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HEADHUNTER OF THE YEAR AWARD

division one has been nominated for the award “Headhunter of the Year.” In the supreme discipline, executive search, division one has been rated among the top 6 of personnel consulting firms in Germany. A high-class expert jury with representatives from the media, the economy, science and organizations evaluated all submissions by personnel consulting firms. The award ceremony takes place on June 1, 2017, in the Bayerischer Hof (Munich) in the context of a festive evening gala with ensuing afterparty.

The award "Headhunter of the Year" is presented for excellence in the following categories: candidate experience, client experience, best newcomer as well as for the supreme discipline ‘executive search.’ Personnel recruitment firms with a registered office in Germany were able to apply. The award is intended to acknowledge selected personnel consultancy firms’ high quality and professionality, to showcase the pioneers and to facilitate innovations within the personnel consulting industry.

To be your own boss, and yet live like a nomad.

To be your own boss, and yet live like a nomad. To face existential fear, and yet be able to be picky at times. To have to prove yourself regularly, and yet work for attractive daily rates.

A top manager of the company drops out overnight. How to react? Important ongoing projects need to be concluded soon, and there is no one in the company who has the necessary know-how or the needed resources. In such cases, interim managers offer the assistance to bridge the gap. Those, however, who think that an emergency is the only situation when to take on specialists on a temporary basis are quite mistaken. Although many interim managers have specialized in tackling restructuring projects and emergency situations, their assistance in reaching project goals that add value or increase productivity should not be underestimated.

Of course, an interim manager is a special kind of person. You have to enjoy continually hopping from project to project, always having to face new challenges, and needing to prove yourself regularly. As an interim manager, you need to exhibit an entrepreneurial mindset, you need to be decisive, prepared to take risks and you should always be on the lookout for new challenges.

Source: INTERIM MANAGEMENT MAGAZIN / 01-2017/ "Von der Festanstellung zum HR-Interim-Manager" von Björn Knothe)

Interim Managers – Sought-after Nomads

The interim manager is a special kind of person who enjoys moving from project to project, constantly asserting himself/herself. Those interested in this profession should have an entrepreneurial mindset and should, furthermore, possess characteristics such as decisiveness, readiness to assume risk and a constant interest in facing up to new challenges. Most of division one’s candidates are interim managers with many years of experience on the executive level. They are usually in their fourties to early sixties. Interim managers are as stress resistant and as much on the move as nomads. Interim management is a way of life. Taking this path is a deliberate decision against an occupational career.

Source: personalmagazin / 01-2017 / from Björn Knothe)

Why quit? Interim Managers Past the Age of 67

Rob Spaans is 67 years old. While many fellow managers of his age enjoy retirement on the golf course or in a sailing boat, the Dutchman takes care of the maritime and air transportation business of ITG, a German transport company. At the company locations in Amsterdam-Schiphol and Rotterdam, Mr. Spaans bears the responsibility for 70 employees. In many companies, however, a manager’s career usually ends at the age of 60. Is Spaans unable to let go? "Why should he do that?" Björn Knothe, CEO of division one, a recruitment provider from Stuttgart, Germany, asks. “Today, many executives past 60 are in a good physical shape and possess a maximum of experience,” Knothe explains. Michael Lanik can acknowledge this. Mr. Lanik is an interim manager of 68 years who also cooperates with division one. At the moment, he acts as the CRO of a medium-sized mechanical engineering company.

(Source: IHK Magazin / November / from Walter Beck)

Interim Managers – No Thought Wasted on Retirement

Retiring at the age of 63 is currently inconceivable for many. Today, Michal Lanik has turned 68. However, he is still working as a restructuring specialist and interim manager every day. The well-experienced manager and CRO cooperates with division one, a recruitment provider from Stuttgart, Germany. At the moment, Mr. Lanik is involved in a restructuring project at a mechanical engineering company. “I usually know many of the situations that may arise in a company,” Lanik says. “Most of the time, I know after the first meeting which direction to steer in. In such cases, expertise is important, but usually falls short.” Rob Spaans, 67 years old, is another interim manager who does not yet waste any thought on retiring. Read more (available only in German).

Socially committed 2016

division one receives the award "Socially Committed". division one took part in the application process for the annual event "HAPPY DAY". In 2011, together with the St. Joseph's Children's Center in Stuttgart, division one initiated this joint event. The aim is for children and young people who live there in different groups to be removed from their – often very demanding – everyday life. With 307 applications, in its tenth year the SME award again reached a new participation record. "We are doing very well and we want give back a little bit," says Björn Knothe, the CEO of the Stuttgart HR consulting firm division one. This is the basic idea behind the annual event HAPPY DAY.

Are Recruitment Consultancies Threatened by Digitalization?

Not at all! After all, only professional recruitment consultancies can conduct a successful candidate search at the top level. However, the recruitment market is in motion: Since profiles of professionals are more or less freely available to anybody on the internet, many players as well as employers feel called to become recruiters or personnel consultants themselves. What, then, is left of classical recruitment consultancy? At a round table conference, renowned recruitment consultancy firms such as division one, Kienbaum or KornFerry have discussed the recruitment industry’s current development.

Steam Engine or Industry 4.0 – How fit are you really?

Where exactly do we stand on our way to industry 4.0, and what are the obstacles and dangers? We have talked about this issue with Dr. Moritz Hämmerle, Head of Competence Team Production Excellence at the Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart. Find the complete interview here (available only in German)

Personal Positioning – This is how you develop your own brand

Having an own brand is a crucial factor in your aim to stand out from the crowd, to become more visible than your competitors, to attract desired potential customers and to achieve higher prices and fees – be it online or offline. In order to attain these, it is necessary to find a unique position in line with market conditions. Well-defined objectives and a suitable strategy are also important. Equally significant: implementing the necessary steps and measures consistently to reach your goal.

In order to shed light on this topic, the DDIM.regional // Baden-Württemberg has invited Torsten Koerting – as a project manager as well as an interim manager, Mr. Koerting has focused strictly on turnaround projects and accordingly on projects that have run into difficulties. At the same time, he has worked intensely at positioning himself as an expert in public and on the media.

(Picture: Max Kovalenko)

TOP Consultant 2016

division one ranks among the best recruitment consultancy firms in Germany and was therefore awarded the seal „TOP CONSULTANT 2016.“ For the seventh time, this seal honors consultancy services of exceptional quality. Christian Wulff, former Federal President of Germany, congratulated the company representatives in his role as ‘Mentor des Beratervergleichs’ (mentor of consultant comparing) at the 3. Deutschen Mittelstands-Summit (3^rd German Summit of Medium-Sized Businesses) in Essen.

Björn Knothe, CEO of division one, said about the award: “We are very proud of being certified such a high level of professionalism during mandate implementation directly by our customer. The result of the survey clearly shows that satisfied customers expect more than the common standards!”

(Picture: KD Busch/compamedia)

Among the TOP of Germans Executives

For the third time in a row, division one has been confirmed to be among the best executive search companies in Germany.The renowned news magazine Focus determined this in a large “Salary & Career” special. More than 900executives from the human resources departments of companies located throughout Germany took part in the survey that was carried out jointly with the networking portal Xing. division onewas selected from more than 2,000 competitors in the German market and ranked among the top of German executive search firms

Personal preference may no longer be the decisive factor

Volkmar Denner’s venture has attracted quite a lot of attention. Last year, some have even called the CEO of Bosch a visionary. The reason for this was Denner’s announcement to rethink the technology group’s bonus payments for executives. Individual bonuses are now a relic of Bosch‘s past. More often than not, small and medium-sized businesses have also taken up variable income models. Björn Knothe, recruitment consultant and CEO of division one, is convinced that this trend is going to continue. In his opinion, the variable amount is likely to comprise about 30 % of an average sales representative’s annual income. In order to prevent excesses in this respect, recruitment consultant Knothe is of the opinion that the following ought to be observed: “Companies need to establish a reasonable and fair system for variable remuneration in order to ensure an equal treatment rather than making unfounded payment decisions according to personal preference.” (available only in german)

(Source: Wirtschaftszeitung Baden-Württemberg/Issue 02/2016 / Oliver Schmale)

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