Björn fabian (Fabian) S.
Interim Manager
Experience
Interim Manager
Mittelständischer Personaldienstleister
- Led a team of 6 people, focused on recruiting IT specialists and managers for permanent roles
- Planned and ran workshops on classic recruiting topics like:
- Active sourcing and candidate outreach via XING Talent Manager and LinkedIn
- Interview techniques and question strategies
- Process management for successful recruiting
- Introduced and continuously improved existing recruiting processes and set up qualitative and quantitative process control standards
- Built a knowledge database and a process and client database
External Trainer
Führender Personaldienstleister
- Designed and repeatedly led the workshop “Process Management A to Z – How to Run a Successful Recruiting Process?”
- Developed a high-quality candidate journey for noticeably better results in a competitive candidate market
- Workshop topics:
- The A-Z of the recruiting process and its main branches
- Qualitative and procedural principles of process management in recruiting
- Ensuring success despite challenges
- Discussing and solving individual real-world examples
External Trainer
Personaldienstleister (KMU)
Internal Trainer
Führender Personaldienstleister
- Designed and repeatedly led the workshop “Process Management A to Z – How to Run a Successful Recruiting Process?”
- Workshop topics:
- The A-Z of the recruiting process and its main branches
- Qualitative and procedural principles of process management in recruiting
- Ensuring success despite challenges
- Discussing and solving individual real-world examples
Department Head/Senior Team Lead
Führender Personaldienstleister
- Operational (technical and disciplinary) leadership of a department with 2 managers and up to 14 employees, focused on recruiting IT specialists and managers for permanent roles
- Identified, selected, and trained internal staff with a recruiting focus
- Established a referral program to attract new internal talent
- Planned and ran workshops for up to 50 employees on topics like:
- Active sourcing and candidate outreach via XING Talent Manager and LinkedIn
- Interview techniques and question strategies
- Process management for successful recruiting
- Negotiation techniques for commercial basics
- Conducted annual performance reviews, development discussions, and goal-setting with direct reports
- Held regular feedback and guidance sessions, including follow-up measures (Coach the Coach)
- Continuously improved sales processes and set qualitative and quantitative process control standards, then rolled them out to various recruiting teams across Germany
- Introduced and implemented a department-wide process and client database
- Revenue planning, ongoing analysis, and actual vs. target comparisons with action plans
- Defined, monitored, and managed sales goals (e.g., activities, pipeline, net fees)
External HR Consultant
Einzelhandelskonzern
- Helped grow the company IT team from under 50 FTE to about 350 FTE
- Supported over 200 direct hires
- Filled roles and responsibilities similar to the previous project
External HR Consultant
- Independently ran over 150 successful IT recruiting processes
- Provided end-to-end consulting and management through to contract signing and onboarding
- Optimized recruiting processes by introducing process control tools to evaluate and improve recruit quality
- Served clients from SMEs to large corporations in retail, grocery retail, insurance, payment services, tourism, logistics, IT companies, IT service providers, and the automotive industry
- Placed roles such as IT supporter, administrator, engineer, project manager, PMO, security roles, architects, team and department leads, infrastructure managers, and IT directors
- Activities included:
- Prioritizing vacancies with HR and business units
- Advising HR and hiring managers on recruitment strategies
- Writing job ads and managing applicant tracking
- Active sourcing and quality-checking candidates through structured interviews
- Supporting and attending interviews
- Mediating offer negotiations between company and candidate
- Advising on education background, dress code, or remote work policies
- Setting up process control tools:
- Weekly structured evaluations and process discussions
- Establishing service-level agreements
- Recommendations to improve fill rates
- Escalation management when needed
University of Stirling
Master of Science in Sport Management, grade: 1.7
SRH Fernhochschule Riedlingen
Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration (part-time), grade: 2.4
Wirtschaftsgymnasium an der Lindenstraße
General university entrance qualification; major subjects: Business Administration and English, grade: 2.3
Summary
As an action- and communication-oriented HR consultant, my core skills can be summed up in the following areas:
With my experience growing a highly successful recruiting team from 1 FTE to 14 FTE, I’m happy to help you build an organization into a high-performing unit.
I’ve proven my ability to establish measurably successful recruiting processes many times. I’d love to help you shape your processes for the best possible candidate journey to ensure optimal recruiting results.
Having managed over 650 completed IT recruiting processes, I can reliably identify the key steps for a successful hire. I offer these skills to your recruiting team to fill your vacancies with confidence.
With more than 150 independent IT recruiting processes under my belt, I use my expertise to fill your roles through a professional process.
I’m happy to provide references on request, or you can take a first look at my LinkedIn profile once you receive this.
Do you have a specific request or questions? Feel free to contact me, and we’ll set up an initial discussion to see how I can help.
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Education
University of Stirling
Master of Science · Sport Management · Stirling, United Kingdom · 1.7
SRH Fernhochschule Riedlingen
Bachelor of Arts (part-time) · Business Administration · Riedlingen, Germany · 2.4
Wirtschaftsgymnasium an der Lindenstraße
General University Entrance Qualification; majors: Business Administration, English · Cologne, Germany · 2.3
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