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January 5, 2024

How to job hunt in the new year

As peak hiring season for tech companies begins, now might be the best time to find your next role

With layoffs hitting European tech hard in 2023, the talent market this year will be flooded with jobseekers looking for their next role. As peak hiring season begins, it's the perfect time to start job hunting. But where do you start?

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

Anisah Osman Britton

Anisah Osman Britton is coauthor of Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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