Nexer Recruit

What Nexer Recruit does

Nexer Recruit AB is a Sweden-incorporated professional recruitment services firm, founded in 2014 by Susanne Hjälmered and headquartered in Gothenburg, with five additional offices in Stockholm, Malmö, Skövde, Helsingborg, and Borås. The firm specializes in placing IT and technology specialists, executive leaders, and engineering professionals across Swedish enterprises in industries including IoT/industrial (Nederman), outdoor/lifestyle (Thule Group, Dometic), payment infrastructure (Bankgirot), telecom/fiber (InCoax), energy/refinery (ST1), automotive R&D (Bosch), HVAC (Carel Nordic), and composite materials (Diab Group). Its service portfolio is structured around four core offerings — IT & Tech Recruitment, Executive/Chefsrekrytering, Engineering & Industry Recruitment, and generalist Recruitment — supplemented by modular add-ons: search and headhunting for passive candidates, project recruitment, personality assessments and cognitive testing, background checks, second-opinion advisory, and AI-driven digital visibility services for employer branding.

The firm operates a sales-led, consultative go-to-market emphasizing long-term partnerships over transactional placements, with two recruitment consultants typically assigned per search for quality assurance. It maintains an active network of 22,500-29,000 candidates and reports client-side outcomes including a 93% client recommendation rate, 82% candidate satisfaction, and an average 75-day fill time for complex IoT positions. AI utilization is limited to audience segmentation for targeted LinkedIn advertising, and the firm holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 27001 certifications alongside Career Company awards in 2023 and 2024.

Nexer Recruit is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nexer Group (a Swedish tech company with roots in Sigma and ownership tracing to the Danir Group of Dan Olofsson), which provides cross-sell capacity into 16 countries with 2,500-3,000 technical experts. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; the firm runs a professional-services model with fixed and transparent fees across multi-year contracts (full recruitment processes) or pay-as-you-go engagements (modular services), with pricing dependent on role complexity, search scope, and component selection.

Name

Nexer Recruit

Legal name

Nexer Recruit AB

Website

https://nexerrecruit.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Nexer Recruit is a Swedish recruitment services firm founded in 2014 that places IT/tech specialists, executives, and engineering professionals for enterprise clients across six regional offices, operating as a subsidiary of Nexer Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Talent Acquisition (Recruiting) & Applicant Tracking (ATS) (BPACAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Professional & Technical Direct Hire (IT, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare) (BPACAFAC), Sales, Marketing & Customer Success Direct Hire (BPACAFAD)

Keywords

• IT recruitment services
• Executive search services
• Engineering recruitment
• Tech talent acquisition
• Headhunting services

Headquarters

HQ city

Gothenburg

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Recruitment Services: Professional recruitment services including retained search, contingency recruitment, and project-based recruitment. Services include competency-based recruitment, personality assessments, cognitive testing, background checks, and second opinions. The company offers flexible solutions where clients can engage for parts of the process or the complete recruitment journey.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Nexer Recruit is a Sweden-based specialist recruitment firm that recruits IT/tech specialists, executives, and engineering professionals for enterprise and mid-market clients. The company delivers end-to-end recruitment processes — including needs analysis, search, headhunting, competency-based assessments, background checks, and follow-up — as well as modular components. A defining element is an active candidate network of 22,500–29,000 specialists built over a decade, enabling precise matching and rapid access to passive candidates.

Product overview

Nexer Recruit operates as a strategic recruitment partner offering specialized talent acquisition services across Sweden with six regional offices. The service portfolio centers on four core offerings: IT & Tech Recruitment, Executive/Chef Recruitment, Engineering & Industry Recruitment, and generalist Recruitment. These are complemented by supplementary services including Search & Headhunting for passive candidates, Project Recruitment for team building, Personality Assessments, Background Checks, and Second Opinion advisory services. The company also provides Digital Visibility Services utilizing AI-driven segmentation for targeted candidate outreach. A content platform called Recruit Stories offers industry insights. As part of Nexer Group (a global tech company with roots in Swedish entrepreneurship), Nexer Recruit leverages deep technological expertise combined with human-centered recruitment methodology to match specialists and leaders with client organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IT & Tech Recruitment Specialist recruitment services for IT and technology roles, including software development, cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, data analytics, and other technical positions, for enterprise and mid-market clients in Sweden.
• Executive Recruitment (Chefsrekrytering) Strategic executive search and headhunting services for C-suite and senior leadership positions across functions (CEO, CFO, CTO, COO, CMO, department heads), with a 6-month guarantee on placements.
• Engineering & Industry Recruitment Specialized recruitment for engineering disciplines including mechanical, electrical, process, manufacturing, production, quality assurance, R&D, and automation roles for industrial, manufacturing, and process companies.
• Search & Headhunting Proactive identification and approach of passive candidates not actively seeking new employment, leveraging Nexer Recruit's network of 22,500+ specialists and deep search methodology.
• Project Recruitment Flexible recruitment solutions combined with tailored digital visibility to build successful teams for specific projects or growth initiatives, such as Bankgirot's technology team build-out.
• Personality Assessments & Cognitive Testing Competency-based evaluation tools including personality analyses and cognitive tests to ensure accurate candidate matching and reduce mis-hire risk.
• Background Checks Verification services to ensure candidate authenticity, providing employers with confidence in their hiring decisions and risk reduction.
• Second Opinion Independent review and validation of recruitment decisions, providing fresh perspectives and reducing hiring risks for clients who may already have an internal recruitment process.
• Digital Visibility Services AI-driven targeted advertising and social media promotion to reach relevant candidates through LinkedIn and other platforms with precise messaging, generating employer-branded candidate visibility for clients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average 75 days to fill complex IoT positions (Nederman case study)
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Kairos FutureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on 'Radical Retail 2030' future report. Kairos Future, experts in environmental analysis and future-oriented strategy, partnered with Nexer to create a future-oriented industry report identifying trends and technologies shaping commerce over the next 10-15 years.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• TNG (Teknik & Naturvetenskapliga Gruppen): Swedish-based recruitment firm specializing in IT, tech and engineering roles, headhunting passive candidates. Closely comparable to Nexer Recruit in vertical focus, target customers, and consultant-led delivery model.
• Dfind: Swedish professional recruitment firm (Randstad subsidiary) covering IT, engineering, finance and executive roles. Directly comparable; notably, Nexer Recruit's CEO Susanne Hjälmered previously led recruitment at Dfind, suggesting close operational overlap.
• Poolia: Swedish professional staffing and recruitment firm focused on specialists, managers and executives in IT, finance, and engineering. Same customer base and role mix; founder previously worked there, confirming the comparable positioning.
• Wise IT: Sweden-focused IT recruitment and staffing specialist. Comparable in size, target roles (developers, infrastructure, ERP) and Swedish enterprise customer base.
• Sigma Recruit (Sigma Group): Swedish IT/tech recruitment arm of Sigma Group, which shares heritage with Nexer Group (Nexer originated from Sigma). Targets the same enterprise IT/tech hiring market with a comparable consultant-led model and overlapping client base.
• Jefferson Wells (ManpowerGroup): ManpowerGroup's specialist brand for IT, tech, finance and engineering professional recruitment in Sweden. Same niche verticals and enterprise customers; backstop of a global staffing parent is the key difference from Nexer Recruit.
• Academic Work: Major Nordic recruitment and staffing firm with significant IT/tech and professional placement in Sweden. Overlaps with Nexer Recruit in IT specialist placement and Swedish enterprise customer base, though broader in scope (includes students and junior talent).

Broad incumbents

• Robert Half: Global professional recruitment firm with strong presence in IT, finance and accounting placements. Operates broadly in Sweden; less specialized in IT/tech than Nexer Recruit but competes for the same enterprise mandates.
• Michael Page: Global professional recruitment firm with Nordic presence covering IT, finance, engineering and executive roles. Comparable on executive and senior IT/tech mandates; broader geographic and functional scope than Nexer Recruit.
• Hays: Global specialist recruitment firm with deep Nordic operations covering IT, engineering, life sciences and finance. Overlaps with Nexer Recruit on IT/tech mandates for large enterprise clients in Sweden.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/nexerrecruit
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/nexer-recruit
• Xx.com/nexergroup

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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