I’ve found myself asking this question at various stages of my life. As a wide-eyed child, as an indecisive teenager, even now when my career path has largely been laid. It’s taken on different meanings as my journey evolved, but the question always remained. And it’s a damn good one.
So, when I revisited the question at 29 years old, I found that the conversations were limited. There was no place to go, no platform to discover new possibilities, new companies, new roles that could fulfill my professional aspirations—which, at the time, were tied up in dreams of working for Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise, so my options were especially limited...but I digress. Suffice it to say that the recruitment sphere was such a sterile, lifeless environment where individuality, aspiration, and simple human connection weren’t in the room.
Work takes up a third of our lives, and probably even more. So why is the job search so soul-crushing and out of sync with what people actually need? Why is recruitment so dehumanized and underwhelming, when everybody agrees this is the key to a successful company? There is definitely a problem to solve here. And this is what Welcome to the Jungle has been doing since 2015.
We all deserve the right to find our people. Find the ones that will elevate us and help us do our best work. Find the company with which we can learn and grow.
And for companies, this is business critical. There is no way you can build a long-lasting business, a strong employer brand, nor a harmonious recruitment process without the right people. We are proud to partner with the companies who share that belief, and are willing to make that bet with us—because we’re all in.
—Jérémy Clédat
CEO and Co-Founder of Welcome to the Jungle
