor / Editorial, RecruitingDaily (historical) source
Roles listed under “Previously” are historical and should not be described as current.
Areas of expertise
- • AI in HR
- • AI in Hiring
- • Talent Acquisition
- • HR Technology
- • Recruiting Technology
- • Hiring Systems
- • Future of Work
- • Candidate Experience
- • Employer Transparency
- • Inclusive Hiring
- • Performance Management and AI
HEADSHOTS & PHOTOS
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On stage
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SPEAKING TOPICS
The Hiring System Is the Candidate Experience
Why candidate experience is an architecture problem, not a communications problem, and how to redesign the system that produces it.
Employer Transparency: Saying the True Thing on Purpose
Pay, process and expectations: what employers gain when the posting matches the job.
Buying HR Tech Without Getting Sold
A buyer-side evaluation method for AI-era HR technology: questions, proof, pilots and exits.
Conference Hosting & Panel Moderation
Emcee and moderator for HR, recruiting and HR technology events: keeping panels substantive and on time.
KeynoteConference host / emceePanel moderatorPanelistWorkshop facilitatorPodcast and media guest
RECOGNITION & APPEARANCES
From Pizza Prompt to Practical AI
YOU × AI Summit · 2026 · SpeakingSession at the YOU × AI Summit in Waco, Texas.
SourceHuman Brand in an AI World (with John Baldino) and What Leaders Still Get Wrong
TalentNet Live Austin · 2026 · SpeakingA session with John Baldino and a short spotlight talk at TalentNet Live Austin 2026.
SourceNo Cape, No Problem: How to Lead HR When You’re Out of Time, Support, and Patience
Heart of Texas SHRM Chapter (HOT SHRM 2025 chapter conference) · 2025 · SpeakingSession at the Heart of Texas SHRM chapter’s 2025 conference, “Superheroes in HR.”
SourceThe Future of Recruiting 2025
LinkedIn · 2025 · ResearchQuoted in LinkedIn’s Future of Recruiting 2025 report on AI and recruiting, identified as VP of Talent and DEIB at Textio (historical role).
SourceTop 100 HR Tech Influencers
HR Executive · 2022 · RecognitionJackye Clayton was named among HR Executive’s Top 100 HR Tech Influencers in 2022, then Vice President of Talent Acquisition and DEI at Textio (historical role).
SourceUNLEASH America 2025 preview (HRchat, episode 808)
HR Gazette / HRchat Podcast · 2025 · PodcastJackye Clayton joined Bill Banham to preview UNLEASH America 2025 and the workplace challenges on the agenda.
SourceNavigating Trust in HR and Tech: live from UNLEASH 2025
The POZCAST · 2025 · PodcastA live conversation from UNLEASH America 2025 on trust between HR buyers, vendors and candidates.
SourceUNLEASH America 2025
UNLEASH · 2025 · MediaOn-site coverage and interviews as a guest at UNLEASH America 2025.
SourceERE speaker profile
ERE Media · 2025 · SpeakingJackye Clayton is listed as a speaker in ERE Pro’s recruiting industry speaker directory.
SourceTextio: VP of Talent Acquisition and DEI appointment
Textio · 2021 · MediaTextio announced Jackye Clayton as VP of Talent Acquisition and DEI. Historical role: no longer current.
SourceRecruitingDaily author archive
RecruitingDaily · 2020 · ArticleArchive of Jackye Clayton’s recruiting and HR technology writing for RecruitingDaily.
Source
More at /recognition and /now.
OFFICIAL PROFILES
SPEAKING & MEDIA INQUIRIES
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