FAQ – Companies
FAQ – IT Recruiting
How is collaboration billed, and what contract models are available?
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 engage us to directly recruit IT specialists, sales staff or executives, or to source IT professionals for projects, you save time and money.
As a specialist IT recruitment consultancy, we support you throughout the entire recruitment process and beyond – from needs analysis to successful placement.
We know the IT sector from our own experience. Our approach is professionally sound, personable and delivers efficient results.
We only introduce you to suitable candidates and guide you personally through the entire process.
FAQ – Executive Advisory & Leadership
Is there an initial contact or a get-to-know-you conversation?
Yes. Before we begin working together, we hold an initial, no-obligation consultation.
During this meeting, we clarify your concerns, expectations and the overall context, and assess whether working together would be a good fit.
Particularly at executive level, it is crucial that our working styles, attitudes and personal chemistry are a good match.
How is transfer into everyday leadership ensured?
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.