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Z Personalmanagement

Z Personalmanagement GmbH is a German staffing partner for the Mittelstand, helping companies adapt quickly to shifting order volumes with a pragmatic blend of temporary staffing, temp to hire solutions, direct placement, and on site management. From its teams in Freiburg and Hamburg, the firm serves clients across Germany and maintains a broad candidate pool that spans helpers and entry level workers through skilled tradespeople and qualified commercial staff. Typical assignments cover production and manufacturing, craft and construction related trades, warehousing and logistics operations, and hospitality roles in kitchen and service, as well as office and administrative positions such as clerks, assistants, and general back office support. Employers turn to Z Personalmanagement when seasonal peaks, tight deadlines, special projects, sick leave, vacations, or parental leave create short term capacity gaps; the company responds quickly, coordinates all required providers when operating on site, and keeps costs transparent while focusing on speed and fit. Its ISO 9001 certified quality management system underpins structured interviews, suitability checks, and reference verification, and the firm emphasizes employee safety, health protection, and legal compliance throughout each assignment. Candidates value the chance to gain experience in multiple businesses, build specialist competence, and often transition into permanent roles with client companies; Z Personalmanagement offers stable employment with collectively agreed pay frameworks and predictable working hours, plus holiday and Christmas pay and ongoing support from a professional team. The culture is built on partnership, fairness, clear communication, and long term collaboration, and consultants will be candid about availability while continuing to search until the right match is found. Whether a forklift driver, welder, electrician, painter, commercial employee, or gastro professional is needed, Z Personalmanagement mobilizes qualified people fast so operations keep moving and quality standards are met.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentMSPAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseRailroadTruckingWarehousing

Trappe

Trappe | hr-kommunikation is a recruitment and employer branding partner dedicated to helping the Mittelstand attract and hire specialist and leadership talent. For more than three decades, the team has blended market research, communications craft, and modern sourcing to turn job ads, career sites, and social media into high performing talent magnets. Their signature approach combines target group surveys with data driven messaging, SEO friendly job adverts, conversion optimized career pages, and precisely targeted e recruiting campaigns that activate both active and passive candidates. The firm focuses on quality over volume and emphasizes deep listening and rigorous discovery to define role value propositions, selection criteria, and success signals, which is why 70 to 90 percent of searches are completed successfully on the first attempt. Clients engage Trappe for end to end permanent recruitment and selective executive mandates as well as project based work such as employer branding, storytelling, and content creation for talent attraction. The practice is particularly strong in technical and engineering domains across machinery and plant engineering, the electrical industry, IT and software, engineering and planning consultancies, and medical and energy technology, where talent is scarce and credibility matters. A multidisciplinary team supports delivery, including graphic design for employer brand assets, market researchers who map motivation and media usage, and social media specialists who orchestrate high reach e recruiting campaigns, backed by a responsive coordination office from 7 to 19. Trappe also operates an HR AI Center that deploys GDPR compliant assistants based on leading models such as GPT-4 and Claude to streamline interview question design, onboarding plans, and knowledge capture while leaving relationship building and assessment to experienced consultants. The result is a pragmatic, empathetic, and measurable recruitment process that strengthens culture, reduces time to hire, and builds lasting pipelines for growing small and mid sized companies.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseCloud ComputingTelecomHospital & Health Care (Nursing)

CARPE DIEM Personalkonzepte

CARPE DIEM GmbH Personalkonzepte is a staffing and recruitment partner based in Stuttgart that connects businesses across Germany and Europe with reliable talent in industrial, commercial, and technical roles. The firm focuses on two core services: Arbeitnehmerueberlassung (temporary staffing) that enables flexible short term or long term assignments in established companies, and Personalvermittlung (permanent recruitment) that matches qualified candidates directly into stable, full time positions. For candidates, CARPE DIEM offers personal guidance throughout the entire process with a dedicated point of contact, access to curated regional vacancies, support with onboarding and upskilling, and a clear, dependable approach to compensation and payroll scheduling. Job opportunities span blue collar and white collar profiles, including skilled trades such as painters, varnishers, and carpenters, as well as administrative, HR, recruiting, and sales support positions, allowing applicants to gain experience and progress their careers across multiple industries. For employers, the agency provides a streamlined way to scale teams quickly, cover seasonal peaks, and secure niche skills by presenting pre screened profiles aligned to role requirements, culture, and safety standards. CARPE DIEM combines local market knowledge with a pragmatic, service led methodology: understanding client needs, sourcing through targeted outreach and an active talent pool, coordinating interviews and feedback, and managing placement logistics to ensure smooth starts on site or in office. Whether a company needs dependable shift workers for production, detail oriented staff for back office functions, or technicians for project based tasks, CARPE DIEM tailors solutions that improve time to hire and workforce flexibility. With a presence in Germany and reach across Europe, the team is committed to responsive communication, transparent processes, and long term relationships that benefit both employers and candidates.

Temporary StaffingPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseArchitectureInterior DesignManagement Consulting

HQStuttgart, Germany

Pearls Discovery

Pearls Discovery is a staffing and recruiting firm founded in 2014 that delivers specialized HR project support and targeted hiring solutions for organizations of all sizes. The company provides direct search recruitment for executives, managers, and support, operational, and commercial roles, combining rigorous talent mapping with a consultative selection process to secure lasting hires. In addition to permanent recruitment, Pearls Discovery offers temporary and interim solutions, including short term assignments to replace HR staff such as recruitment officers and talent acquisition specialists, ensuring continuity during peak activity or transition periods. The firm also undertakes temporary assignments dedicated to HR projects, covering areas such as HRIS initiatives, employer branding programs, and CSR related work, enabling clients to access on demand expertise without expanding permanent headcount. Its portfolio spans partners across industry, transportation, logistics, finance, and services, from agile SMEs to large international groups, and each engagement is tailored to the client context, timeline, and internal governance. For candidates, Pearls Discovery runs a personalized and structured interview process to understand each professional project, clarify drivers and constraints, and present opportunities that align with skills, aspirations, and culture fit. Operating as a focused team, the firm emphasizes transparency, responsiveness, and confidentiality, engaging closely with hiring leaders and HR stakeholders to define role requirements, competencies, and success metrics before launching targeted search or interim assignments. By combining executive search discipline with practical project delivery in HR domains, Pearls Discovery helps clients secure leadership, management, and key functional talent while advancing priority HR initiatives. The result is a flexible mix of permanent recruitment, executive and managerial direct search, and temporary staffing that adapts to market cycles and organizational change, providing measurable value to both employers and candidates across the sectors it serves.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseRailroadTruckingWarehousing

HQDusseldorf, Germany

First personalmanagement

First Personalmanagement GmbH is an owner managed staffing and recruiting firm based in Wendlingen am Neckar and founded in 2010. Operating from Schillerstrasse 9, 73240 Wendlingen, the company focuses on bringing people and jobs together and giving candidates a professional home supported by a team that values respect, fairness, honesty, and humanity. Serving employers and job seekers across Wendlingen, Esslingen, Goppingen, Plochingen, and Kirchheim, First combines permanent recruitment with employee leasing under the German Arbeitnehmeruberlassung model to help clients fill roles directly or cover peaks and projects with employed specialists on site. In direct placement, consultants work with hiring managers to create accurate role profiles, take over the end to end recruiting process, and guide candidates through screening, interview preparation, and offer negotiation until the contract is signed with the client. In employee leasing, First acts as the employer, placing its own staff into customer projects while ensuring security and perspective for both sides through clear communication and ongoing support. Typical assignments reflect the strengths of the regional market and include production planning, quality assurance, materials testing and metallography, facility and building services maintenance, work preparation, and adjacent engineering and skilled trades functions. The owner managed setup enables personal and individual guidance, short decision paths, and flexible action, so decisions are made quickly and transparently. Clients benefit from a trusted local team that knows the labor market, curates well matched shortlists, and delivers consistently through close collaboration and quality standards. Candidates appreciate dedicated coaching, practical tips for interviews and negotiations, and continuous support through onboarding. With a focus on long term relationships and regional proximity, First Personalmanagement connects people and companies quickly, precisely, and with quality.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstruction

PBU International

Based in Stuttgart, PBU International is an established, dynamic search and recruitment consultancy with an international outlook. Founded in 2007, the firm partners with start ups and leading enterprises to deliver uncomplicated, results driven hiring across financial services, engineering, management consulting, IT, and cross industry commercial roles. The team specializes in direct search, executive search, interim and freelance appointments, and end to end recruiting, combining rigorous research with a hands on, candidate centric approach. Working in both German and international markets, PBU International sources and assesses talent domestically and from abroad, aligning skills, motivations, and cultural fit to each clients context. For clients, the firm acts as an extension of the employer brand, clarifying requirements, structuring searches, approaching the best candidates (often passive), and managing each step through offer, onboarding, and aftercare. For candidates, consultants provide confidential advice, career planning, CV and application optimization, and interview preparation to maximize every first impression. Core competencies include personnel consulting, market and talent research, executive and direct search, interim management, and contractor brokering, supported by clear communication and fast execution. Headquartered in Stuttgart with an additional presence in Sarajevo, the company has grown consistently since inception by focusing on quality, transparency, and speed. True to its motto, Unkompliziert, PBU International reduces complexity for all parties and keeps processes simple, structured, and respectful. Within financial services the team supports banks, insurers, payments and fintech players with roles spanning risk, compliance, corporate finance, audit, operations, and commercial functions. In engineering and industrial markets it covers disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, automation, quality, and production, across automotive, machinery, and related supply chains. In management consulting and IT, mandates include strategy and operations consultants as well as software, data, and infrastructure specialists. The firm also advises on market entry hiring, team ramp ups, and sensitive replacements requiring utmost discretion, and provides coaching to help new hires succeed in their first months.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementIndustrial AutomationManagement ConsultingLegal

HQStuttgart, Germany

Heron

Heron GmbH is a Germany based recruitment firm founded in 2020 with headquarters in Duesseldorf and an additional office in Munich. The company specializes in the direct placement of skilled and leadership professionals, with particular depth in Industry and Metal, Refrigeration technology, and Electrical engineering. Rather than relying on external IT vendors, Heron builds its own automation solutions to accelerate market mapping and outreach, enabling the team to present qualified candidates to hundreds of employers within days while maintaining strict GDPR compliance and offering deletion of personal data within 24 hours on request. For candidates, the service is completely free and focused on permanent roles with standard employment contracts. For employers, Heron operates on a success only fee model with transparent pricing and a goodwill safeguard after hiring; if an engagement ends early in the initial weeks, a proportional refund of up to 87.5 percent may apply depending on timing. Dedicated key account management assigns a personal recruiter who learns each client’s requirements and culture, curates shortlists, and coordinates interviews efficiently. The firm recruits across five core domains: refrigeration technicians and mechatronics, metalwork and welding, industrial mechanics, machining and cutting, and electrical and automation specialists, and it also covers adjacent IT, engineering, sales, and marketing roles when needed by industrial clients. Beyond placement, Heron supports employers with process advisory across the recruitment lifecycle, including RPO style services and employer branding to improve funnel quality and time to hire. Typical mandates range from service technicians, industrial electricians, maintenance and automation engineers, and project leaders to foremen, team leads, and department heads. By combining sector knowledge in machinery, metalworking, plant engineering, and building energy systems with data driven sourcing, structured screening, and proactive communication, Heron connects motivated professionals and strong companies reliably and at speed across Germany, reducing vacancy time and helping clients secure long term, high fit talent.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtRPOAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseCybersecurityData ScienceIT Infrastructure

HQDüsseldorf, Germany

liftandescalatorjobs

Lift and Escalator Jobs is a specialist recruitment brand focused on the lift and escalator segment of the building services market, formed in November 2005 with a clear objective to provide a simple, cost‑effective service for employers while maximizing employment opportunities for professionals. Operating alongside the broader Cento Group capability, it connects manufacturers, installation and modernization contractors, maintenance providers, and building operators with hard‑to‑find talent across mechanical and electrical disciplines specific to vertical transportation. The team supports the full hiring lifecycle, from urgent temporary cover and contract project teams to critical permanent hires spanning service engineers, commissioning and install specialists, testers, project managers, sales and commercial roles, compliance and QHSE, and leadership positions. Clients value its market immersion, consultative discovery approach, and emphasis on cultural alignment, ensuring every short list is both technically matched and business‑fit. Candidates benefit from transparent guidance, timely updates, and access to roles with established industry leaders as well as high‑growth challengers. With a footprint that includes the UK and the US, Lift and Escalator Jobs leverages a deep, active network and niche talent pools built over nearly two decades to reduce time to hire, elevate candidate quality, and de‑risk critical projects such as new installations, modernizations, and portfolio service transitions. Its recruiters are industry‑literate and collaborate closely with hiring managers to shape briefs, promote employer brand, and execute targeted search, while also mobilizing vetted subcontractors when speed and flexibility are paramount. By combining permanent recruitment, contract and temporary resourcing, and ongoing talent pipeline building, Lift and Escalator Jobs delivers a scalable, responsive solution designed to keep elevators and escalators—and the businesses behind them—moving.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingResidential DevelopmentCommercial Real EstateConstructionElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationOil & Gas

HQLoughborough, United Kingdom

Gessmann Personal Service

Founded in 2000, Gessmann Personal Service GmbH is a Ludwigsburg based recruitment and workforce partner serving Baden-Wuerttemberg and beyond. For more than two decades, the firm has connected companies with top talent across Industrie, Handwerk, and Kaufmaennisch roles, delivering both Personalvermittlung for permanent hires and Arbeitnehmeruberlassung for flexible temporary coverage. Clients value the companys reliability, quick response, and ability to overcome workload peaks in the commercial and industrial environment, while candidates appreciate straightforward 2 minute applications via the job board, attentive support throughout assignments at partner companies, and strong chances of permanent takeover after successful deployments. The team focuses on real fit, combining people centric guidance with proven processes to match skills, motivation, and workplace culture. Gessmann Personal Service sources blue collar and white collar professionals ranging from machine and production operators, warehouse and logistics staff, welders, electricians, and skilled tradespeople to office and administrative specialists in accounting, HR, purchasing, customer service, and sales support. Employers benefit from a single partner able to ramp teams up or down without friction, improve time to fill for hard to staff shifts, and secure dependable workers who arrive prepared and supported. Candidate care is equally central, with regular check ins, onboarding help, and even an in house shuttle service that makes commuting easy for employees without a car, ensuring each workday begins and ends smoothly. Rooted in the region yet pragmatic and hands on, Gessmann Personal Service builds lasting relationships with SMEs and larger industrial groups alike and operates with the singular goal of creating outcomes where both sides win: businesses gain the capacity and continuity they need, and people find meaningful, sustainable work that advances their careers.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseArchitectureInterior DesignManagement Consulting

Adegna

Adegna is a German talent partner that specializes in sourcing and managing external experts and teams for complex initiatives across IT, engineering, and business operations. Headquartered in Stuttgart with an office in Hamburg and a Swiss subsidiary near Zurich, the company connects high caliber freelance specialists and boutique consultancies with leading enterprises and public institutions. Adegna operates with a proven international network and a rigorous vetting approach that emphasizes both technical excellence and interpersonal fit, enabling clients to staff projects rapidly, reliably, and with precise skill alignment. Its modular delivery model spans single sourcing for urgent, niche expertise; outtasking to assemble complete teams for defined work packages; and third party management to consolidate and govern a client’s entire external supplier base as a one vendor or general contractor. The firm also provides transaction services that streamline contracting, rate and terms negotiations, billing, budget control, and in flight project monitoring so stakeholders can focus on outcomes rather than administration. References illustrate breadth and depth: SAP eWM rollouts for retail, SAP PP across European operations for a construction materials group, Linux security hardening and scaled test management in federal public sector programs, Oracle HCM hypercare and digital strategy advisory for automotive, and BCM implementation work in telecommunications. Current projects frequently run remote first with selective onsite phases, and include roles such as IT project managers for government modernization, banking experts with OSPlus credit process know how, and SAP, cloud, and infrastructure specialists. Adegna also serves freelancers with personal support and on time payments, and supports consultancies as an external sales channel, aligning opportunities, delivery capacity, and commercial transparency. By combining speed, market insight, and robust supplier governance, Adegna helps organizations reduce time to competence, improve delivery assurance, and scale critical initiatives without adding permanent headcount.

Contract StaffingMSPSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceAutomotiveAerospaceDefense

HQStuttgart, Germany

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