Space Business Podcast

Space Business Podcast #120 - AdAstra - Space Talent Advisory

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We are talking about the space job market in this episode. My guests are Seyka and Brian Mejeur, the founders of AdAstra, a space talent advisory or headhunting firm. Besides talking about the trends in the space job market in general, we also discuss some advice specifically for job candidates and for space founders. Make sure to listen in!

AdAstra website:

https://adastra.us/

Legacy vs. Startup Talent - article by Brian Mejeur:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/legacy-vs-startup-talent-brian-mejeur-apu2c/?trackingId=cxpwmH5ndwd5B9AjK0yI4w%3D%3D

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    • The Space Business Podcast is sponsored by NanoAvionics.

    Timestamps

    0:00 Episode intro

    2:07 Intro to AdAstra
    2:37 Life before AdAstra
    6:29 Market demand & scope of roles
    8:29 Advice for startups
    10:51 Startup culture vs legacy culture
    14:42 Advice for job candidates
    17:32 Pre-filtering
    21:22 Interview process
    25:45 Getting candidates from non-space companies
    29:40 Bottlenecks
    35:12 Restrictions on international candidates
    40:51 Gender imbalance in the space sector
    45:40 Subsector trends
    48:10 Roles & skills trends
    50:25 Regional Trends
    52:30 Compensation packages
    57:40 Protecting clients
    59:35 Space sector general interests
    1:02:24 Sci-fi

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