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Deutsche Personalberatung

Deutsche Personalberatung (DPB) is an owner-managed executive search and recruitment firm founded in 2006 and dedicated exclusively to the Banking & Finance sector across Germany. With nearly two decades of market presence, the firm focuses on connecting banks, financial institutions, payment providers and related finance organizations with highly qualified professionals and leaders. DPB emphasizes deep industry expertise, speaking the language of its clients and candidates and concentrating on precise shortlists backed by a long standing, discreet network of decision makers. Clients benefit from direct access to the hidden job market, a single accountable point of contact and a documented fill rate of over 96 percent. The team combines modern AI-supported search with rigorous human assessment to ensure cultural and technical fit, and if a placement does not prove sustainable, DPB offers a free replacement as part of its commitment to quality. The company works on both retained executive search and success based mandates and fills demanding specialist and leadership roles for front, middle and back office functions, including finance and accounting, risk, treasury, operations, compliance and commercial roles. For candidates, DPB provides confidential guidance, direct presentation to hiring decision makers without administrative detours, and support on compensation negotiation to secure competitive packages. Referenced by well known brands such as Sparkassen organizations, Santander, BNP Paribas, Western Union, Berenberg, Varengold Bank and others, and featured in national media including ZEIT ONLINE, Deutsche Welle and Hamburger Abendblatt, DPB leverages 150+ client relationships and active mandates across 11 federal states. With offices in Hamburg, Frankfurt and Muenchen, the firm delivers national coverage with local insight while maintaining a personal, precise and reliable approach to every mandate.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingBankingInsuranceInvestment ManagementFinance & AccountingSenior ExecutivesGeneralist - white collar professionals

HQHamburg, Germany

headhunter-hamburg.com

Headhunter Hamburg is a specialist personnel consulting brand of Gese & Cie. Personalberatung GmbH based in Hamburg, Germany, focused on executive search and recruitment for technical industries across Hamburg, northern Germany, and neighboring countries. The firm supports companies in acquiring future oriented specialists and managers and is committed to building long term employment relationships through rigorous, proven search methods and an extensive, carefully maintained network. Its consultants have hands on experience in the very fields they recruit for, enabling them to assess qualifications, cultural fit, leadership capability, and compensation levels with speed and precision. Typical client engagements follow a structured process that begins with a personal discussion to capture role requirements, continues with defining the ideal candidate profile and target company list, and proceeds into active search via networks and databases. Where helpful, the team augments direct search with targeted advertising campaigns, manages candidates throughout the funnel, provides regular status reporting, and conducts in depth interviews to evaluate personal suitability. Clients receive confidential, insight rich candidate reports and on site interview coordination, with advisory support through offer negotiation, contract conclusion, and onboarding. The firm works across a wide spectrum of technical domains, including mining and geotechnics, electrical and control engineering, oil and natural gas, fiber optic network expansion, structural and civil engineering, information technology, nuclear technology and radiation protection, conventional power plant technology, machine and plant engineering, production and process technology, security and defense technology, telecommunications, environmental and process engineering, chemistry and physics, and wind power. For candidates, consulting is non binding and free of charge, with strict confidentiality and respect for non disclosure agreements. Guided by discretion, trust, and industry insight, Headhunter Hamburg connects people and assembles the right teams for sustainable success in one of Germanys most dynamic industrial and technology hubs.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseWater ManagementUtilitiesSoftware Development

HQDar es-Salaam, Tanzania

Rehigher

Rehigher is an AI powered recruitment platform that unifies companies, freelance recruiters, and candidates in one global ecosystem designed to make hiring faster, smarter, and more transparent. Built around intelligent automation and real time matching, the platform guides employers through a simple six stage hiring journey, from building an employer brand and choosing sourcing paths to defining process and ATS, managing candidate pipelines, and tracking probation periods. Companies can create hiring projects, search a vetted talent pool of more than 5,000 profiles, or leverage AI Recruiter Access to tap into millions of CVs, then assemble the right team by inviting internal HR members or engaging expert freelance recruiters from the Rehigher network. Recruiters benefit from a professional community focused on Rec2Rec and HR collaboration, with tools to grow their brand and portfolio, enrich ATS data, and track commissions while working on exciting projects that boost income. Candidates receive 24 by 7 support through AI advisors and human HR agents who help with applications, brand building, and career decisions, mirroring the agent model that supports sports and film stars. Clear, flexible pricing offers free tiers and affordable subscriptions for each audience, including unlimited hiring projects for companies, advanced search and filters for recruiters, and unlimited applications for candidates, all without long term commitments and with setup in minutes. With headquarters in Hamburg and units in Dubai and Dammam, Rehigher serves active markets across the GCC and EU and maintains a global talent community with thousands of active professionals and high availability. The platform emphasizes direct contact between employers and candidates, streamlined workflows, and measurable outcomes, supporting more than 500 recruiters and over 100 hiring projects while enabling organizations of all sizes to hire top talent efficiently.

Permanent RecruitmentPayrolling/EORTotal Talent MgmtAll industriesManagement ConsultingLegalTechnical WritingProject ManagementGeneralist - white collar professionals

HQHamburg, Germany

Leading Operations

Leading Operations KG is an independent people and management consulting firm focused on executive search and specialist appointments, delivering tailored solutions that reflect the specific needs of each client. The firm supports organizations across the full lifecycle of a search, from the first advisory conversation and role scoping through targeted research, assessment, and selection to a sustainable, well-integrated placement. Known for reliability, fairness, and honesty, the team emphasizes long term partnerships built on professionalism and transparency, ensuring that both clients and candidates experience a respectful, insight led process. Its consultants combine deep market knowledge with a practical, hands on approach, integrating their personalities, commitment, and ideas to craft innovative and made to measure solutions. With strong expertise in executive search and specialized recruitment, Leading Operations applies rigorous needs analysis to translate business requirements into clear candidate profiles and credible search strategies that stand up to market reality. The firm aligns closely with stakeholders to define success criteria, calibrate talent pools, and manage each engagement as a structured project with disciplined communication, timeline control, and quality checkpoints. By uniting consulting discipline with recruiting execution, Leading Operations delivers outcomes that are not only fast and accurate but designed for durability, helping clients secure leaders and experts who drive measurable, long term value. Beyond filling roles, the firm offers advisory support around organization design, role definition, and decision making frameworks, enabling clients to strengthen hiring quality and reduce execution risk. Clients value its senior attention, transparent methods, and a principled commitment to doing what is right for both the business and the candidate, resulting in trusted relationships and placements that last.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsManagement ConsultingHuman ResourcesSenior ExecutivesGeneralist - white collar professionals

Elbhunter Personalberatung

Elbhunter Personalberatung is a Hamburg based recruitment consultancy and executive search partner that connects companies across Northern Germany with high caliber specialists and leaders. Operating as a brand of nexthunter GmbH, the firm focuses on quality driven, transparent search processes that save clients time and deliver sustainable hiring outcomes. Each year Elbhunter fills more than 50 vacancies spanning consulting, controlling, finance, research and development, human resources, information technology, marketing and sales, and production. Its consultants combine deep functional know how with strong sector insight in manufacturing, technology, and professional services, enabling them to translate business requirements into precise candidate profiles. Elbhunter manages the full hiring lifecycle when required, from thorough needs analysis and role scoping to crafting compelling job ads, market mapping, direct search and discreet outreach, structured interviews, and shortlisting with clear rationales. The team validates technical competencies and leadership behaviors, and places particular emphasis on cultural alignment to ensure long term success. Clients range from startups and mid sized companies to international groups with operations in Hamburg and the wider North Germany region. Well connected to a broad talent market and a curated candidate database, Elbhunter reaches both active and passive candidates who would not respond to job postings alone. Throughout every mandate, the firm provides frequent updates and actionable feedback so hiring managers always know search status, next steps, and risks. After selection, Elbhunter supports offer management and onboarding to help secure acceptance and accelerate ramp up. Whether building a critical function or hiring for a single leadership role up to the C suite, Elbhunter brings disciplined search methodology, personal accountability, and pragmatic market advice to deliver the right person, not just a shortlist.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentRPOAutomotiveAerospaceDefenseTelecommunicationsCloud ComputingTelecom

HQHamburg, Germany

CCG Classic Consult

CCG Classic Consult is a specialist recruitment and management consulting firm focused on IT and digital transformation, known for a hanseatic spirit of honesty, openness, and discretion. Acting as scouts in the IT and business world, the firm combines deep market knowledge with a human centered approach that values both qualifications and social competence. Its 360 degree offering spans executive search for leaders and experienced specialists, permanent placement across core business and technology roles, and agile project staffing of interim managers, freelancers, and complete teams. CCG Classic Consult also advises on workforce planning and development and provides coaching for both clients and candidates, helping individuals navigate career moves, refine applications, and build leadership capability. The team works nationally and internationally, conducts direct and discreet searches, leverages an established network, and meets candidates personally to validate skills, motivation, and cultural fit. Typical assignments cover IT and business consulting, project and product management, process and quality management, e commerce and business intelligence, software development, and finance and controlling. Industry strengths include software and cybersecurity, e commerce and retail, logistics and supply chain, banking and insurance, and energy and environmental businesses. Clients benefit from fast, pragmatic execution and transparent communication, while candidates gain a trusted partner who focuses on long term fit and sustainable success. Guided by the principle Business with Emotional Intelligence, CCG Classic Consult aligns each mandate to the specific goals of its clients, challenges assumptions where needed, and delivers shortlists that balance hard skills with empathy, leadership potential, and team impact. This boutique consultancy builds enduring partnerships, maintains strict confidentiality, and consistently connects organizations with the specialists and leaders who will move their projects and companies forward.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentContract StaffingSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceFreight ForwardingAirlines & AviationMaritime

HQHamburg, Germany

Five14

Five14 is an executive search consultancy focused on connecting organizations with leaders who can shape transformation in an era defined by digitalization and AI. Operating across industries and functions, the firm specializes in the targeted, discreet identification and engagement of C level executives, board members, and other mission critical leaders who combine technology fluency, cultural impact, and strategic foresight. Five14 delivers end to end executive search, from sharp role definition and market mapping to direct outreach, structured assessment, and offer management, with shortlists typically presented within four to six weeks. Beyond search, the firm assembles and strengthens advisory and supervisory boards with personalities who add measurable value as sparring partners and governance contributors. To help leaders succeed after hire, Five14 offers leadership development and executive coaching, including 1 to 1 coaching for high stakes transitions, bespoke leadership training developed with experienced partners, and personality and team diagnostics to inform both selection and development decisions. The firm also supports employer branding initiatives in cooperation with specialist partners to articulate compelling value propositions for top talent, and it provides a structured pre and onboarding journey designed to accelerate the first 100 days for new executives by building clarity, relationships, and early momentum. Five14 positions itself as a high touch, method driven partner that rejects a post and pray approach in favor of proactive, network led search conducted on equal footing with candidates. Its consultants emphasize integrity, clarity, and speed, combining rigorous evaluation with a modern, human centered candidate experience. Whether the brief is C suite, a growth critical specialist role, or the composition of a digital advisory board, Five14 focuses on impact hires who lead the shift in fast changing markets.

Exec Search & Interim MgmtPermanent RecruitmentSOW/ProjectsSoftware DevelopmentCybersecurityData ScienceAdvertisingJournalismGraphic Design

HQHamburg, Germany

CARSTEN PÄHLKE Personalmanagement

Carsten Paehlke Personalmanagement GmbH is a regional partner for career consulting, coaching, and direct placement of talent across Northern Germany, serving Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen, and the wider North. The firm combines more than 25 years of industry experience with certified quality, focusing on matching specialists and leaders with long term, permanent employment. Since July 2014, the company has been certified under SGB III - AZAV (subject areas 1 and 2), which qualifies it as an approved provider and recruiter under German employment promotion law and enables funding of its high quality career counseling via the Jobcenter and the Federal Employment Agency. For individuals, the portfolio spans career advice and coaching, leadership coaching, outplacement, the compact two hour Karriere-Kick, guidance for students and graduates, and mentoring, all designed to clarify goals, sharpen positioning, and accelerate job search outcomes. For employers, services include permanent recruitment (Personalvermittlung) of skilled professionals, apprentices, and executives, structured onboarding management, talent pool building, employee development, and outplacement programs that protect employer brand. The firm also offers comprehensive start up and small business advisory services, from business plan creation and financing and grants guidance to marketing and positioning, logo development, coaching and mentoring, viability certifications, and franchise support. Current vacancies advertised illustrate a broad functional reach, from customer support, sales, compliance and safety, and import and purchasing to software development and healthcare roles, reflecting a generalist white collar and leadership focus. Known for personal, professional, and targeted support, Carsten Paehlke Personalmanagement emphasizes transparent processes, close collaboration with public and private partners, and tailored solutions that align candidate potential with the concrete requirements of each role. The result is pragmatic, regionally rooted recruitment and consulting that delivers sustainable matches and measurable value for both candidates and companies.

Permanent RecruitmentExec Search & Interim MgmtRPOAll industriesManagement ConsultingLegalTechnical WritingProject ManagementGeneralist - white collar professionals

HQHenstedt-Ulzburg, 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

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