The Journal.
Notes from the
talent market.
Market reports, career playbooks, and uncomfortable observations about how hiring actually works.
Recent posts,
fresh from the desk.
The uncomfortable truth about "we hire the best people."
Every job ad says it. Almost no company has the data to support it. Here's what "best" usually means in practice — and why the honest version is more useful to everyone involved.
How to read a salary band before you accept it.
Most published bands are wider than they look. Three questions to ask in negotiation.
The CV anti-pattern everyone still uses.
The "responsibilities" section is dead weight. What hiring managers actually scan for instead.
Q1 hiring velocity, by seniority band.
Junior roles slowed. Senior roles accelerated. Director-level roles stalled entirely. Why.
Interview loops are getting shorter. Finally.
Average time-to-offer dropped 22% in the last two quarters. The companies driving the change.
Where our compensation data comes from.
A walkthrough of our sourcing, our confidence intervals, and the things we still can't measure.
"What are you looking for?" — a better answer.
Recruiters ask it on every first call. Most candidates fumble it. Three frameworks that work.
The Czech tech market at the end of Q1.
Prague hiring is steady, Brno is accelerating, and a quiet talent corridor is forming in Ostrava.
Equity offers, decoded — without the spin.
Strike price, vesting cliff, refresh grants. What actually matters and what's dressing.
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