Recruiting for mid-sized industrial businesses

Fill critical roles.
Strengthen your recruiting.

The right people for your business. And recruiting capabilities that help you move forward.

I help industrial businesses fill technical specialist and leadership roles and build recruiting expertise within their own teams.

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At home in mid-sized industry

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Your starting point

One vacancy.
Many consequences.

When a key role stays vacant, more than one person is missing. Projects wait. Managers step in. Day-to-day work leaves little time for the search.

You may already be advertising. You may be receiving applications, but not from the right people. What matters is finding the bottleneck: access to the market, the role profile or the recruiting process.

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Two approaches. Your needs come first.

Fill a role today.
Be better prepared tomorrow.

Fill a current vacancy or develop your own recruiting capabilities: we start where your business needs support.

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For your next key hire

Direct Search

The right people are often already in a role. I map the relevant market, approach people directly and support the process through to a decision.

  • Role profile and search strategy
  • Personal, discreet outreach
  • Clear, well-founded candidate presentations
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For expertise that stays with your team

Recruiting Enablement

We improve recruiting through your actual work: with clear processes, relevant outreach and methods your team can use independently.

  • Clear roles, processes and responsibilities
  • Sourcing and practical AI applications
  • Templates and knowledge for your team
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The two work together.

We can use a current search to build your internal recruiting capabilities at the same time.

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Access to the candidate market

The right person
may not be
looking.

Job adverts mainly reach people who are already looking. Many experienced specialists and leaders are in a role and only consider a move when someone approaches them personally.

The role profile informs a focused search. Relevant people are identified and approached personally.

Your business
Actively looking
Open to a good conversation
In a role. Not actively looking.
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Working together

A clear process.
One point of contact.

You work directly with me. We agree on what is needed, who contributes what and how we review progress.

  1. 01

    Understand the starting point

    Which role is critical? What have you tried? We discuss the market, expectations and internal capacity.

  2. 02

    Agree on the approach

    We agree on objectives, scope and responsibilities to match your needs.

  3. 03

    Put it into practice together

    Direct outreach, candidate conversations or work on your recruiting processes, with regular updates.

  4. 04

    Share the knowledge

    Insights, templates and next steps are documented so your team can continue using them.

Stefan Janzen, founder of B:REX
Stefan Janzen · Founder of B:REX

Your point of contact

Understand technology.
Connect with people.

I am Stefan Janzen. I have worked in recruiting for more than seven years, particularly where technical requirements and people need to fit.

With B:REX, I combine the search for technical specialists and leaders with the development of internal recruiting expertise. My experience covers engineering and technical sales.

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Good to know

Before our first
conversation.

When does Direct Search make sense?

When an important role is vacant and your existing channels are not reaching the right people. In our initial conversation, we look at the role, the market and your search so far.

Do we need an existing recruiting team?

Not necessarily. What matters is who handles recruiting today and what capacity is available. We adapt the scope and way of working accordingly.

Can we start with a single role?

Yes. A specific role can be a useful starting point, either as a search assignment or as a practical case for improving processes and outreach.

How do you use AI?

To support specific tasks, such as structuring information and developing outreach. Professional judgement and decisions remain a human responsibility.

The next step

Where does your
recruiting stand today?

Tell me about the role you need to fill or where your recruiting needs support. Together, we will work out the right approach.

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