Recruiting goes up and down, says Henrik Zaborowski. The expert, who is sought after in talent management, observes up close how the economic waves affect the protagonists. One remembers the overheated market situation three or four years ago: “Back then, a number of recruiters decided to become self-employed in order to earn a lot of money.”
Today, however, in the middle of the crisis, a job that is subject to social security offers at least a somewhat safe haven. This also applies to headhunters who are paid monthly by a personnel consulting firm for their work. However, they work more success-based than in-house recruiters. Because their orders have been decreasing for some time, says Jürgen Seifert, partner at the personnel consultancy Pilz und Seifert, which specializes in logistics, and former HR manager at TNT Express, many of them are now looking for financial security. “That’s also the most obvious reason to switch to in-house recruiting.”
