Executive Search Agency in Luxembourg.

There are many reasons to use a recruitment agency specialising in the search for executives, directors, highly technical profiles or professionals:

• Confidentiality
• Time saving for the HR department
• A targeted short-list of candidates
• An assignment carried out by consultants familiar with the Luxembourg job market
• Expert advice and support from professional and experienced recruiters

To work with an external recruiter, the company or client must first give the recruiter a recruitment mandate. This mandate may or may not be exclusive. In general, for reasons of confidentiality and efficiency when looking for a rare or managerial profile, the mandate is exclusive.

Here are the various stages in the collaboration process between the client and the executive search firm:

1. Gathering information about the company: group, sector of activity (industry, finance, IT services, etc.)
2. Identifying recruitment needs
3. Advising and analysing the feasibility of the recruitment assignment in terms of market realities
4. Creating a job offer and a job description
5. Activating the search through candidate database, professional networks, etc.
6. Extending the search for candidates outside Luxembourg
7. Direct approach to existing professionals
8. Interviews conducted by consultants
9. Presentation of a short-list of candidates to the client
10. Accompanying the client and candidates to interviews
11. Helping with negotiations up to the signing of the employment contract (permanent contract)
12. Following up of candidates throughout their trial period

A number of factors have an impact on a recruitment assignment in Luxembourg. Finding the right candidate is more complicated if the search involves a qualified employee with managerial or even top management skills.

Some factors making executive recruitment difficult in Luxembourg :

• Labour shortage: According to several studies by Statec, the OECD and the UEL (Union des Entreprises Luxembourgeoises), Luxembourg is facing a labour shortage that is forcing companies and recruitment agencies to extend their search beyond the border (France, Germany and Belgium) but also further afield. The whole of Europe is facing a shortage of labour, affecting both technical and academic professions.
• The attractiveness of the Grand Duchy: Despite the beauty of the natural and urban environment and the multiculturalism that attracts foreign workers, several factors are holding back potential candidates from a career in Luxembourg:
  • Regular traffic jams on the A1, A3, A4, A6 and A13, which lengthen the working hours of cross-border workers.
  • The high cost of living, particularly property prices.
  • Aggressive methods used by recruitment agencies, which have made candidates less receptive to being approached by recruiters.
  • A less competitive impatriation package than other European nations or financial hubs.

Hire an executive search firm or executive recruitment agency in Luxembourg to help you with your specialist recruitment needs. Here are the criteria to take into account when choosing an executive recruitment agency:

• A thorough understanding of the labour market in Luxembourg
• Impeccable work ethics
• A genuine interest in your business and your company
• A team of experienced consultants
• An independent agency with flexible methods
• A firm that focuses on both the assignment and offers expert advice to the employer
• An approach based on finding the perfect match between candidate and employer, not on receiving masses of off-target CVs.

GOTOfreedom is an executive recruitment agency located in Les Glacis, halfway between Luxembourg city centre and Kirchberg. The company was founded in 2013 by Gwladys Costant, who was joined by Jérôme Carbonnelle as a Partner. The team now consists of 10 recruitment consultants. GOTOfreedom specialises in direct approach recruitment. Its mission is to help its customers recruit candidates who will fulfil their full potential within their company and help it improve its competitiveness.