Kooku Recruiting Partners - Our Team

The full-service recruiting specialists for interim recruiting, recruitment on demand & recruitment consulting.

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We help companies grow fast and healthy!

Our mission: Kooku wants to create a working world that is worth living in for everyone. For this, we go the extra mile – without detours.

We are the first point of contact for our partners when it comes to attracting and retaining suitable candidates and positively developing their corporate culture.

We love what we do - and we are proud of our team!

More about Mathias

Mathias Mengel is the brains behind Kooku Recruiting Partners. As a specialist in recruiting topics with a focus on IT, he is the first point of contact for all questions relating to recruiting processes and digitization in the company. As an early adopter, he is always open to discussing current trends in these areas and ensures that Kooku’s processes remain lean and efficient as the company continues to grow.

More about Josefine

After studying psychology, Josefine went through a classic recruiting career at several well-known companies. Today, her heart beats for the perfect fit between our clients and Kooku Recruiting Consultants. Her mission is to build long-term and successful relationships with our partners. To achieve this, high quality and innovation of our services is particularly important to her.

More about Jan

Jan specializes in Executive & Expert Search in Finance, Product and Design. He advises scale-ups, PE-related companies and SMEs in transformation phases – from CFO and interim finance roles to leadership positions in product and innovation. Previously, he managed the German office of an international recruiting boutique and was himself an executive in the digital industry for many years. His work combines systemic thinking, market knowledge and a clear sense of cultural fit.

More about Martin

Martin brings more than ten years of tech and non-tech recruiting experience to the table, has already international Recruiting teams established as well as managed, is MCSA BI Reporting certifiziert and supports us internal im range Data Engineering, Analytics and reportg (Business– Recruiting– & HR– Data).

More about Christin

Christin stands out for her versatility and curiosity. Through her training in Systemic Coaching, she emphasizes change and growth with clients. As a passionate Team & Project Lead with expertise in recruiting, coaching, marketing and customer care, she focuses on authenticity, creativity and hands-on mentality.

More about Jan

Jan has a background in Information Systems and more than 5 years of experience in tech and non-tech recruiting for small startups to corporate clients. He has solid technical knowledge and process experience in setting up and managing various applicant management systems.

Occupied positions in the focus area:

Corporate, Enterprise and Large Enterprise Account Executives
Customer Success Manager
Software Engineers
Frontend and backend developer
SRE
DevOps

More about Nina

Nina supports the Kooku Business Recruiting team remotely from kick-off to hire in RoD and interim projects. With many years of sales and HR experience in the financial sector and a passion for people and culture, she designs the right recruiting strategy together with our partners. With joy, sensitivity and persuasiveness, she creates ideal connections.

Occupied positions in the focus area:

Banking & Financial Services (m/f/d)
(real estate valuation, private clients, corporate clients, financing, private banking, lending, controlling)
Sales, Marketing & Performance (m/f/d)
(Performance Marketing, Content, Leadership)
HR & Organization (m/f/d)
(People & Culture, Learning & Development, Finance Operations, Project Management)
Insurance & Associations (m/f/d)
(law, politics, communication, scientific functions)

More about Phil

Phil studied business administration and psychology and combines his interdisciplinary expertise in consulting with his clients. He brings experience from in-house talent acquisition and has also acted as a service provider in a consulting capacity in the area of human resources. Phil specializes in the areas of: (online) marketing & sales, e-commerce, business development & HR. He brings knowledge from aptitude diagnostics and has been advising individuals in private and professional concerns for several years. With regard to the perfect fit, in addition to the professional suitability of the person, the interpersonal component is particularly important to him.

Occupied positions in the focus area:

(Sr.) Consultants – Restructuring & Turnaround, Managers – Restructuring & Turnaround
Head of HR, HR Business Partner, HR Generalist
Performance Marketing Manager, SEO/SEA Manager, Head of Marketing & Communication
(Sr.) Consultants – Restructuring & Turnaround, Managers – Restructuring & Turnaround, (Sr.) Consultants – Debt Advisory
Account Executive, (Key) Account Manager, Head of Business Development (B2B)

More about Philipp

Philipp is an HR consultant from head to toe. Having worked with hundreds of companies and project partners over the past few years, he has gained an important insight into the challenges faced by employers and the solutions that can be used to build a strong and sustainable employer brand in times of acute staff shortages.

At Kooku, Philipp is also responsible for the design and further development of efficient and solution-oriented recruiting processes.

Occupied positions in the focus area:

Key Account Manager
Sales Director
Managing Director
Project engineers

More about Ingo

As an all-round talent, Ingo is responsible for IT and internal recruiting. In addition to his specialization in active sourcing, he develops new automation processes at Kooku Recruiting Partners.

More about Anika

Anika is a Recruiting Marketing Specialist at Kooku. She studied Business Administration with a major in Marketing and brings experience from online marketing, especially in performance marketing. Anika enjoys the collaboration and constant exchange within the team and wants to use her skills to support Kooku in the best possible way.

More about Annika

Annika brings several years of experience from generalist HR management, employer branding and tech recruiting. Her passion is to capture the personality, interests and motivation to change of talents and to convert them into tailor-made candidate communication. With proactivity, sensitivity and persuasiveness, she successfully connects with top candidates.

More about Nadine

Nadine has a background as an in-house recruiter and has gained experience in various environments, from start-ups to Big Four. Her focus at Kooku is particularly on recruiting personnel for the renewable energy and sustainability sectors.

Occupied positions in the focus area:

Electrical Engineers & Technical Purchasers (m/f/d)
Project developers, project engineers & project managers (m/f/d) (grid connection, power engineering, electrical engineering, construction)
Surveyors & experts (m/f/d) for wind turbines
Management, Technology & Risk Consultants (m/f/d)

More about Lisa

As a Recruiting Specialist, Lisa brings her intercultural communication and people skills to the team, which she acquired during her time as a flight attendant and during her psychology studies. Respectful, transparent interaction with and between candidates and clients is particularly important to her in helping to shape a life worthy working environment.

More about Sonja

As a Recruiting Specialist, Sonja brings with her extensive strategic knowledge from her Master’s degree in Business Education.

With practical experience in various HR areas, from in-house recruiting to global HR strategy and learning & development, she brings diverse and international perspectives to the team. When dealing with candidates and customers, it is important to her to show appreciation and to interact as equals in order to create a working environment worth living in for everyone.

More about Khizar

Driving innovation with heart and code – I am a dedicated member of the Kookuteam and focus on IT development and the Dashr project. With a passion for technology and creativity, I bring a fresh perspective and enthusiasm to every task, adding value to the business and always looking for new challenges and adventures.

More about Nina

Nina has a degree in social pedagogy. She is the good soul of the company and takes care of all our employees’ needs in the People & Culture department. She makes a significant contribution to our mission of creating a working environment that is worth living in for everyone.

More about Juliette

As a Recruiting Associate, Juliette brings in-depth intercultural knowledge and communicative strength to the team. Her Master’s degree in Cross-Cultural Communication Management and experience in in-house recruiting for the SaaS sector and Learning & Development for Sales give her a holistic view of HR processes. She is particularly motivated by supporting people in their professional development and creating sustainable added value in the process. When dealing with candidates and colleagues, she attaches great importance to a respectful and appreciative exchange.

More about you

E-mail: jobs@kooku.de

Get in touch with us now and become part of our team of professional recruiters who not only care about interim recruiting and recruiting consulting, but also enjoy working together. Our mission is to create a working world that is worth living in for everyone – and we start with us! See for yourself and talk to our team. Send us your introduction to: https://kooku.jobs.personio.de

The values of Kooku Recruiting Partners

Transparency – Through professional and transparent cooperation, we lay the foundation for open and long-term collaboration.

Empathy – With empathy, we create mutual understanding, human interaction and promote cohesion.

At eye level – With us, everyone is heard! For us, this is a basic attitude that not only puts a stop to hierarchical structures, but also promotes innovation.

Ownership – Together we own it, together we run it! – Everyone at our company gives their best, and together we stand for efficient processes and high-quality results.

Joy of working together – We love what we do! Through joy and lightness, we create positive connections together every day.

Topics from our recruiting blog that we regularly deal with

What Serendipity has to
Social Media Recruiting
Social Media Recruiting

Unexpectedly finding something you weren't even looking for: that's the principle of serendipity. Some of mankinds greatest discoveries are based on this principle. There are many examples where, in search of something specific, something completely different was found, here are two of the most famous: The Genoese Christopher Columbus sets out on behalf of the Queen of Spain to find the sea route to India, only to take a wrong turn on the Atlantic and in 1492 the "New World" [...].

Are you struggling
finding a job you
desire?

Then we highly encourage you to read our blog post. We talk about job orientation and finding the job that you desire. Who are we? Kooku Recruiting Partners is a recruiting agency based in Berlin. We support our clients in finding talents, establishing HR processes, and grow a company. On daily bases we align with candidates through interviews and on the other side, we are in contact with our clients. Our job is connecting people [...]

Equality at the
workplace

How equality succeeds in the workplace Equality is about treating people fairly regardless of gender, disability, religion, nationality, sexual orientation or age. In the workplace, equality means ensuring that people have equal opportunities and equal pay. Moreover, it means also be accepted for their differences. Diversity in the company and the consequences Equality in the workplace has existed since women entered the labor market. Companies cannot afford, due to the ever-changing environment, to keep qualified women [...]

Corporate values:
The colorful diversity at
Kooku

The colorful diversity at Kooku The month of June is the official month of the Pride and Inclusion theme. At Kooku, we are very happy to see this topic getting more attention. In daily business, it often happens that in all the stress, company values take second place. In this context, the so-called Company Culture, which is based on the corporate values, has a major influence on the success of the company. At Kooku, values are capitalized and determine the daily cooperation, both in the team, [...]

#GenerationZ:
Challenges and
chances for the
Labor market

When you think of Generation Z, you probably first think of smartphones, Instagram, selfies and Netflix. But this generation has much more to offer and is the future of the labor market. Despite all their potential, however, they also present many companies with major challenges. Generation Z is the term used to describe the generation born around the turn of the millennium and later. The starting year varies between 1995 and 2010, depending on the criteria applied. The most important feature of the [...]

Generations-
Management:
Only together
you are strong

The demands of the labor market are becoming increasingly complex: parts of the workforce are retiring later and later, while some new entrants are younger than they have been for a long time. Without an appropriate corporate structure, chaos and conflicts are pre-programmed. This makes well-developed generation management all the more important. In 2019, LinkedIn conducted a survey of 7,089 HR professionals and HR decision makers. 89% of respondents said they believe a multigenerational workforce makes companies more successful. For this there are [...]

Cover letter.
No longer up to date,
or is it?

Many companies and recruiters nowadays do not require a cover letter. Too many empty phrases, too time-consuming, not meaningful enough. But this approach is still not without controversy. Therefore, the question arises: cover letter yes or no? Deutsche Bahn has shown the way. Since mid-2018, the company has waived the requirement to submit a cover letter. The reason: Deutsche Bahn wants to recruit more than 19,000 new employees, as a large part of the workforce will be moving to [...]

The very big freedom?
Remote Work in Bali

Work from anywhere? Going on trips, realizing one's dreams, but at the same time not only climbing the career ladder, but also being aware of the security of a permanent job. A way of working and living that seems desirable to many employees, as it represents a degree of freedom unthinkable in normal office life. The terms "remote work" and "mobile work," which differ from more narrowly defined telework primarily in that employees are not tied to [...]

Value-based
Recruiting - an HR
optimization strategy
for the sustainable
Corporate
development

More and more companies have recognized that values are the foundation of a positively lived corporate culture and represent an essential part of the corporate identity. However, these are not only important for good (employer) branding, but also an important basis for the recruiting process. Therefore, companies should resort to value-based recruiting. Why are corporate values important? The values represent a company internally and externally. Through values, employees receive fixed action strategies for daily interaction with colleagues and also [...]

Community
Management:
The link
between users
and company

Almost everyone has heard the saying "The customer is king". Therefore, guaranteeing the highest possible level of customer satisfaction is a top priority for many companies. However, there is now more to it than just offering a flawless product and good service, because with the increasing popularity of social media, customers* also want to be both informed and entertained on these channels. To ensure this, you need not only a good social media manager, but also skilled community management. What are community managers? [...]

What else
keeps us busy

Diversity Management:
Diversity in the team

There's an old saying that goes, "Birds of a feather flock together." This statement also runs through many companies. You will hire someone, if the person is similar to you. But this limits companies to their own potential, because it becomes clear that diversity management is the key to success. In the search for the right employees, managers often tend to repeatedly hire the same type of person. One that is very similar to themselves. Why? In short: You know each other, you like each other. Explained in a little more detail: Companies try to maximize [...]

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Kooku Recruiting Partners - Our Team

The full-service recruiting specialists for interim recruiting, recruitment on demand & recruitment consulting.

We help companies grow fast and healthy!

Mathias Mengel

Josefine Loewe

Jan Pautsch

Martin Firlus

Christin Biermayer

Jan Slizarski

Nina Alpers

Phil Pazurek

Philipp Frommer

Ingo Thomas

Anika Lehmann

Annika Andresen

Nadine Ehrhardt

Lisa Nowosad

Sonja Ritt

Khizar Hayat

Nina Mengel

Juliette Merten

Maybe your name?

The values of Kooku Recruiting Partners

Topics from our recruiting blog that we regularly deal with

What Serendipity has toSocial Media RecruitingSocial Media Recruiting

Are you strugglingfinding a job youdesire?

Equality at theworkplace

Corporate values:The colorful diversity atKooku

#GenerationZ:Challenges andchances for theLabor market

Generations-Management:Only togetheryou are strong

Cover letter.No longer up to date,or is it?

The very big freedom?Remote Work in Bali

Value-basedRecruiting - an HRoptimization strategyfor the sustainableCorporatedevelopment

Community Management:The linkbetween usersand company

What elsekeeps us busy

Diversity Management:Diversity in the team

Kooku is the first point of contact when it comes to professional recruiting consulting and personnel recruitment. Contact us!

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What Serendipity has to
Social Media Recruiting
Social Media Recruiting

Are you struggling
finding a job you
desire?

Equality at the
workplace

Corporate values:
The colorful diversity at
Kooku

#GenerationZ:
Challenges and
chances for the
Labor market

Generations-
Management:
Only together
you are strong

Cover letter.
No longer up to date,
or is it?

The very big freedom?
Remote Work in Bali

Value-based
Recruiting - an HR
optimization strategy
for the sustainable
Corporate
development

Community
Management:
The link
between users
and company

What else
keeps us busy

Diversity Management:
Diversity in the team