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Alla Mezhvinsky

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Personal goal pursuit at Career Break
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Alla Mezhvinsky is the VP of Talent at Glean, where she leads talent and recruitment strategies. With over 15 years of experience scaling teams at companies like Instacart and ClassPass, she is an expert in data-driven talent acquisition. People who have worked with her describe her as an empathetic, thoughtful, and amazing people leader.

Outside of her professional life, Alla is based in San Francisco and is involved in her local community. She values personal time and has previously taken a month-long sabbatical to travel and recharge with her family, an experience she deeply appreciated.

Unique fact: Alla has spoken on podcasts about navigating modern recruiting challenges like "AI-fueled chaos," resume spam, and deepfake candidates.

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Experience
2 Years
Current Role
Personal goal pursuit
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
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AI in Recruiting
Believes AI empowers recruiters by automating administrative work, freeing them to focus on strategic relationship building. She states recruiters are "powered with AI now."
Data-Driven Strategy
Champions using data to evolve recruiting from a service function into a strategic business partner that influences key decisions and shows clear ROI.
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Career

Work history

6-2026
Personal goal pursuit
Career Break
5-2025 - 6-2026
VP, People
Glean
3-2025 - 6-2026
VP, Talent Acquisition & Workplace
Glean
11-2023
Advisor
PeopleTech Talent
Head of Talent Acquisition
Instacart
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Education
Bachelor of Science (BS)
University of San Francisco
Executive Education: People
Stanford University
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