Recruiting developments 2025: Review and outlook for companies

Recruiting developments 2025 in retrospect: Skills shortage, AI, Candidate Experience & Outlook 2026. Read the most important insights now.
Recruiting for banks: Why interim recruiters are more successful than traditional headhunters

Banking recruitment is different: 3 structural barriers make every recruitment a challenge. VR-Bank case study shows how interim recruiting successfully filled 11 positions without commission pressure – with 40-60% cost savings compared to traditional headhunters.
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.
AI-First experience report: How we accelerated our recruiting process in 90 days

How we switched from remote-first to AI-first recruiting in 90 days, remapped processes in BPMN and reduced our time-to-hire by 30 percent. An honest experience report with quick wins, prompt library and KAi assistant – perfect for HR teams in SMEs.
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.