Mathias Kress

Interim Recruiter und Headhunter

Lohmar, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

What does it feel like to be present? To be here in the now and fully experiencing this moment. Free from any weight of the past or any anticipation of the future. Just free. Free to realize that only you can control how you feel. About anything. Free to see things for what they are and free to give your time and energy to what really matters. Accept the fact that everything that makes up your world is there because you attracted it with your own thoughts. Realize that you can control your thoughts and emotions. There’s no big secret. Just choose to think better feeling thoughts. Listen to your emotions and chose to feel good. You can decide to be in a place of attraction and abundance. What do you want to do in your life? What makes you tick? What makes you feel awe? Don’t be misled into thinking that you’re supposed to do anything. You are supposed to do only what you chose to do. The world is vast and full of possibilities. Follow your bliss. Get out of your comfort zone. Stop looking for reasons why you can’t and look for reasons why you can.

Experience

  • General Manager at Cassava Software Engineering España, SL
    Jun 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo

    https://www.cassava-software.com

  • Interim Recruiter / Interim HR Manager at Recruitment Consultation
    Oct 2009 - Present · 16 yrs 9 mos

    - Collaborate with the customers regard­ing personnel requirements, create quali­fi­ca­tion profiles and determine suitable re­crui­ting channels - Place job ads and contact potential can­di­dates - Contact for applicants, colleagues, depart­ments and management in all matters con­cerning selection processes - Clients: Allgeier, Amazon, AXA, Birkenstock, Zalando etc. - Applicant management - Initial application screening, conduct tele­phone interviews and applicant interviews - Analyse the recruiting success and derive appropriate measures - General assistance in HR operative pro­cesses

  • Head of Recruitment & Employer Branding at CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA
    Nov 2015 - Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    - Setup and scale the HR in-house recruiting team - Create and develop Seerene‘s talent brand story in order to attract top global talent - Find and source candidates internally as well as work with internal stakeholders, management and external headhunters - Define the recruiting strategy and -execution to meet company hiring objectives and hiring plans - Define the employee branding strategy and own its execution - Help to attract and sign top talent across all departments (sales, development, product management, finance, HR etc) and within our headquarter Koblenz (Germany) and regional regional headquarters (USA, South Africa, Malaysia, Singapore, Tukey, Saudi Arabia and Europe) - Own the full recruiting process from sourcing, interviewing, analyzing responses, verifying references to employee onboarding

  • Director of Human Resources at Buhl Data Service GmbH
    Feb 2011 - Oct 2015 · 4 yrs 9 mos

    - alleinverantwortliche operative und strategische HR-Betreuung für die Gruppe (europaweit, ca. 700 MA), in allen personalwirtschaftlichen Belangen - Begleitung der Performance Reviews, Talent Management und Succession Planning - weltweites Recruitment - AP für das Tochter-Management, in allen Angelegenheiten wie Rekruting, Training, Leadership Development sowie Arbeitsrecht, Compensation und Benefits - Leitung diverser HR-Projekte, Personalreporting & -controlling - Organisations- & Personalentwicklung