Honza Klusoň, Managing Director CZ & SK
Welcome to the Jungle CZ & SK
After graduating from Multimedia at the University of Economics in Prague and Marketing Communication in Zlín, he started working on the career portal UNIjobs.cz. He became interested in the HR environment and started to actively pursue the topic of Employer Branding. In 2015, he became one of the founders of the career showroom Proudly, which successfully exited at the beginning of 2019 to the French company Welcome to the Jungle.
Here, Honza continues to lead the entire team, working closely with HQ in Paris, addressing local strategy and fine-tuning processes to allow the entire team to grow and develop. You can often find him at conferences and in the media, where he discusses the topics of Employer Branding, modern and efficient working, wellbeing and what role company culture plays.
A graduated journalist with theoretical education in journalism at Charles University and experience in Czech media and marketing departments. While still at school, she started writing articles and running the first editorial office of the gastro magazine Storyous. There she discovered the best way to write and talk about what one enjoys. On her journey from food, new media, or sports thematically, she ended up with what everyone should enjoy in the first place - work.
Kaja is in charge of running the media and creating new articles. She is the liaison between the global newsroom and the Czech newsroom. She enjoys finding new trends and giving space to those who have something to say. And she never turns down any suggestions for the next article!
He studied Security Studies at Karlovy Vary University in Prague, but he was already drawn to copywriting and advertising. That's why he applied to Česká Spořitelna's marketing trainee program, where he was accepted despite a faux paux during recruitment. He worked in marketing communications at Sporarka for 3 years, then moved from a local corporation to a global one and worked for Samsung for 8 years. He started in product and channel marketing and ended up in branding, where for the last year and a half he led the marketing communications team for the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Martin is responsible for marketing communications. His goal is to bring money to the company by making the Welcome to the Jungle brand known to end customers, corporate and candidates. He enjoys nurturing the brand, developing new advertising activities, but also the opportunity to go back to his roots from time to time - and write his own copy.
After studying at Masaryk University in Brno, Tereza moved to Prague, where she started as a manager of BOMTON studios and gained a lot of experience working with people. But she only stepped away from beauty, as Welcome to the Jungle makes these timeless profiles that also help candidates feel the culture of the whole company and decide on a job that will meet their requirements and where they will be happy. You will mainly meet Teresa in the office, at events or during team building activities. She cares about the harmony and development of the team and also about making sure that everyone feels at home at work and that no one misses anything.
Description
Welcome to the Jungle is a company that guides people on their career journey. It helps them find suitable positions where they feel comfortable and fit into the company culture, bringing information, inspiration and trends from the world of work. It also humanises companies, shows their authentic company culture and works to improve their employer brand. It offers a wide range of quality content such as articles, videos and professional events to show not only young professionals that a sustainable career involves much more than just good financial compensation.
In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Welcome to the Jungle features more than 100 company profiles, while globally users can gain insight into more than 5,500 companies in four European countries and soon the US. This allows candidates to get to know companies from all angles - including photos, videos and various statistics that provide valuable information. This makes it much easier for candidates to find colleagues they can really fit in with and a place where they feel comfortable and can find long-term employment.
However, Welcome to the Jungle is not just about company profiles. With their own sophisticated ATS (applicant tracking system), companies can improve the recruitment process and therefore the candidate experience. Recruiters can share unlimited job postings within their company profile on Welcome to the Jungle and efficiently manage candidate responses, conveniently and in one place.
Who they're looking for
The team includes people from various disciplines - from media production, multimedia production, business to photographers and videographers. The goal of Welcome to the Jungle is always to create the most diverse team possible, where everyone pulls together and works towards a common success. It is a young project where those who want to see the real impact of their work, help international growth and are not afraid of responsibility will feel the best. A willingness to keep learning, flexibility and an open mindset that allows the whole team to move forward is important.
Good to know
The Czech team started in November 2015 as a career showroom Proudly. From the beginning, it had the ambition to create a European international platform, and since it shared a similar vision with French Welcome to the Jungle, a strategic merger took place in early 2019. Thus, the assembled team started to operate in a new yellow and black "jersey" but with the same vision. The company's corporate culture has since taken a big step forward. Instead of being a punk startup, the international team has shifted to more efficient processes, allowing it to help even more clients and users. Yet they have retained the startup energy and most importantly - the appetite to change the job market.
Flexible working hours and home-office are a given. The office is used to meet with colleagues, clients or candidates, but work can be done from anywhere. The team has many internal rituals to keep them informed, educated and pulling together. The company is based in Prague's Vinohrady district, a short walk from Náměstí Míru, in a location full of popular cafes, restaurants and bistros. There is also a large terrace where colleagues regularly meet for meetings and celebrations of success. They also enjoy spending time together after work at various Jungle activities or enjoying a good dinner and a drink.