Sales Headhunter 2025: How companies find the right sales executives
Sales Recruiting 2025: Why sales headhunters are indispensable for companies – and how executive search in sales helps to fill top management positions quickly and precisely.
Finance Finding managers with AI expertise
FinTechs in transition: Why AI will not replace the CFO, but requires new skills. Which finance managers are needed now – and how to find them.
Remote work as a recruiting booster – experiences from the Kooku team
Recruiter Nadine explains how remote working from Cyprus has changed her everyday working life and what companies can learn from this model.
Leadership in transition, part 3: Flexible financial management for FinTechs – Fractional, Interim & Professionalization
Which finance profiles does Buy & Build need? Insights on M&A, CFO leadership and PE growth – from the executive search for FinTech scaleups.
Leadership in transition, part 2: Buy & build in FinTech – which financial profiles count now
Which finance profiles does Buy & Build need? Insights on M&A, CFO leadership and PE growth – from the executive search for FinTech scaleups.
Leadership in transition, part 1: What FinTechs need in terms of leadership now.
The party is over. After years of hyper-growth, many FinTechs are facing a reality check: profitability, governance and resilient structures are coming into focus. Leading in finance today requires not only vision, but also strength of implementation – especially in an environment that is simultaneously becoming more regulated and more technical.
Now official: Kooku X Finance – specialized headhunting service for finance leads.
Jan Pautsch explains his career change from product and design recruiting to digital finance headhunting. Due to new market conditions, such as increasing regulatory requirements and the digital transformation, there was a high demand for finance specialists and managers. Today at Kooku X, he focuses on the placement of CFOs and transformation specialists, relying on proven, structured recruiting processes and always working in a solution-oriented manner.
LinkedIn and AI: How artificial intelligence can revolutionize active sourcing
Will AI soon replace active sourcing? LinkedIn and Microsoft have the potential to revolutionize recruiting with an AI-driven robo-recruiter. But why is this opportunity not being seized? Find out more about the opportunities, risks and the future of AI headhunting.
Design in Transition: Part 3 – The growing role of ICs and fractional leads
In this blog post, Jan Pautsch, Director of Kooku X, sheds light on the increasing importance of Individual Contributors (ICs) and Fractional Leads in modern design organizations. He discusses how flexible models and the reduction of management positions are strengthening the role of ICs and the challenges this poses for long-term innovation. It also analyzes the role of fractional design leadership as a flexible solution for growing companies.
Design in Transition: Part 2 – Challenges in leading product design teams
In this blog post, Jan Pautsch, Director of Kooku X, analyzes the challenges of design leadership. He emphasizes how a lack of expertise and diversity in leadership positions can affect the strategic direction and innovative power of design teams. It also highlights the importance of gender equality in leadership to avoid blind spots and promote diverse perspectives.
