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Vietenplus

Vietenplus is a boutique executive research and recruiting network based in Ahrensburg, Germany, founded by Christiane Vieten in 2004. Operating as a collective of seasoned freelance consultants, the firm positions itself as a sparring partner to management teams and a high value complement to in house HR. Vietenplus focuses on direct search to identify and engage the right managers, experts, and executives quickly and reliably in competitive markets, combining rigorous research with a carefully coordinated media strategy that can include hidden advertising, applicant management, and structured selection procedures through to successful appointment. The team brings decades of cross functional and cross industry experience spanning manufacturing and engineering disciplines, information technology, medical devices, chemicals, automotive, industrial machinery, consumer goods, agriculture, construction, trade, and broader services. Assignments range from specialist and middle management roles to senior executive mandates, with consultants leveraging backgrounds in engineering, business administration, and leadership within international companies. In addition to core executive search and permanent recruitment, Vietenplus provides advisory support around change processes, employer communication, and candidate experience, and offers outplacement and coaching where appropriate. Searches are executed nationally and internationally through a well cultivated network and membership in the Excellence in Human Resources community, ensuring quality standards and reach. The firm emphasizes a tailored, systematic approach: building a precise requirements profile, conducting targeted research and direct approach, augmenting reach via selective media, managing candidates through fair and transparent evaluation, and supporting clients through decision and onboarding. This methodology consistently delivers strong shortlists and durable placements across engineering and IT heavy functions as well as commercial roles. With a lean, senior led model and a results oriented ethos captured in its motto Excellence in Recruiting, Vietenplus aligns closely with client goals to secure the best available talent.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseCloud ComputingTelecomHospital & Health Care (Nursing)

Docatwork

Docatwork is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated exclusively to occupational medicine and corporate health roles across Germany. The firm focuses on board certified occupational physicians, company doctors, heads of occupational health, and physicians in training for occupational medicine, helping candidates secure their next step while enabling employers to fill hard to staff vacancies efficiently. Its services span permanent recruitment, executive and leadership searches for heads of occupational health, and select contract assignments where organizations need interim coverage or targeted project support within their occupational health programs. For healthcare providers, hospitals, and companies operating in diverse industries that require robust workplace health and safety capability, Docatwork delivers a structured process that begins with a clear needs analysis, followed by targeted sourcing, discreet outreach, rigorous qualification, and shortlist presentation, continuing through interview orchestration, offer management, and onboarding support. Physicians benefit from tailored career advice, market insight, interview preparation, and access to a curated job board focused on occupational medicine. The consultancy also supports physicians pursuing self employment by facilitating the search for suitable practice opportunities, including the takeover of established occupational health practices that offer an existing client base, immediate and predictable revenue, and a functioning infrastructure to accelerate a smooth start. Docatwork shares sector updates via its newsletter and engages with the community at annual conferences, congresses, and regional forums, reinforcing a deep network and up to date understanding of the market. A sister brand, Safety at Work, complements this focus by addressing leadership roles in HSE, offering clients and candidates a broader solution landscape in environment, health, and safety management. With concentrated domain expertise, a consultative and confidential approach, and bilingual resources in German and English, Docatwork serves as a trusted partner for organizations building occupational health capability and for medical professionals charting long term careers in this essential specialty.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingHospital & Health Care (Nursing)PhysiciansPharmaceuticalsHealthcare AdministrationMental Health CareVeterinary

HQHamburg, Germany

E-Recruit

E-Recruit GmbH is a German recruitment consultancy focused on the direct placement of skilled professionals and leaders into permanent roles, combining targeted headhunting and executive search with flexible project support for clients. Based in Hamburg with an additional presence in Berlin, the firm emphasizes long term, trust based relationships and an independent approach that allows it to tailor every search to the specific needs of each client and candidate. E-Recruit operates across clearly defined practice areas: Tax & Law supports tax advisory, audit, and legal practices across the full law firm ecosystem; Office covers commercial and administrative talent up to senior management for sectors such as human resources services, real estate, banking and financial services, and legal and tax practices; Technical & IT addresses roles across electrical and industrial engineering, aerospace, metal and shipbuilding, facility management, and core IT domains; Medical focuses on nursing and clinical professionals, including specialized and leadership profiles in medtech and homecare, with placements in Germany and Switzerland. For employers, E-Recruit delivers professional recruiting and headhunting, from market mapping and research driven sourcing through structured assessments and shortlists, as well as scalable support via RPO solutions referenced in its client offering. For candidates, the firm provides confidential career guidance, clear communication, and a discreet, efficient process, including online applications and the option to apply proactively. The team leverages an extensive network and strong industry know how to accelerate hiring while maintaining rigorous quality standards and candidate care. Whether advising on lateral moves in healthcare, building tax and audit teams for growing practices, or securing hard to find engineers and IT specialists, E-Recruit prioritizes fit, transparency, and speed to deliver sustainable hiring outcomes that satisfy both clients and candidates.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtRPOManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Mental Health CareVeterinarySoftware Development

HQHamburg, Germany

FleischLOTSE

Founded in 2018, fleischLOTSE is a boutique recruitment and HR advisory dedicated to Germanys meat processing industry, its suppliers, and renowned vocational and higher education institutions connected to this market segment. Based in Hamburg and led by founder Sandra Engel-Daelken, the agency focuses on the specific needs of small and medium sized enterprises, offering tailored people services that span consulting and placement, employer branding, and university marketing. In a market shaped by acute shortages of skilled workers and leaders, complex data protection requirements, shifting employee expectations, digitalization, consolidation, and demographic change, fleischLOTSE helps clients stay at the pulse of the talent market. The firm delivers permanent recruitment for specialists and managers, executive search and interim solutions to bridge staffing gaps, and project based talent initiatives that make employers and their opportunities visible to the right candidates. Candidates benefit from free guidance throughout their job search, from orientation to tailored introductions with suitable employers. For clients, the agency combines sector fluency across the end to end value chain of meat and food processing with pragmatic search execution, clear communication, and GDPR compliant handling of personal data. Assignments typically cover leadership and white collar roles in production management, quality, technical operations, supply chain, and commercial functions, with a strong emphasis on cultural fit and long term retention. By aligning employer brand messages with authentic company strengths and partnering with universities for targeted outreach, fleischLOTSE strengthens pipelines for emerging and experienced talent alike. Through its network and presence on LinkedIn, Xing, Instagram, and Facebook, the agency connects ambitious professionals with companies that value craftsmanship, sustainability, and regional identity, supporting resilient teams and future ready organizations across Germany.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsFarmingFood ProcessingFishing & AquacultureElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationHigher Education (Faculty, Administration)

HQBad Schwartau, Germany

Modern heads executive search

Modern heads executive search is a boutique headhunting firm dedicated to leadership and specialist hires across the digital economy in the DACH region. Founded in 2007 by Jochen Barringer, the consultancy operates on a retained, mandate based model and focuses on sectors where technology, data, and customer experience drive competitive advantage. The team concentrates on digital business, technology, e commerce, and omni channel retail, and is equally active in adjacent innovation led domains such as fintech, telco, media, Industry 4.0, automotive, logistics, and related IT enabled services. Positioning itself as experts in digital business, modern heads conducts executive search for key management and functional roles that require both digital expertise and strong leadership capabilities, from C level and VP appointments to heads of digital, product, technology, data, marketing, and e commerce. Their approach blends a curated network of more than 5000 high potential candidates with direct sourcing across social platforms, online databases, and data driven research, combined with structured assessment and suitability diagnostics to validate skills, modern leadership behaviors, and cultural fit. With locations and delivery capability across Germany, Switzerland, and Austria, modern heads supports clients end to end, from role definition and market mapping through candidate engagement, evaluation, offer management, and onboarding. The firm emphasizes pragmatic counsel to help organizations shape teams for digital transformation, whether modernizing core platforms, scaling e commerce operations, or building Industry 4.0 capabilities that connect people, machines, and information. Its consultants bring insider know how, management experience, and deep networks in their focus markets, enabling efficient shortlists even when senior leaders show low mobility. By combining rigorous search methods with a human centric candidate experience, modern heads delivers hires that create measurable advantage in fast moving, technology driven businesses.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceE-commerceLuxury GoodsBanking

HQHamburg, Germany

Markenpersonal

Markenpersonal GmbH is a Hamburg based recruitment boutique founded in 2007 by Lars Kreyenhagen, dedicated to connecting outstanding marketing, brand, design, and communications professionals with agencies and in house teams. As sector insiders who have worked on both the agency and corporate side, its consultants combine deep market knowledge with a hands on, human approach to search. The firm operates on the belief that finding the best heads requires being one, prioritizing precise, personal matchmaking over blind algorithmic filtering. Markenpersonal delivers permanent recruitment and freelance mediation, expanding its portfolio in 2020 to address growing demand for expert contractors and interim specialists in digital marketing and creative disciplines. Beyond pure placement, the team supports clients with organization development, M&A related people topics, and employer branding, and frequently accompanies young agencies through early growth and change. Each engagement begins with a personal conversation to assess the status quo and define a clear requirements profile, followed by targeted research, direct approach, structured interviews, and curated shortlists categorized for decision making, with regular reporting until a successful hire is completed. Engagements are provided as service contracts and offered in tiered consulting models aligned to role seniority and complexity, with transparent steps and weekly updates. With a highly networked presence in the digital and creative community and long standing relationships with top players in the field, Markenpersonal maintains a vetted pool of candidates and freelancers across strategy, creation, content, account, and project functions, ensuring culture and capability fit for each brief. Clients rely on the firm to accelerate hiring in the face of ongoing digital transformation and increasing organizational complexity, while candidates value discreet guidance, honest feedback, and access to opportunities that are not broadly advertised. The result is a focused, quality driven search process that consistently aligns the right talent with the right challenge.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtDigital MarketingContent CreationPublic RelationsBroadcastingPublishingOnline Media

Vita Bona HR-Beratung

VON BARGEN HR-Beratung is a boutique consulting and talent partner focused on building modern, scalable HR for the German Mittelstand. Based in Reinbek and led by Ulf von Bargen, an HR leader with more than 20 years of experience, the firm helps small and mid-sized companies transform HR from an administrative function into a strategic driver of business performance. Its offering spans an end-to-end HR operating model, starting with the HR Zukunfts-Check to assess structures, processes, and culture, followed by the setup of core HR processes, definition of roles and responsibilities, and design of an actionable HR roadmap aligned to corporate goals. VON BARGEN optimizes recruiting channels and instruments, strengthens employer brands, and implements retention programs to win and keep the right people. The team delivers HR digitalization and process optimization, including selection and introduction of HR software and applicant tracking systems, and advises on the practical use of AI and automation in HR. Clients also rely on leadership development, succession planning, and executive sparring to support growth and change. When targeted hiring is needed, VON BARGEN runs direct search mandates, with a strong network for HR specialists and leadership roles, particularly across trade and consumer sectors. Case examples include a 38 percent administrative time saving after HR process digitization, a 27 percent rise in applications within three months through employer branding and recruiting strategy, and fast stabilization of HR in growing SMEs by systematizing people processes and filling critical vacancies. Typical customers have 20 or more employees, family-shaped cultures, or rapid growth and lack mature HR structures; the firm prioritizes short paths, hands-on execution, and measurable results. While deeply versed in Mittelstand realities across manufacturing, technology, logistics, and retail, VON BARGEN remains lean and pragmatic to deliver clarity, efficiency, and sustainable HR impact.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtSOW/ProjectsFashion & ApparelFood & BeverageConsumer ElectronicsIndustrial AutomationSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurity

HQHamburg, Germany

ADPENSO by Astrid Döhmann

ADPENSO by Astrid Doehmann is an executive search and recruiting boutique dedicated to the digital economy since 2007. Serving clients across the DACH region and broader EMEA, the firm partners with startups, midsize innovators, and global enterprises to build high performing teams that drive growth and market entry. Its core domain expertise spans MarTech, Analytics, E Commerce, FinTech, PropTech, IT, and digital agencies, with a strong track record assembling European teams for US based companies launching or scaling in Germany and across Europe, often for SaaS led businesses. ADPENSO focuses on the recruitment of specialists and leaders in the middle and upper management bands, covering roles in sales and business development, customer success, analytics, product management, marketing, HR, and IT, from junior to head of level. The firm is known for targeted direct search rooted in deep market knowledge, hands on research, and profile expertise, ensuring only the most relevant and motivated candidates are presented. Clients value transparent communication, regular reporting, and a pragmatic, results oriented approach that balances speed with quality. Candidates benefit from end to end guidance from first contact through onboarding, including support on application materials and coaching around critical career and development questions. ADPENSO prioritizes long term fit and mutual trust, aiming for placements that align skills, aspirations, and culture. With an extensive network built over many years and a commitment to exhaustive multi channel sourcing, the team consistently delivers scarce digital talent across sales, go to market, data, and product disciplines. Operating as ADPENSO International SL out of Palma de Mallorca while working internationally, the firm combines boutique attention with cross border reach, helping clients secure the people they need to win in competitive digital markets.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceContent CreationPublic RelationsAdvertising

HQHamburg, Germany

Cortago

Cortago GmbH is an internationally active provider of specialized staffing and engineering services based in Hamburg, Germany. The firm supports clients by aligning project and workforce needs with precisely matched talent and delivery models, combining recruitment, consulting, and an in house engineering office to turn business goals into results. Its Professionals offering focuses on technical and commercial roles such as engineers, technicians, CAD designers, and business administrators, delivered through employee leasing (temporary staffing) as well as service and work contracts for defined scopes. Cortago also provides executive search, guiding clients from requirements definition and targeted sourcing through structured selection, contract negotiation, and onboarding led by HR specialists to ensure a smooth and lasting hire at leadership and critical specialist levels. The Consultants practice covers analysis, planning, solution design, project management, and implementation, with experienced project leads and experts across SAP, IT, and telecommunications who support the entire process chain and help stabilize complex transformation or rollout programs. Complementing its talent solutions, Cortago operates a technical office that executes complex fixed scope engineering assignments from plant design to drawing verification, and extends capabilities with modern 3D laser scanning to capture accurate as built data for brownfield and greenfield projects. The company emphasizes quality, reliability, and partnership, tailoring services to the needs of customers, employees, and candidates, and building long term relationships through transparent processes, defined interfaces, and consistent delivery. With experience across industrial engineering, IT infrastructure, and telecom environments, Cortago brings together domain expertise and flexible engagement models so clients can scale teams quickly, accelerate projects, and access scarce skills without compromising standards or timelines.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtTemporary StaffingSOW/ProjectsIndustrial MachineryElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationTelecommunicationsCloud ComputingTelecom

HQHamburg, Germany

HOLLAENDER SEARCH Personalberatung

Founded in 2012, HOLLAENDER SEARCH Personalberatung is a boutique executive search and recruiting firm that supports medium sized and large companies across Germany and the DACH region. Headquartered in Hamburg with additional presence in Frankfurt and a registered address in Niebull, the firm operates digitally from multiple locations to deliver nationwide headhunting and career opportunities. Led by owner Christiane Hollaender, MBA, the consultancy combines classical direct search methods with efficient, technology enabled processes to identify and engage professionals and senior leaders who fit both the role and the culture. HOLLAENDER SEARCH focuses on current project strongholds in renewable energy, infrastructure and construction, finance, tax and banking, as well as selected mandates in IT and media. Typical functional coverage spans all commercial roles including marketing, accounting, controlling and sales, alongside IT leadership and specialist positions, and finance leadership such as heads of accounting, commercial directors and controllers. In energy and construction, the team appoints project developers, engineers, project managers and site managers across photovoltaics, wind, hydrogen equipment, grid and substation builds, and civil works. In professional and financial services, the firm recruits lead tax advisors and auditors, qualified accountants, and interim specialists, while in banking and insurance it fills exempt level specialist and leadership roles in private and commercial institutions. HOLLAENDER SEARCH typically works on exclusive client mandates, engaging candidates confidentially and guiding both sides through a transparent and timely process from briefing to placement. Services span permanent recruitment, executive search and interim appointments, underpinned by market research, proactive sourcing, structured interviews and reference checks. With a generalist yet focused approach, the firm is known for perseverance, discretion and long term partnership, supporting clients through changing talent needs and helping candidates take the next step in their careers.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingOil & GasRenewable EnergyMiningArchitectureInterior DesignBanking

HQHamburg, Germany

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