--- title: "The MellaWork journal · MellaWork" description: "Notes on hiring, job hunting and building a fairer recruitment market in Ethiopia and beyond." canonical_url: "https://mellawork.com/blog" meta: "og:description": "Notes on hiring, job hunting and building a fairer recruitment market in Ethiopia and beyond." "og:title": "The MellaWork journal" --- > Index of every page on this site: [llms.txt](https://mellawork.com/llms.txt) The journal4 articles / 2026 # Notes on work,
hiring and doing it well. Practical writing for candidates and employers. No growth-hack lists, no recycled LinkedIn advice. Addis Ababa / ISSN 0000-0000 [Hiring6 min read/23 Oct 2026

**Hiring in Ethiopia: what good looks like in 2026**

Salary transparency, realistic timelines and a candidate experience that does not punish people for applying.**Read the article **](https://mellawork.com/blog/hiring-in-ethiopia-2026) 4 articles [01Guides/5 min read

**How to write a job post people actually finish reading**

Most job posts are written for a legal file. Here is a structure that respects the person reading it.Dawit Bekele3w ago](https://mellawork.com/blog/job-post-people-finish-reading) [02Product/4 min read

**Inside the talent bot: from CV to profile**

A look at what happens after a candidate sends a PDF to the MellaWork talent bot.Liya Mekonnen1mo ago](https://mellawork.com/blog/inside-the-talent-bot) [03Hiring/7 min read

**The true cost of a bad hire**

A bad hire is expensive long before the offer. The cost usually starts with an unclear job post.Hanna Girma2mo ago](https://mellawork.com/blog/the-true-cost-of-a-bad-hire) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@id":"https://mellawork.com/#website","@type":"WebSite","description":"Verified employers, transparent salaries and a hiring process that respects everyone’s time.","inLanguage":"en","name":"MellaWork","url":"https://mellawork.com/","workTranslation":[]},{"@id":"https://mellawork.com/blog#webpage","@type":"WebPage","description":"Notes on hiring, job hunting and building a fairer recruitment market in Ethiopia and beyond.","name":"The MellaWork journal","url":"https://mellawork.com/blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://mellawork.com/#website"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://mellawork.com/blog"]}]}]} ``` ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](https://mellawork.com/sitemap.md) for all pages.