A community for the season between what was and what's next
Talent Backyard is where mid-career professionals land when they're laid off, stuck, or quietly done pretending they've got it all figured out. Community, coaching, and a plan, from someone who's sat on both sides of the hiring table.
Founding members · Spots open nowAbout Talent Backyard
Jane spent 13 years in HR leadership across APAC: Big Tech, startups, the rooms where hiring and firing decisions actually get made. She's seen what gets someone shortlisted, and what quietly ends a candidacy that no debrief will ever explain out loud.
Then she got retrenched. And found out that all that insider knowledge doesn't make the in-between any less disorienting.
What got her moving again wasn't a course or a template. It was people: a WhatsApp thread, a Monday call, a walk with someone in the same season. So she built the thing she needed. Not a recruiter who shows up only when there's a role open. A backyard that stays with you through the whole arc: the pause, the pivot, the offer, and everything after.
We're Singapore-based, small on purpose, and growing slowly with our first 100 founding members.
The Community · Free
When Jane got retrenched, what actually got her moving wasn't a paid programme. It was a WhatsApp group and someone saying "come to the Monday call, you don't have to talk if you don't want to." That's what Talent Backyard's community is built on, and it's free.
Opening soon. A group of people in the same season as you, not a broadcast channel. Real questions, shared leads, people who show up for each other.
Founding Members
The first 100 members get founding status: you're #001 to #100, permanently. The WhatsApp community opens soon. Message me and I'll add you as soon as it does.
Services
Start here, free
Go deeper when you're ready
Coaching · Clarity Coaching
What do you actually want? Clarity Coaching is 1:1 time with Jane to answer that, before you touch a single job application. Thirteen years of watching careers from the inside means she can usually spot the real question underneath the one you walked in with.
It starts with a quick 10-minute call. You tell me what's on your mind, I share how I'd approach it, and we see whether it's a fit. No commitment.
I usually recommend three sessions to work through it properly, but we can take it one at a time.
$220 per session, or $600 for three. I take on a small number of 1:1 clients at a time.
Book a quick chatFor Startups · Fractional HR
That's exactly when you need Fractional HR. Jane has built people functions from zero: policies, hiring processes, performance frameworks, all of it, across startups and Big Tech in APAC. Not a consultant who arrives with a 40-slide deck and disappears. Someone who's actually done the job, on your timeline, for as long as you need her.
Let's talkWorkshops
Every week of Wake Up & Hustle is one practical topic, worked through live with a small group, not a webinar you half-watch with your camera off. Currently available inside the 12-week cohort; standalone single-session workshops are next on the list.
A note from Jane
“Move, and it will meet you halfway.”Jane Lay · Founder, Talent Backyard