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Observations, numbers and perspectives from my corridors: recruiting in the German-speaking mid-market, relocation to Southern and South-Eastern Europe, internationalisation of Bavarian SMEs. Everything with sources — so you can verify.
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Labour market
South Tyrol as a place to work: what professionals from Germany should know
14 October 2026 · 5 min read
Purchasing power, codice fiscale, residence, tax incentives and Talente Aperitivo – an overview for professionals planning a move to South Tyrol.
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Leaving the car industry – and then? Why South Tyrol is more than a holiday destination for German engineers
5 October 2026 · 4 min read
The German car industry is cutting jobs while South Tyrol is looking for skilled workers. What Europe's salary map leaves out: housing, the job market and language.
Read more →Market entry · Central America · Costa Rica
Pura Vida for the Mittelstand: Why now is the right moment for Costa Rica and Central America
1 October 2026 · 7 min read
Central America Conference in Coburg: why investing in Costa Rica pays off now – EU free trade, over 60 million people, impressions from the 9th Conference of German Business.
Read more →Recruiting
Transformation is a team sport: Why people matter now
30 September 2026 · 6 min read
Reflections on the Zukunftswerkstatt Automotive in Ansbach: resilience, dual use, medical robotics – and why the bottleneck lies in people and networks.
Read more →Recruiting
Retainer or contingency? What companies should consider in international executive search
29 September 2026 · 4 min read
When you hire a senior leader, you are offered two fee models. What the difference is – and what companies should consider for cross-border searches.
Read more →Labour market
Recruiting in 2026: What Indeed's data means for companies between Germany and Italy
29 September 2026 · 5 min read
The job market is cooling and skills matter more than degrees: three takeaways from the APSCo webinar with Indeed for recruiting in Germany and Italy.
Read more →Recruiting
Plant build-up: how I find skilled people for new sites
29 September 2026 · 5 min read
Around 6,000 hires during plant build-ups in Brazil and Mexico: what works when a new site needs the right people fast.
Read more →Recruiting
Industry & manufacturing: why good shift leaders are so hard to find
29 September 2026 · 5 min read
From machine operators to plant managers: what industrial roles really demand – from recruiting and my own leadership responsibility.
Read more →Recruiting
Automotive & suppliers: recruiting through transformation
29 September 2026 · 5 min read
Automotive suppliers are in the middle of transformation. What that means for recruiting – from twelve years at BMW and work with suppliers.
Read more →Recruiting
Aviation recruiting: how I found EASA Part 21 engineers
29 September 2026 · 5 min read
Candidate search for an aviation design organisation: 10–15 international engineering profiles with certification know-how – how it works.
Read more →Internationalisation
Insights from South Tyrol: what an open day reveals about building a site
24 September 2026 · 2 min read
An open day shows how companies can explain workplace tasks, processes and requirements on site.
Read more →Internationalisation
MedTech: entering the German market for an Italian company
24 September 2026 · 4 min read
At Humanware, I built business development in Germany for an Italian medical technology company: market study, distribution partner and trade fairs.
Read more →Leadership
Semiconductors: my experience as VP CLM at Infineon
24 September 2026 · 4 min read
I know the semiconductor industry from my time at Infineon as Vice President in the CLM function – with around 450 employees at 16 sites.
Read more →Recruiting
Automotive: what I learned in twelve years at BMW
24 September 2026 · 4 min read
Over twelve years at BMW, plant build-ups in Brazil and Mexico, around 6,000 hires: my automotive experience for OEMs and suppliers.
Read more →Recruiting
Defence as an opportunity for suppliers: What I learned at the Coburg conference
23 September 2026 · 10 min read
Automotive suppliers are moving into aerospace, security and defence. Seven insights from the IHK conference in Coburg – and why people are the real bottleneck.
Read more →Internationalisation
A site in Italy? Think about talent from day one
21 September 2026 · 6 min read
Insights from “Doing Business in Italy” at Villa Almone in Rome: why site selection and talent analysis in Italy should go hand in hand.
Read more →Recruiting
Gen Z and workload: why every second person would rather quit
18 September 2026 · 6 min read
52 % of Gen Z would quit if workloads became unsustainable. What a new Italian study means for recruiting and retention in mid-sized companies.
Read more →Latin America / Recruiting
Mercosur & Latin America: culture and recruiting 2026
17 September 2026 · 10 min read
Recruiting in Latin America and market entry after the EU-Mercosur agreement: what decides success in Brazil and Mexico — culture, talent and leadership.
Read more →Recruiting
Learning ability over CV: hiring in the age of AI
7 August 2026 · 8 min read
Why the ability to learn is becoming more decisive than an unbroken CV — and what that means for selection criteria in the mid-market.
Read more →Interim management
Interim management, fractional, consulting, freelance, temp work — what is actually what?
22 July 2026 · 8 min read
Interim, fractional, consulting, freelance or temp work? Five formats, five legal frameworks, five price tags — clearly delimited with market data.
Read more →Labour market
Skills shortage 2026: employer's market or employee's market?
21 July 2026 · 9 min read
Skills shortages despite layoffs: Germany’s labour market 2026, IT and Executive Search. What companies should clarify about skilled staff needs in South Tyrol.
Read more →Nearshoring
Northern Italy 2026: Cross-Border Corridor Lombardy, Veneto, Trentino
20 July 2026 · 8 min read
Northern Italy 2026 as a DACH-adjacent cross-border corridor: Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna and Trentino. Productivity, labour costs and location relocation.
Read more →Internationalisation
EU-Mercosur 2026: what German mid-market companies should do now — and what 'Residency Mercosur' actually means
20 July 2026 · 9 min read
The EU-Mercosur agreement opens a market of around 270 million people to DACH mid-sized firms. What to do now – and why Residencia Mercosur matters.
Read more →Internationalisation
Italy 2026: the least internationalised large EU economy is still your strongest nearshoring lever
20 July 2026 · 8 min read
Istat: Italy is the least internationalised large EU economy, and the 2026 Decreto Lavoro changes the rules. What it means for DACH mid-sized companies.
Read more →Benefits
Workation as a mega benefit: how German mid-market employers win talent in 2026
20 July 2026 · 7 min read
A few weeks of remote work from abroad strengthens your employer brand. What workation delivers, the legal essentials and where to find serious destinations.
Read more →Recruiting
Executive search vs headhunter: retained, contingency and interim management
18 June 2026 · 7 min read
Executive search, headhunter and interim management compared: retained vs. contingency, judgement in the age of AI and what clients should commission.
Read more →Recruiting
Skills shortage in Bavaria: why classic job ads no longer cut it in 2026
12 June 2026 · 6 min read
Bavaria's skills monitor puts the gap at hundreds of thousands of roles. What it means for mid-sized firms around Nuremberg – and three levers that work.
Read more →Labour market
EU Pay Transparency Directive 2026: what employers must do now
6 June 2026 · 9 min read
EU Pay Transparency Directive 2026: what the new rules mean for employers — salary ranges, gender pay gap reporting, and compliance.
Read more →Nearshoring
Nearshoring 2026: Cross-Border Locations, Trentino & South-East Europe
20 May 2026 · 7 min read
Nearshoring 2026 for mid-market companies: Romania, Portugal, Trentino and Northern Italy compared. Building cross-border teams with DACH connectivity.
Read more →Interim management
Maternity & parental leave cover for HR 2026
8 April 2026 · 5 min read
Maternity and parental leave cover in HR leadership: why the 12-month gap is a hidden systemic risk and what professional interim succession delivers.
Read more →Export funding
Go International and its alternatives: export funding for Bavarian SMEs in 2026
15 March 2026 · 6 min read
Which foreign-market funding instruments Bavarian SMEs can realistically use — beyond buzzwords and with a clear view of application requirements.
Read more →AI
AI in recruiting: what the EU AI Act means concretely for mid-market employers in 2026
4 February 2026 · 5 min read
Automated screening, AI-assisted interviews, matching algorithms: what counts as high-risk under the AI Act in 2026 — and where SMEs realistically need to be careful.
Read more →Leadership
Leadership shortage in the German Mittelstand: succession is the real bottleneck
15 January 2026 · 5 min read
The Mittelstand talks about skilled workers — the real 2026 issue sits one level up: succession in leadership roles. What that means for you.
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