In January of 2007 Lindsay Taliento was hired 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, Lindsay proved an enormous success: the unique, service-oriented approach to placement and training was helping dozens of individuals transition into stable, fulfilling jobs each month.

In August of 2007,  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, Career Start  fully intends 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. Prior to founding Career Start, Lindsay worked with "at-promise" youth as a Behavioral Developmental Speacialist. As a college intern Lindsay worked as a Recruiter/ Account Manager for a medical staffing firm.  Her combination of experience with staffing and social and family services has been instrumental in her success with Career Start. Lindsay has a BA in Communications with a minor in Sociology from St. John Fisher College.

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

Triciajean Jones is a Recruiter/Case Manager for Career Start. With a diverse background in Human Services Triciajean comes to Career Start with experience working with people with disabilities, inner city youth and various recreational programs. After spending two years working in Chicago at an inner-city community center, Triciajean came to Rochester to take stake and create change in her own community. Triciajean earned her Bachelor of Science in Recreation and Leisure Studies with a concentration in Therapeutic Recreation at the State University College at Brockport.

Leah Piels is a Recruiter and Case Manager  for Career Start dealing predominatly with our ex-offender population and training programs.  Leah is a graduate of Temple University with a Bachelors in Education. Her teaching experience with At-"Promise" youth has paved the way for her success with our client popluation. Leah's dedicated herself to over ten years of community outreach within Rochester, Phildelphia and Harlem. She is determination to promote positive change in our community and has done so with placing a record number of clients into employment.

Shannon Chandler is a Recruiter and Case Manager for Career Start. Her experince in the Social Work field starting when she became an AmeriCorps member. Through AmeriCorps Shannon worked with families in effort to promote financial stability through the use of community resources. Her work as a Youth Advocate helped change the lives of many through rallying for non-violence and teaching youth alternatives to peace.