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European Recruitment Company ERC

European Recruitment Company (ERC) is a cross border staffing partner focused on solving skills shortages for employers across Europe and beyond. Founded in 2013, with offices in Hamburg, Germany and Kiev, Ukraine, the company combines local market knowledge with international reach to supply European labor into global markets and import qualified specialists into European businesses, particularly German companies. ERC delivers end to end recruitment across permanent roles, temporary assignments and contractor engagements, supported by targeted headhunting and scalable mass recruitment when volume is critical. Core strengths span engineering, information technology and medical professions, while delivery teams also cover manufacturing, construction, logistics, oil and gas, renewable energy, corporate hospitality and care. The firm maintains extensive candidate databases covering both skilled and unskilled workers, from factory hands to senior managers, and applies disciplined compliance at every stage, including language testing, qualification and identity verification, background and reference checks. For temporary programs ERC operates clear terms that promote retention and fairness, such as minimum 26 week engagements, teams of six or more, pay not below national minimum wage, accommodation support and weekly payroll. Employers benefit from fixed fee options, bespoke advertising, a syndicated media footprint and access to an internal client zone, while job seekers receive practical guidance and fast feedback. ERC has executed large scale deployments across the EU, supported projects in Australia and New Zealand, and placed European teams into the Middle East where demand is high. The company upholds robust data protection practices under GDPR and proactively warns clients about recruitment fraud. Above all, ERC builds long term relationships by listening to the needs of each client, requesting comprehensive job descriptions and aligning search strategies to culture, values and performance goals, so every hire contributes measurable impact.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceMental Health CareVeterinaryAutomotive

HQHamburg, Germany

Talentrakete

Talentrakete is a Hamburg based recruitment and talent advisory that specializes in modern, digital first hiring for specialists and leaders across technology and digital functions. The firm partners with founders, scale ups, and established brands to deliver permanent hires and executive appointments through a hands on blend of active sourcing, targeted headhunting, and compelling employer branding. Its consulting led approach aligns role requirements, hiring process design, and candidate experience to ensure strong fit and long term retention, while transparent progress tracking keeps clients in the loop from kickoff to offer. Known for deep expertise in e recruiting and sourcing, talentrakete builds attraction through employer reputation content and high impact outreach, then screens for skills, motivation, and cultural add to secure durable matches. The team combines over two decades of recruiting experience with daily use of generative AI, translating best practices into real world outcomes for Recruiting, Talent Sourcing, and Employer Branding. Beyond search delivery, talentrakete enables HR teams through workshops, keynotes, e learnings, and practical playbooks, and develops custom GPT based assistants that automate repeatable recruiting tasks with consistent quality. Clients include digital and media companies such as Statista, YogaEasy, Phononet, Inwerken, and Pinkmilk, underscoring strength in software engineering, product, data, marketing, and commercial roles. The company has been recognized by APSCo Deutschland in 2023 for Innovation and Trusted Partnership and was ranked among the top 25 percent of LinkedIn Recruiters in 2022; its team also holds Master Talent Sourcer certifications. Whether the brief is a senior engineering leader, multiple software developers in record time, or a refreshed talent attraction strategy, talentrakete brings agile delivery, rigorous sourcing methods, and personable communication that candidates and hiring teams value. The mission is simple and consistent: connect the right people to the right roles and help HR organizations adopt AI responsibly, effectively, and with measurable impact.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceBroadcastingPublishingOnline Media

HQDar es-Salaam, Tanzania

HR7 The Job Factory

HR7 The Job Factory is a German staffing and recruiting specialist headquartered in Hamburg and founded in 2011. The company delivers professional and reliable workforce solutions built on the combination of speed and quality, supporting clients across diverse industries with flexible and compliant hiring models. HR7 provides temporary staffing (Arbeitnehmerueberlassung), permanent recruitment and consulting (Personalvermittlung und -beratung), on-site management for high-volume environments, interim management for short-term leadership and expert gaps, and inhouse outsourcing to stabilize processes and outcomes under clearly defined service scopes. Its Job Portal makes it easy for candidates to search, apply, and connect, including the option to apply quickly via WhatsApp, while dedicated consultants offer close guidance from first contact through onboarding. As a family-owned business, HR7 emphasizes appreciation, continuity, togetherness, opportunity, and security, aiming for long-term job satisfaction through roles that match skills and preferences. The firm has been recognized multiple times among Germanys best personnel service providers, including Kununu Top Company, Top Recruiting 2025 (Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Top 15), and Focus Top Arbeitgeber Mittelstand 2025, reflecting high quality, excellent communication, a strong working atmosphere, and legal certainty. HR7 is a member of the GVP (Gesamtverband der Personaldienstleister), holds an unlimited license for temporary employment, and is certified by the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce for quality assurance in dual vocational training. With central administration in Hamburg (Rissener Landstrasse 129) and branch locations in Hamburg, Hagenow, Boizenburg, Luebeck, Harburg, and Lueneburg, HR7 serves both regional and national needs. Clients benefit from tailored on-site coordination, scalable project-based solutions, and consultative hiring that improve operational continuity, compliance, and workforce agility. Candidates gain access to secure, regulated employment and real development prospects, from entry-level to skilled specialists and interim leaders.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtAll industriesManagement ConsultingLegalTechnical WritingProject ManagementGeneralist - blue collar professionals

HQHamburg, Germany

Sommer + Hinst

Founded in 2006, Sommer+Hinst is a German headhunting and recruitment consultancy with offices in Hamburg and Augsburg that serves clients across the DACH region and internationally. The firm focuses on the Mittelstand and specializes in placing highly qualified specialists and leaders for technology driven businesses, with deep strength in machinery and plant engineering, electrical engineering, automotive, and other complex, explanation intensive products and solutions. Working exclusively on explicit mandates, Sommer+Hinst runs a clear, transparent process that begins with careful needs analysis and profile definition, continues with targeted research and discreet direct outreach, and advances through structured interviews, comprehensive candidate dossiers, calibrated shortlists, and hands on support through offer, contract, and onboarding. Their approach, called reCREWting, emphasizes team fit, leadership capability, and human qualities alongside hard skills, reflecting a belief that sustainable success comes from aligning capability, character, and culture. Clients benefit from modern tools, rigorous documentation, undercover search on request, and advisory support on succession topics, while gaining relief from internal workload and faster time to hire. The firm has completed more than 900 mandates since inception, delivers first candidate proposals for about 80 percent of projects within 4 to 6 weeks, and wins roughly 75 percent of new assignments as repeat business. Consultants bring long standing expertise across sales, engineering, and finance and controlling profiles and are known for empathy, clear communication, and strict confidentiality. For candidates, Sommer+Hinst offers access to attractive roles predominantly in reputable mid sized companies, personal guidance throughout the process, and support to sharpen and develop professional profiles. Membership in the United Headhunters network extends reach while preserving a boutique, high touch service model. Whether a hidden champion seeking pivotal hires or a seasoned professional planning a next step, Sommer+Hinst provides executive search precision, permanent placement reliability, and direct sourcing excellence to achieve lasting matches and measurable impact.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentPayrolling/EORAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationEngineering

HQHamburg, Germany

Exact Recruitment

Exact Recruitment is a boutique headhunting and search and selection partner focused on Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Scandinavia, bringing more than a decade of cross border recruitment experience since its founding in 2010. Operating from Hamburg with multilingual partners who speak English, German and Danish, the firm delivers discreet, high touch recruitment for key positions at specialist, management and executive level. Exact Recruitment solves most assignments through proactive headhunting and active sourcing rather than advertising, taking responsibility and ownership throughout the entire recruitment lifecycle. Assignments are tailored to client needs and underpinned by validated psychometric assessments from Thomas International, with the option to provide single assessments as a second opinion for internal candidates, including management roles. The team has a broad functional range spanning sales and marketing, customer service, HR, IT, finance, bookkeeping and controlling, production and operations, procurement, and logistics and supply chain, and a wide industry footprint that includes processing and discrete manufacturing, construction, renewable energy, transport and logistics, media and IT, recycling, and selected wholesale and retail segments. Typical placements range from technical and commercial specialists to senior leaders such as Country Manager, plant manager, finance leader, e commerce manager and CEO, with a long reference list demonstrating repeated success and returning customers. Clients value the personal and discreet approach, structured assessments, and efficient delivery when roles cannot be filled through advertising alone, particularly for bilingual or cross market profiles across Denmark, Germany, Austria and the German speaking part of Switzerland. Exact Recruitment works to EU data protection standards and invites prospective clients to an initial conversation to scope needs and define a transparent, results oriented search plan that aligns with culture, competency requirements and market realities.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseUtilitiesSupply Chain ManagementFreight Forwarding

SimpleXX

SimpleXX is a Germany wide specialist for talent solutions that combines strategic business consulting with a full service recruitment offering. Founded in 2005 and supported by a dedicated team of around 27 professionals, the firm delivers executive search for leadership roles, permanent recruitment for specialists and professionals, and temporary staffing via Arbeitnehmerueberlassung with transfer options. Drawing on roots in management and IT consulting, SimpleXX goes beyond acting as a pure personnel supplier by partnering with clients as advisors and business allies. The team can integrate executive search with strategic management consulting, lead software and IT implementation projects, and provide hands on HR solutions that improve outcomes across the value chain. Clients benefit from a best fit methodology, fast response times, and rigorous process quality, while candidates gain access to curated jobs and projects, clear application guidance, and transparent communication. Typical assignments span technology and engineering disciplines as well as corporate functions, from production operators, mechatronics technicians, and system engineers to HR operations, office management, and mid to senior leadership roles. SimpleXX manages freelance and project based placements alongside classic permanent hires, and operates temporary staffing in compliance with German labor leasing regulations to ensure fair conditions and smooth transitions where desired. Engagements are delivered collaboratively in mixed client consultant teams, reflecting the company belief that shared ownership drives project success. This advisory led, delivery focused model allows SimpleXX to design sustainable talent solutions that strengthen organizational capability, reduce hiring risk, and accelerate time to productivity. By uniting consulting depth, market knowledge, and robust search execution, the company builds long term relationships with employers and candidates across Germany and consistently aligns skills, culture, and business goals for measurable impact.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceChemical ManufacturingElectrical EngineeringIndustrial Automation

HQHamburg, Germany

Care Gates

Care Gates is an Indo-German fair recruitment platform dedicated to connecting skilled Indian healthcare professionals with career opportunities in Germany. Drawing on more than 60 years of healthcare experience through affiliated institutions in India and Europe, and supported by its parent company Kiel School, the organization combines ethical recruitment with rigorous preparation, end to end process management, and long term integration. The company focuses exclusively on healthcare roles such as registered nurses, certified geriatric nurses, midwives, operating room assistants, anesthesia technical assistants, outpatient care staff, medical technical assistants, and healthcare and nursing assistants. Candidates benefit from premium German language training delivered by native faculty with embedded medical terminology, comprehensive guidance to achieve German professional certification, and a zero cost relocation package that includes visa processing, flights, accommodation, insurance setup, banking referrals, and support for family reunion. Upon arrival, Care Gates provides onboarding, integration, and affordable housing assistance through a nationwide support network in Germany. Its structured 4 stage journey covers onboarding, training across 6 to 12 months, migration in 4 to 8 weeks, and ongoing integration, with individual mentors ensuring continuity and sustainable career development. For employers across Germany, Care Gates offers a reliable pipeline of pre assessed, language trained, and certification supported professionals, backed by transparent contracts and fair practices. Operations are regulated in Germany under the RAL quality seal Fair Recruitment Healthcare Germany, and in India under the Federal Government FFA license, reinforcing safety and compliance for candidates and institutions alike. With headquarters in Hamburg and additional offices including a post and processing center in Kiel as well as locations in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, and centers in Kochi and Hyderabad, the platform ensures on the ground support in both countries. Over 20,000 Indian medical professionals have been trained through affiliated programs, and more than 700 healthcare workers are currently in training for deployment across Germany.

Permanent RecruitmentRPOTotal Talent MgmtHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsMental Health CareVeterinaryHigher Education (Faculty, Administration)

HQHamburg, Germany

Staff Only Tech

Staff Only Tech is a boutique recruitment partner founded in 2019 that supports startups and scale ups in Germany with agile, budget friendly talent acquisition. Operating as hands on talent partners rather than a high volume agency, the team of experienced consultants focuses on IT, digital, e commerce, and marketing roles, bringing end to end recruitment expertise that covers intake, sourcing, screening, interviewing, and offer support. They specialize in active sourcing to uncover hard to find candidates across software engineering, product, data, DevOps, cloud, QA, and IT infrastructure, as well as digital marketing, growth, content, and e commerce operations, building targeted talent pools that reduce time to hire and improve hiring predictability for resource constrained founders. Engagements are flexible and designed to fit startup budgets, from project based RPO style support embedded with internal teams to focused campaigns that blend performance recruiting tactics with rigorous candidate assessment. Staff Only Tech emphasizes a structured yet pragmatic hiring process, clear scorecards, and candidate experience best practices, helping young companies strengthen employer branding while keeping processes lean. By combining German and international market knowledge with modern sourcing techniques, the firm helps clients reach passive talent, benchmark compensation, streamline interviews, and close priority hires faster. Their approach is collaborative and transparent, with regular pipeline insights and data backed recommendations that enable founders and hiring managers to make informed decisions. Whether a client needs to hire its first engineer, build a cross functional digital team, or stand up a repeatable funnel for future growth, Staff Only Tech provides practical, startup savvy recruitment that delivers reliable outcomes without heavy retainers or complex vendor stacks.

Permanent RecruitmentRPOPayrolling/EORSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceGraphic DesignBroadcastingPublishing

HQBerlin, Germany

Foxio Consulting

Foxio Consulting is a digital-first recruitment consultancy based in Hamburg, Berlin, and Zurich that helps companies build and scale high performing teams across the digital economy. As part of the CareerTeam Group (CTG), Foxio combines executive search, professional and expert search, and RPO models with a tech-enabled research capability to deliver fast, transparent, and data-driven hiring outcomes. The firm focuses on white-collar and leadership roles spanning product management, UX/UI, e-commerce and shop management, online marketing and performance marketing, brand and communications, sales and business development, HR, and related cross-functional disciplines. Foxio operates a structured six-step search process covering role analysis, kick-off and profile definition, multi-channel sourcing, expert interviews and culture checks, shortlist presentation, and offer support, with KPIs such as an average of 18 days to first candidate presentation and roughly four interviews to hire. Clients benefit from access to tens of thousands of decision-maker touchpoints built through 100+ events and more than 800 mandates per year, plus market insights on feasibility, compensation, and time-to-fill. The team augments recruitment delivery with advisory on requirement definition, selection methodology, employer branding, and end-to-end candidate journey management to maximize conversion at every stage. Foxio has supported organizations from start- and scale-ups to DAX-listed enterprises and well-known brands including Engel & Voelkers, About You, Stage Entertainment, Hermes, Wuerth, Spax, Eprimo, Suedkurier, Oldendorff, APCOA, and others across retail and consumer, media and publishing, logistics, manufacturing, and energy. Backed by the broader CTG network of specialized sister brands and 250+ consultants group-wide, Foxio provides flexible engagement options tailored to growth goals, from single expert placements to the coordinated build-out of complete digital units, always with a partnership approach, measurable reporting, and a clear focus on cultural as well as technical fit.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic Relations

HQHamburg, Germany

Bishop

Founded in 1997 in Hamburg, Bishop GmbH is an aeronautical engineering company and specialist recruiter that delivers work packages and supplies expert staff to major OEMs and tier suppliers across Aeronautics, Space, Wind Energy, Automotive, and Maritime. Operating from Aviation House, the company blends engineering delivery with talent solutions through five business models: recruitment of temporary staff in line with local regulations such as AUEG in Germany, customer defined work packages for design, stress, systems, aerodynamics and loads, own engineering and innovation with patented developments like the Micro attachment System and Composite Rivet, research projects including aeronautics studies and work for EASA, and a dedicated think tank. Bishop acts as headhunters for aeronautical engineers, specialist and executive roles, and has a long track record placing first class personnel for Airbus programs such as A400M and A380, as well as marketing and management positions in the air flight industry. Its customers and references include Airbus Germany and France, Eurocopter, RUAG, Deutsche Lufthansa, and Astrium, reflecting deep credibility in commercial, defense, and space domains. Beyond aviation, Bishop is expanding its engineering knowledge into renewable energies and automotive applications. The company highlights more than 200 highly specialized employees working across Europe and supports both selective short term assignments and paths to long term collaboration, enabling clients to secure experts for limited duration projects or to hire them permanently. Bishop maintains quality credentials and industry recognition, including EN9100 through its subsidiary association, ISO 9001 certification, the Crystal Cabin Award, and Top100 innovative company ranking. Recent milestones include a multi year EASA framework contract and approval as a Constellia supplier covering defense innovation areas. Through its Jobcenter and support for Germanys Chancenkarte initiative, Bishop actively attracts international professionals to mission critical engineering roles.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtTemporary StaffingContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTruckingWarehousingDistribution

HQHamburg, Germany

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