Josef Kadlec

Josef Kadlec is a former ethical hacker and software engineer who went head over heels into the talent sourcing and recruitment industry utilizing his cross-field experience. An author of the controversial book People as Merchandise, he's also the very first LinkedIn certified recruiter in CEE region. He co-founded the international app-only recruitment agency, GoodCall, with more than 100 employees, specializing in social recruitment for both tiny start-ups as well as 10,000 person Fortune 500s.

Josef Kadlec is a co-founder of the recruitment agency GoodCall and CEO of Recruitment Academy in Prague. A former ethical hacker and Linux engineer, he is the author of People as Merchandise: Crack the Code to LinkedIn Recruitment and, more recently, HR Robo Sapiens on AI in recruitment. CzechCrunch ranked him fourth among the most influential CEOs on Czech LinkedIn in 2025.