Welcome to WERNTGES EXECUTIVE SEARCH
Reliably staffing key and management positions
Interviews
Professional personnel search
for industrial & Technology companies
Software, IT and business consultancies
IT & digitalization
technology
ABOUT US
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HR consulting at the cutting edge:
Since 2018 I have been filling key and management positions with a focus on IT & digitalization and technology topics. My long-standing clients include consulting companies with a focus on IT consulting, strategy or technology as well as medium-sized and large industrial and energy companies that need top personnel in the midst of digital transformation processes.
I also increasingly work for tech start-ups and support C-level and founders in the growth phase as a “sparring partner”.
With a clear search strategy, methodical approach and the involvement of my own networkI would like to gain access to top candidates in your industry. The primary goal is to fill your vacancy sustainably.
After a comprehensive briefing and understanding of your business case, you can join 3-5 selected and (pre)qualified candidates within a few weeks calculate. We accompany and manage your personnel search until the position is successfully filled.
The occupation usually takes place within 3 months.
I would be happy to tell you about the success stories when you get to know us personally and advise you on how I can best support you on your way to successfully filling the position.
Maurice Werntges-Gaplanyan - Executive Search with passion
Selecting and approaching managers requires sensitivity and experience. The quality of the first contact determines whether the candidate react or not. You can enter into further discussions. Since 15 For years, my profession has been finding the right personalities and solutions for my clients.
SERVICES
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The most successful method of filling demanding positions is still executive search. What HR consultancies have been optimizing with direct search for decades is now often referred to as “active sourcing”, enriched by digital channels and tools.
In principle, it is about addressing actively, but especially passively searching candidates who cannot be reached through job advertisements these days according to the motto "Post & Pray". A modern executive search consultant today uses different means and defines the most suitable channels for identifying and approaching target candidates. These channels are intelligently interlinked and enriched by digital processes and tools. We also use these.
Today, the supreme discipline of successful headhunting is no longer findability, but rather attracting the desired candidates. And this is where the right identification separates the wheat from the chaff in our industry.
Years of experience in reaching out to C-level and working with decision-makers in your industry help me enormously. I understand what is important to you and what “language” the desired candidates speak: trustworthy, at eye level, goal-oriented. I carry out all searches successfully myself and therefore only take on a limited number of search projects at the same time.
Thanks to my close network of trustworthy cooperation partners in related disciplines such as (IT) project business, interim management or personnel development/diagnostics, we can also enrich our service in a modular manner.
Which services does the collaboration include?
I only work according to a prior mandate and define first a search strategy. I will make what I will do for you transparent throughout the entire project. Essentially, the approach is based on the following search process:
Which fee models are available?
I don't work based on a percent-basis and not on a success basis. You can find out which fee model I consider to be customer-oriented and for what reasons in this blog post
Professional Search
Specialist positions/specialists
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(Senior) Consultants
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Project managers
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Young managers
Executive search
leadership positions
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Lead consultant and Teamleads
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Department heads
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Division managers
Top Executive Search
C LEVEL
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CEO, COO, CDO, CIO, CFO, CHRO
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Boards of Directors
Maurice Werntges
Career & Mission – Excellence first
During my business studies in Iserlohn and London, I began to deal intensively with the topic of recruiting top personnel. The shortage of skilled workers was one of my central topics. I was particularly fascinated by the world of headhunting. I was given the opportunity early on to gain experience in executive research at Delta Management Consultants, which is still one of the top 10 human resources consultancies in Germany.
It then made sense to enter the industry:
In the following years I worked as a consultant and later as a team leader at a large international recruitment agency, where I played a key role in building up the business unit for the recruitment of technical specialists and managers in Düsseldorf. Afterwards I moved to beautiful Hamburg for both my professional and private life.
Digital competence and industry understanding
After another position as an executive search consultant at an established Hamburg executive search consultancy GET AHEAD, I moved to a specialized IT consultancy with a focus on the digital workplace in 2014. In 2020, I was responsible for business development of an IT company network with 130 member companies and initiated framework contractual partnerships for digital projects with major customers.
I deliberately chose this change of sides in order to be able to delve even deeper into the topics of digitalization and pass on this knowledge.
I have been providing my expertise since 2018 as an entrepreneur with a focus on professional & Executive Search continues. Working in partnership, I support you reliably and sustainably in filling your key and management positions.
In my private life, I spend as much time as possible with my family in beautiful Hamburg. I love good food, cooking, traveling and reading inspiring books.
The search process
A precise understanding of the requirements profile, the underlying business case for the vacancy and a precise search strategy are the cornerstones of the search process. I I would like to understand you and your company in detail: I take the time to do this and work with you to develop the search profile in a structured manner. In addition to the hard and soft facts that you want, another important building block is elaborating on the advantages of the function, your added value as an employer and your career prospects.
Briefing
Search strategy
After completing the search profile, the search strategy is defined. This differs depending on your industry environment, the region and the requirements for the function. In many, but not all, of our searches, I work with a target company list, an extract from those companies in which we suspect potential candidates: Points of clarification in advance include:
1. Does the role require experience in your specific industry environment?
2. Does the economic area offer enough potential or does the search have to be done nationally?
3. Are there any “blocking notices” when contacting you, e.g. due to collaborations or customer relationships?
Ident & speech
The next step is to find suitable candidates - the so-called "Ident" and the approach. Here I first assess the professional and personal suitability as well as the interest in changing and quickly try to generate curiosity for the vacancy. This selection creates the longlist, which will be further narrowed down in the next phase.
Interviews
I conduct structured telephone or video interviews with candidates who were convincing in the initial approach. In addition to personal and professional suitability, I check all necessary conditions, including salary requirements, motivation to change and, if necessary, willingness to move and travel. I then narrow down the circle of eligible candidates based on the target company list until I am convinced that I can generate a shortlist from which 3-5 precisely pre-qualified candidate profiles can usually be presented to you during the search.
presentation
You will receive the results of our search and selection process on a digital platform provided specifically for you. You receive ongoing insight into the status of the search and use digitally supported processes to control communication and the progress of projects. Depending on the complexity of the project, you can expect the first, concrete results after just 2-4 weeks.