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POLZIN Personalberatung

Founded in 2003, POLZIN Personalberatung is a German personnel consultancy that operates with a strongly customer focused approach and delivers holistic, tailored solutions for mid sized companies. With two locations, in Stuttgart in the south and Hohenfelde in the north, the boutique firm collaborates with a media agency to leverage synergies in employer brand visibility, messaging, and reach, aligning search execution with strategic business outcomes. The consultancy advises owner managed and Mittelstand organizations on recruiting experts and leaders and serves as a discreet, trusted partner in strategic management discussions where talent, organization design, and growth priorities intersect. Certified in the MPA potential analysis, POLZIN Personalberatung supports personnel decisions with objective diagnostics, uncovers development potential, and translates strategy into targeted, sustainable hiring practices that strengthen teams and leadership benches over the long term. Assignments emphasize core responsibilities and the measurable impact of each role on company success, and candidates are expected to combine strong communication and social skills with concise, decisive conceptual action. For professionals, the firm presents opportunities with market and technology leaders, often internationally active, and maintains a curated job market that reflects these standards. On the client side, services span the full recruitment lifecycle for permanent and executive appointments, including needs analysis, role definition, research, direct approach, structured assessment, selection, and pragmatic feedback throughout. As an intentionally lean practice led by owner and managing director Elke Polzin, clients benefit from senior level attention on every mandate, confidentiality at all stages, and an efficient path from search strategy to accepted offer and successful onboarding. POLZIN Personalberatung welcomes direct conversations to explore requirements and provide further details on current mandates and solution approaches.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsManagement ConsultingHuman ResourcesAll industriesSenior ExecutivesGeneralist - white collar professionalsHuman Resources

HQStuttgart, Germany

Orbito-Consulting-Personalberatung

Orbito-Consulting-Personalberatung is a Stuttgart area executive search and recruitment boutique that focuses on identifying and securing high impact leaders and specialist professionals for German Mittelstand companies and international enterprises. The firm emphasizes a rigorous, discrete, and ethics-driven approach to search, combining direct candidate outreach, structured assessments and diagnostics, and transparent salary benchmarking and negotiation to ensure durable, mutually beneficial hires. With roots in Germany and experience across Europe as well as activity in the USA and China, Orbito-Consulting supports clients that operate in international environments and need talent capable of driving performance across borders. Its industry specialization centers on automotive and mechanical engineering, with additional expertise in IT and facility management (TGA), enabling consultants to understand role requirements in depth, speak the language of hiring managers, and quickly translate business goals into precise search strategies. Assignments range from senior management and executive placements to hard-to-fill expert roles, always managed end to end through diligent market mapping, personal outreach, candidate evaluation, and interview-to-offer facilitation. Clients benefit from long-standing networks, clear and continuous communication on project status, and a partnership mindset reflected in pragmatic, goal-oriented processes and fair commercial models. The team culture is built on individual accountability, open and direct communication, and measurable quality, resulting in reliable outcomes for both clients and candidates. Beyond filling roles, Orbito-Consulting advises on compensation comparisons, selection criteria, and candidate onboarding to help organizations reduce hiring risk and accelerate time to productivity. Headquartered at Karlstr. 3 in Sulzbach an der Murr near Stuttgart, the firm serves companies of all sizes across Germany, with particular strength in regions known for engineering excellence, and is recognized in industry rankings for its executive search capabilities.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTelecommunicationsCloud ComputingTelecom

Grand Hammer Professional

Grand Hammer Professional is a German recruitment agency based in Holzmaden that connects personalities and companies by delivering precise, needs driven talent solutions. Founded in 2021, the firm focuses on permanent recruitment and executive search across engineering, manufacturing, and technology intensive environments, helping Mittelstand manufacturers, global players, and fast growing innovators hire specialists and leaders who move the needle. GHP combines a curated talent pool with an active business network to uncover hard to find profiles and align them to each client’s technical requirements and cultural context. Its process is built on transparency, focus and precision, agile project management, and strong networking, ensuring rapid progress, clear feedback, and dependable outcomes. The team recruits for roles spanning automation and controls, electrical engineering, electronics, mechatronics, SCADA and industrial software, commissioning and service technicians, IT administration, technical sales engineering, patent and technology specialists, and commercial operations, engaging white collar professionals, skilled technicians, and executive level hires alike. For candidates, GHP’s Professional Placement offers access to exclusive vacancies, individualized strategy plans, personal branding and CV optimization, interview preparation, and confidential executive search outreach, supporting long term success well beyond placement. For employers, the firm delivers a structured search from role briefing and market mapping through proactive outreach, screening, and shortlisting, culminating in offer support and onboarding coordination to minimize time to hire while safeguarding quality. With current insight into Industry 4.0, robotics, sustainable technologies, and the digitalization of production, Grand Hammer Professional understands how skills needs are evolving and aligns every search to future business goals, enabling organizations to secure mission critical talent and enabling candidates to make decisive career moves that shape the future.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTelecommunicationsCloud ComputingTelecom

ADLER CONSULTING

ADLER CONSULTING is a German headhunting and consulting firm that helps companies secure qualified specialists and leaders across technological and commercial functions with a strong specialization in information technology. Based in Stuttgart and led by founder and managing director Hulusi Adler, the firm positions itself as a partner that operates at eye level with clients, combining passion and excellence gained over more than 20 years. ADLER CONSULTING delivers end to end recruitment solutions through executive search and targeted headhunting, permanent hiring, recruiting and talent mapping, and candidate coaching, while also supporting the build out and training of multidisciplinary departments and project teams. Its methodology is structured and transparent, beginning with deep analysis and briefing to align search parameters with market reality, followed by active search and direct outreach within and beyond its exclusive network of more than 1,000 vetted experts. The team prequalifies candidates through document reviews, interviews, and, where appropriate, assessment centers, and presents longlists and reports aligned to agreed criteria so clients only invest time with the most suitable profiles. ADLER CONSULTING then coordinates and supports the internal selection process, manages communication, and stays engaged through onboarding to ensure successful integration of the hire. The firm applies proven matching and evaluation techniques that balance professional competencies and personal fit, explicitly weighing experience, education, certifications, skills, mindset, and role specific qualifications. Clients range from startups to mid sized companies and large enterprises seeking scarce talent and leadership capable of driving transformation. Through strong network partners, ADLER CONSULTING extends specialized know how and synergies so clients receive a broad yet deep portfolio from a single source, delivered in a digital, solutions oriented manner designed to accelerate hiring outcomes and strengthen organizational capability.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceCloud ComputingTelecomTechnology & Digital

HQStuttgart, Germany

Hello

Hello AG is a German agency for personnel cooperation and communication that focuses on creating the best connection between an employers situation and an employees needs. Headquartered in Fellbach, the company has been established over two decades and operates as a hands on partner for staffing and recruiting across diverse employment models. Under the competency Personal finden, Hello AG delivers structured, recipe driven talent acquisition to fill vacancies efficiently, combining targeted sourcing, practical assessment, and close communication with hiring teams. Through Menschen beschaeftigen, the firm strengthens workforces with temporary staffing, and supports freelancers and interim professionals, ensuring smooth onboarding, guidance, and continuity of performance. Its portfolio also addresses crucial transition moments: Berufsweg trennen provides respectful, well planned separations and trial periods that allow both sides to explore future options, while Personen zurueckgewinnen helps organizations re attract boomerang talent and maintain alumni relations. Hello AG curates several specialist brands to meet these needs: Hello People for candidate attraction and employer centric hiring, Jobweiser for better temporary work, Jobbetreuung for interim, freelancers and high performers, Stellentalk as the first talking job portal, Jobbalance for structured separation, Zurueckgewinnen for return programs, and Stellenglueck to enable candidate employer conversations. The firm works by a Best friend principle that prioritizes listening, clarity, timeliness, and consistency, building trust with clients, candidates, and employees alike. Services span permanent recruitment, temporary staffing, and interim management, delivered Monday to Friday between 08 00 and 17 00 by appointment. With a cooperative, communication led approach and a strong regional presence, Hello AG supports companies in aligning business requirements with worker expectations, reducing time to hire, improving retention, and turning each staffing decision into a durable, mutually beneficial employment relationship.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtAll industriesGeneralist - white collar professionalsGeneralist - blue collar professionalsSenior Executives

HQFellbach, Germany

Exclusive Associates

Exclusive Associates is a specialist STEM recruitment consultancy founded in 2008 that connects exceptional talent across IT, engineering, life sciences, and finance with innovative employers in the UK, Germany, and the United States. Operating from London, Dusseldorf, and New York, the firm delivers precision driven recruitment through a straightforward, honest, and consultative approach that has earned strong referrals from clients and candidates. Its market expert consultants combine deep domain knowledge with targeted headhunting, market mapping, and salary benchmarking to identify and secure hard to find professionals, from software developers and solution architects to data and infrastructure specialists, as well as engineers in electronics and industrial domains and quality, regulatory, and clinical related profiles in life sciences. Typical mandates span roles such as Java and .NET developers, SharePoint specialists, software architects, and senior developers, alongside leadership and niche expertise that drive business critical projects. Exclusive Associates partners closely with SMEs and established enterprises to deliver permanent hires, agile contract resourcing for time sensitive initiatives, and executive search for senior and specialist leadership, aligning search strategies to each client’s culture, technology stack, and project roadmap. Candidates benefit from transparent guidance, interview preparation, and offer support, while clients receive curated shortlists and consistent communication that compress time to hire without compromising quality. The company applies structured screening, competency based evaluation, and reference checks, and supports cross border hiring with an understanding of local market dynamics and compliance requirements. With more than 17 years of focused STEM success, a commitment to service excellence, and a track record of results, Exclusive Associates aims to build long term partnerships that deliver measurable hiring outcomes and help organizations secure the right talent to accelerate innovation and growth.

Permanent RecruitmentContract StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceElectrical EngineeringIndustrial AutomationHospital & Health Care (Nursing)

HQCity of London, United Kingdom

PS4000 Personalberatung

PS4000 Personalberatung GmbH is a staffing and recruiting firm based at Pempelforter Strasse 11 in Dusseldorf, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany. The company supports employers and candidates with a practical, relationship driven approach that combines market insight, structured search, and careful selection. Its core services span permanent recruitment, executive search, and temporary staffing, giving clients the flexibility to secure leaders, specialists, and project resources according to business need. Acting as a consultative partner, PS4000 Personalberatung listens closely to hiring objectives, defines clear role requirements, and designs sourcing strategies that balance targeted headhunting with proactive talent pooling. Consultants guide each assignment from brief through to placement, coordinating interviews, managing feedback, and facilitating offers while ensuring a positive and transparent candidate experience. The firm engages a broad professional talent community and is able to support organizations of different sizes, from growing mid sized businesses to established corporations, across a variety of business functions. Emphasis is placed on quality, compliance, and confidentiality, with rigorous screening, reference checking, and documentation that help reduce hiring risk and time to fill. Candidates benefit from open communication, preparation support, and careful role matching that prioritizes long term fit. Whether a client is building a new team, replacing a critical role, or bridging a short term capacity gap, PS4000 Personalberatung focuses on delivering an efficient process, relevant shortlists, and hires who make an immediate impact. As a locally rooted partner with a view across the national market, the firm combines knowledge of regional dynamics in Dusseldorf and North Rhine Westphalia with access to talent throughout Germany. By aligning its efforts to the goals of both sides of the labor market, the company aims to enable sustainable hiring outcomes that support business performance and rewarding careers.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtTemporary StaffingAll industriesGeneralist - white collar professionalsSenior Executives

HQDüsseldorf, Germany

KVN-International

KVN-International is a talent acquisition and HR consulting partner that helps organizations build predictable, high quality hiring engines in Germany and the United States. Founded in 2021 and built on more than 13 years of hands on recruiting experience, the firm delivers end to end Talent Acquisition Management that connects strategy, process, technology, and delivery. KVN develops tailored talent strategies, strengthens employer branding and the candidate journey, designs onboarding programs that drive retention, and optimizes workflows with clear roles, SLAs, and data driven decision making. The team provides technology agnostic HR systems advice, supports vendor evaluations and RFPs, and establishes compliance, reporting, and KPI frameworks so leaders can steer hiring with reliable insights. On the recruiting side, KVN executes permanent search across technology, sales, and project leadership roles, offers executive and interim solutions when rapid reinforcement is required, and runs advanced sourcing and talent mapping to build market intelligence and scalable talent pools. Training and enablement for HR, recruiting teams, and hiring managers ensure new ways of working take hold. KVN also produces video job ads to create clarity and emotional connection with candidates, increasing conversion across the funnel. With a network of more than 10,000 professionals, over 60 clients served, and 950 plus completed projects, the company supports global consultancies, software scale ups and OEMs, SaaS startups, public sector entities, and engineering led enterprises. Typical outcomes include sharper employer value propositions, faster and more consistent processes, improved quality of hire, and lower attrition through better onboarding and expectation management. KVN acts as both advisor and delivery partner: auditing the current state, mapping goals, creating a pragmatic roadmap, targeting the right audiences, standardizing assessment, embedding hiring analytics and compliance, and upskilling teams so results are sustainable long term.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentTotal Talent MgmtSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceHuman ResourcesTechnical WritingProject Management

HQStuttgart, Germany

HeadCon

HeadCon is a boutique recruitment and interim management partner that helps organizations appoint specialist and leadership talent for mission critical roles. The firm focuses on the recruitment and selection of specialists and executives for permanent hires, complemented by time and interim managers at first and second level leadership for project based assignments. Clients turn to HeadCon when they need to fill key roles with precision, speed, and discretion, whether the requirement is a long term appointment or an interim leader to drive transformation, stabilize operations, or bridge a vacancy. With a compact team of experienced consultants, the company combines targeted research, rigorous assessment, and structured stakeholder management to deliver shortlists that balance capability, cultural fit, and speed to impact. Typical engagements include market mapping, role scoping, competency based screening, reference checking, and offer negotiation, followed by onboarding touchpoints to ensure a smooth transition. For interim mandates, HeadCon mobilizes proven first and second line leaders who can own deliverables within a defined time frame, aligning governance, milestones, and handover to internal teams. The firm operates as a collaborative extension of client HR and leadership, maintaining transparent communication, clear timelines, and measurable outcomes throughout each search. Candidates benefit from thoughtful briefings, preparation support, and timely feedback, creating a professional and respectful experience. HeadCon serves organizations across a broad range of sectors and functions, from functional specialists to senior executives overseeing finance, operations, commercial, technology, and corporate services. Its approach emphasizes confidentiality, ethics, and long term relationship building with both clients and candidates, ensuring that every placement is grounded in evidence, performance track record, and mutual expectations. By uniting deep search expertise with agile delivery, HeadCon provides a reliable solution for permanent recruitment and interim leadership needs when results matter most.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtContract StaffingAll industriesSenior ExecutivesGeneralist - white collar professionals

HQFellbach, Germany

Bernd Schreiner

Bernd Schreiner is an independent recruitment professional affiliated with the PKO Jobnetzwerk, a platform that is locally present, nationwide networked, and internationally active. Through the PKO Personal Service partner model he supports employers and candidates with reliable, tailored personnel services delivered at a fair price performance ratio, focusing on permanent recruitment, temporary staffing, and executive level search when required. The broader PKO ecosystem brings together personalberatung, personalvermittlung, outplacement, arbeitsvermittlung, and zeitarbeitsvermittlung to create a coherent service experience for companies, public institutions, and training providers. Employers, applicants, and intermediaries can log in to post and find vacancies, search applicant profiles, or set up job agents, while the network infrastructure is provided fully ready to use over the internet so clients avoid technical overhead. Schreiner leverages PKO Internet Service solutions and JNW Service labor market systems that are used by municipalities and education providers to increase integration and placement outcomes, enabling a more transparent, efficient, and data secure hiring process. The platform follows strict privacy practices and stores personal data purposefully in line with applicable regulations, giving clients confidence in how information is protected and processed. Combining local insight with international reach, he delivers candidate matching across both white collar and blue collar roles and can manage senior and interim mandates when specialist leadership experience is required. His approach centers on clear communication, rigorous screening, and fast response times, aligning candidate capabilities with client requirements to reduce time to hire and improve retention. By uniting personal service with a robust online job network, resume search, and job agent functionality, he provides an effective bridge between demand and talent for organizations ranging from small and midsize enterprises to public sector entities and training institutions across Germany and beyond.

Permanent RecruitmentTemporary StaffingExec Search & Interim MgmtManagement ConsultingLegalAccounting (Audit, Tax)Military & DefenseEducation AdministrationHigher Education (Faculty, Administration)

HQStuttgart, Germany

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