The seed for Career Start was planted in January of 2007 when Yolanda Brown and Lindsay Taliento teamed-up to pilot a Job Development program for Monroe County (Rochester, New York) Department of Social Services. As a publicly funded program, their aim was to raise the number of people moving from public assistance to the workforce by providing job readiness training and opportunities to interview with qualified employers in the greater Rochester area. A short six months later, Yolanda and Lindsay proved an enormous success: their unique, service-oriented approach to placement and training was helping dozens of individuals transition into stable, fulfilling jobs each month.

In August of 2007, Yolanda and Lindsay founded Career Start as a private employment firm to continue serving those people in Monroe County seeking to move from public assistance to the workforce.  In the near future, they fully intend to expand the scope of their services to individuals and organizations throughout the whole of Upstate New York.

Lindsay Taliento is the Founder and CEO of Career Start. Lindsay’s lifelong interest in Leadership, Customer Service and Communications led her into the Human Services field, where she has found fulfillment helping to match motivated applicants with quality companies in the Rochester, New York area. Prior to founding Career Start, Lindsay worked in medical staffing, and social and family services. Lindsay has a BA in Communications with a minor in Sociology from St. John Fisher College.

Leah Piels is a Recruiter/Case Manager for Career Start. She has a solid background in Human Resouces along with experience in the Human Service field.  Leah also has a wealth of experience in Community Realtions, where she has worked dilligently to assist families in overcoming barriers. Additionally, Leah has successfully mentored " At Risk " youth for over 10 years. Her passion for helping others has attributed to Leah's success at Career Start. Leah has a  BS in Education from Temple University with a minor in Spanish.

Allison Limburg is a Recruiter / Case Manager for Career Start. Allison's experience in the Human Service field started through an internship in Austarailia at Bond University where she studied Criminal Profiling and Intergenerational Pattterns of Crime. Her work experience started at the Rape Crisis Center where she voulnteered as an Emergency Service Case Manager.  She also has experience counseling  youth in both rersidential and school settings along with Case Managing families in crisis.  Allison is a graduate of Buffalo State with a Major in Criminology.