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Katy Salazar

Go-getter · DISC type d
Corporate Recruiter at LegalZoom
📍 Austin, Texas, United States

A Talent Acquisition Leader with over 20 years of experience, Katy specializes in streamlining hiring processes and leveraging AI to build high-performing teams. A graduate of The George Washington University, she has a proven record of scaling recruitment strategies across the tech, finance, and legal industries.

Based in Austin, Katy is passionate about community engagement. She actively supports organizations dedicated to helping children in foster care and is involved with her universitys alumni network, connecting students with local professionals.

She was the first talent acquisition professional at a bitcoin-native financial services startup, building its recruitment department from scratch post-Series B funding.

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Experience
8 Years
Current Role
Corporate Recruiter
Job Level
Junior
Location
Austin, Texas, United States
Personality Overview

How Katy shows up

Direct & Candid
Self-Confident
Challenger

They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value. They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They care equally about the product and its potential impact.

Priorities

Topics Katy cares about

AI in Recruitment
Her headline and certifications show a focus on leveraging AI to optimize sourcing, candidate engagement, and hiring outcomes.
Startup Scaling
She built a recruitment department from the ground up and scaled a fintech startup from 30 to over 100 employees globally.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Corporate Recruiter
LegalZoom
10-2024 - 5-2025
Talent Acquisition Consultant
Continental General
9-2022 - 8-2024
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner
American AgCredit
8-2021 - 9-2022
Director of Recruiting
Unchained Capital
10-2017 - 8-2021
Recruitment Consultant
Self-employed
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Media appearances

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Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
The George Washington University
Project Management Certificate
American Management Association
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

d

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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