Interesting new posts on Artem Korolev's Telegram channel

We tell you what Artem Korolev, director of the Reliable Change Foundation, founder and co-chairman of CASE-IN, wrote about in his Telegram channel last week.

“2026 will be a bad year for job search and career growth,” one of the columns in Forbes notes. In fact, such frightening forecasts concern only young professionals who have just graduated from university and are not yet part of large companies., calms you down Artem. 

"Experts attribute this to a greater extent to a change in focus from the rapid closure of vacancies to the retention and development of already full-time employees. In such conditions, companies tend to replace positions that produce the simplest results with AI in order to optimize business costs," added the author of the TG channel.

The foundation's team requires an assistant manager. "I need an assistant who will become a key link in the implementation of federal and international projects, cooperation with leading companies, universities and government agencies. Write in private messages why you want to work with me", – noted Artem Korolev.

In the following publication, the founder of the CASE-IN shares positive numbers: 30% of the participants of the championship receive invitations to practice, internship or work.

"But the offer is not the only and often not the main result," explains Artem Korolev. – Most of the participants leave with a fixed professional track. Even if the finalist did not receive the offer immediately, he gets into the field of view of specific companies, gets direct contacts from industry experts, understands the real requirements of employers, and not abstract "hard skills". Thus, 30% receive offers, and 100% receive a professional upgrade."

And if you look at the CASE-IN not as a competition for prizes, but as an entry point into the engineering ecosystem, it becomes clear why companies and participants return to the project from year to year.

Also Artyom shared his expectations from the labor market in 2026.

"Until recently, efficiency was measured by a clock in a tracker. In 2026, the focus is shifting radically: organizations are starting to manage not time, but energy and the state of the team," said the director of the Reliable Shift Foundation. – According to research from Harvard Business School, Gallup, and labor market analysts, several key trends are emerging. The key ones are: from time control to condition analysis; emotional intelligence is becoming a managerial skill; traditional retention tools are no longer working; "invisible work" is becoming the most valuable asset; energy management is a new level of maturity for organizations."

The Foundation adheres to these trends today, paying great attention not only to the targets, but also to the atmosphere in the team. One of the main values is living energy, thanks to which employees do not forget about respect for each other: it is a manifestation of empathy, putting part of their soul into a common cause and enjoying the result.

At the end of the week, Artem Korolev I recommended two books to read."The Game of Small Towns" (Yuri Stoyanov) and "The Maid" (Nita Prose).

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