FAQ – IT Recruiting
How is collaboration billed, and what contract models are available?
We work on a success-fee basis – you only pay upon a successful placement.
For permanent positions, a one-time fee is due upon contract signing.
For project or interim assignments, we invoice monthly based on effort.
Specific conditions are defined in the placement or service contract.
How is confidentiality ensured?
All information is treated with absolute confidentiality.
Your data will only be shared with your consent and processed in accordance with the DSGVO.
What happens if a candidate turns out not to be the right fit?
If employment is terminated within the first three months,
we will find a replacement candidate free of charge – quickly and without complications.
How does empiricus verify qualifications and references?
We conduct structured interviews and carefully check project experience, certifications, and references.
Our consultants come from the IT field themselves and know what matters in technical and leadership roles.
This ensures high precision in matching and low turnover.
How does collaboration with empiricus work?
We start by analyzing your specific needs and defining the requirements profile together.
We then actively approach candidates, review qualifications, and publish targeted job postings.
We present suitable profiles centrally via our Client Extranet, where you can select candidates directly.
If desired, we also handle interview scheduling.
After contract signing, we remain at your side until the end of the probationary period for ongoing support.
What distinguishes empiricus from other recruitment firms?
We see ourselves as a long-term partner, not just an intermediary.
For us, successful recruitment means more than matching skills – it’s about people, values, and sustainable collaboration.
Our consultants come from the IT industry and accompany decision-makers with experience, openness, and an instinct for fit and potential.
We identify IT specialists, sales professionals, and leaders for all levels, up to executive management.
Learn more about us on the Our Team page.
What are the advantages of working with empiricus as an IT recruiting agency?
When you entrust us with the direct placement of IT specialists, sales professionals, or executives, or with the assignment of IT professionals for projects, you save both time and cost.
As a specialized IT recruiting agency, we support you throughout the entire recruitment process – from needs analysis to successful placement.
We know the IT industry from personal experience. Our approach is professionally sound, people-focused, and results-oriented.
We only introduce suitable candidates and personally accompany you through the entire process.
FAQ – Executive Advisory & Leadership
Is there an initial contact or a get-to-know-you conversation?
Yes. Before working together, we offer a non-binding initial conversation. In it, we clarify your concerns, expectations, and framework conditions, and assess whether a collaboration makes sense. Especially at executive level, it is crucial that working style, mindset and personal fit a
How is transfer into everyday leadership ensured?
Transfer happens when development starts from real leadership challenges within your organization - not from theoretical case studies. That’s why concrete situations from leadership, collaboration and decision-making are addressed and brought back into everyday work. This way, leadership is not just “talked about,” but becomes practically effective step by step.
What is Leadership Development, and how does it differ from training?
Leadership Development is a structured development process that strengthens leadership over the long term - individually and within the leadership team, embedded in the organizational context. Unlike training, it is not about one-off knowledge transfer, but about connecting mindset, role, and behavior in day-to-day practice. The focus is on sustainable effectiveness - especially in change, growth, and increasing complexity.
Not included (scope):
No off-the-shelf standard seminar, no pure theory, no “initiative fireworks” without real transfer.
What does a sparring session look like in practice?
In Executive Sparring, you bring a concrete question - often a strategic decision, a complex situation or a sensitive constellation. In the conversation, thought patterns are challenged, options are compared in a structured way and consequences are made explicit. The goal is to gain clarity about your options for action and the implications of decisions.
Not included (scope):
No “I decide for you” operational consulting, no implementation within the company, no internal politics.
How does Executive Coaching differ from Executive Sparring?
Executive Coaching places stronger emphasis on self-leadership, role clarity, and impact - how you think, decide, and act as a leader. Executive Sparring is more decision- and strategy-oriented: in dialogue, options are explored, assumptions are tested and consequences are made visible. Both formats are confidential - the difference is the focus: personal development (coaching) vs. decision clarity (sparring).
What is Executive Coaching for Managing Directors and Board Members?
Executive Coaching is an individual, confidential support format for senior executives. The focus is on clarifying your role, priorities, decision-making scope and personal effectiveness in everyday leadership. It is not about ready-made solutions, but about making sound decisions that fit the person and the situation.
Not included (scope):
No training, no “recipes,” no taking over operational decisions.
