Stellenwerk

Name

Stellenwerk

Legal name

Stellenwerk AG

Website

https://stellenwerk.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Staffing and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Executive Search Services (561312), Professional Employer Organizations (561330)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Compensation, Benefits & Rewards Consulting (BPAHAGAF)

Keywords

• Staffing services
• Executive search
• Temporary staffing
• HR outsourcing
• Payroll services

Headquarters

HQ city

Zürich

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Personnel Recruitment / Executive Search: Contingency-based recruitment placing professionals and executives. Success fee model where payment is triggered upon successful placement.
2. Personnel Leasing / Temporary Staffing: Temporary placement of qualified professionals, including Try & Hire arrangements. Revenue generated from mark-up on worker wages.
3. Payroll & Accounting Services: Monthly flat-rate fees for salary administration, personnel administration, and bookkeeping services outsourced to clients.
4. CV-Check Services: One-time fee packages for CV optimization and career coaching services (Bronze CHF 50, Silver CHF 100, Gold CHF 200).
5. Outplacement Services: Career transition support for dismissed employees, including interview coaching provided by specialists.
6. Hospitality Services: Placement of event hostesses and hosts for occasions, events, and customer events. Pool of over 50 event and hospitality professionals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Stellenwerk is a Swiss HR services and recruiting agency that places professionals and executives with employers across Switzerland and Liechtenstein. Its core offerings include contingency-based personnel recruitment, exclusive executive search for senior management roles, temporary staffing (Personnelverleih) with Try & Hire arrangements, and HR outsourcing for payroll and personnel administration. The company also provides AI-powered CV analysis packages to job seekers and event hospitality staffing.

Product overview

Stellenwerk operates as a Swiss staffing and HR services company offering a portfolio of interconnected recruitment and human resources solutions. The core offering centers on Personnel Recruitment (contingency-based placement), Executive Search (exclusive senior search), and Personalverleih/Try & Hire (temporary staffing). Supporting these are add-on modules including Outsourcing/BPO services for payroll and HR administration, Active Sourcing training, OnSite Recruitment, and Outplacement. The company also offers a distinct Hospitality Services division for event staffing. For job seekers, Stellenwerk provides AI-powered CV-Check packages (Bronze, Silver, Gold) at three price tiers, representing a separate consumer-facing product line. All services are delivered through offices in Zurich, Chur, and Schaan (Liechtenstein).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personnel Recruitment (Personalsuche / Personalrekrutierung) Contingency-based recruitment service connecting Swiss and Liechtenstein employers with qualified professionals through job posting, direct sourcing, candidate selection, presentation, interview accompaniment, and contract negotiation.
• Executive Search (Kaderselektion) Exclusive executive search service for discreet recruitment of senior management and leadership positions, focusing on difficult-to-fill roles and succession planning. Delivered through consultative field sales at client companies.
• Personalverleih / Temporary Staffing (Try & Hire) Temporary staffing and personnel leasing service providing qualified professionals on a short-term basis, with Try & Hire trial arrangements for permanent placement. Revenue generated from mark-up on worker wages.
• HR Outsourcing / BPO Services Business process outsourcing handling payroll, personnel administration, and recruitment processes on a fixed monthly fee basis for client companies.
• Payroll & Accounting Services (Payroll & Buchhaltung) Comprehensive monthly flat-rate payroll and accounting services including salary administration, social security settlements, bookkeeping, financial planning, VAT accounting, and annual financial statements.
• Active Sourcing / Direktansprachen Proactive candidate sourcing service using LinkedIn and other channels to identify and approach passive talent not actively seeking employment.
• Ad Interim HR Management / OnSite Recruitment Interim HR management and on-site recruitment services providing experienced HR experts to handle personnel tasks directly at client premises.
• Active Sourcing Training (Schulung in Active Sourcing) Training program teaching active sourcing techniques, including a one-day crash course with theory and practical exercises on talent identification and engagement.
• Outplacement Career transition support service for departing employees, including interview coaching by specialists and assistance in finding new employment opportunities.
• Hospitality Service (Event Staffing) Event staffing service providing professional hostesses and hosts for events, customer occasions, and mystery shopping assignments, with a pool of over 50 event and hospitality professionals.
• CV-Check (Bronze, Silver, Gold packages) AI-powered CV optimization service for individual job seekers, offered in three tiers: Bronze (CHF 50, AI analysis only), Silver (CHF 100, AI plus 30-minute coaching), and Gold (CHF 200, AI plus 60-minute executive strategy consultation). Includes automated score reports with concrete improvement suggestions and text rewrites.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 600 companies served
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Jobs Grischun (Peder Kerber)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2024HR consultancy Jobs Grischun led by Peder Kerber moved to join at Stellenwerk's Chur office at Gäuggelistrasse 1, deepening cooperation.
• Healthcare Partner in CroatiaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Partnership in healthcare recruitment collaboration initiated by current employee Urs Kaeslin in summer 2022.
• Hirslanden GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2022Healthcare collaboration started in summer 2022. Hirslanden is one of Switzerland's leading hospital groups.
• Joey KinderkrippeminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2011Stellenwerk has been the partner for salary and personnel administration for Joey Kinderkrippe since its founding in March 2011. Maurice Locher is also a co-founder and board member of Joey Kinderkrippe.
• swissstaffingcoreOthersMember of swissstaffing, the Swiss staffing industry association. Maurice Locher serves as President of RPKD Personalverleih (Regional Parity Commission for Staff Leasing) of this association since March 2024.
• Gewerbeverein ChurminorOthersLocal business association partnership in Chur region.
• ZGPminorOthersAssociation membership (ZGP - likely related to staffing/HR sector in German Switzerland).
• Arbeitgeber ZürichminorOthersMembership in Arbeitgeber Zürich, the Zurich employers association.
• LehrbetriebminorOthersCertified training company (Lehrbetrieb) status for training commercial apprentices (Kauffrau/Kaufmann EFZ). Listed on berufsbildungplus.ch.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Robert Walters: Robert Walters operates a specialty recruitment business in Switzerland focused on professional and middle-management placements across accounting, finance, engineering, and technology. It overlaps directly with Stellenwerk's contingency recruitment and executive search offerings in the Swiss-German market.
• Badenoch + Clark: Badenoch + Clark is a specialist mid-to-senior management recruitment firm with offices in Zurich and Geneva serving the Swiss professional services, financial services, and corporate markets. It directly competes with Stellenwerk's executive search and professional search lines for the same senior candidate pool and Swiss employer customers.
• Swisslinx: Swisslinx is a Zurich-based recruitment firm specializing in executive search, contract, and permanent placement across technology, finance, and life sciences in Switzerland. It directly competes with Stellenwerk for mid-to-senior Swiss-German professional placements and shares the same target geography and customer base of DACH-region employers.

Broad incumbents

• Michael Page (PageGroup): Michael Page is a global recruitment firm with a dedicated Switzerland practice covering permanent and contract placements across multiple functions. It is a meaningful competitor to Stellenwerk's Professional Search line and overlaps on contingent executive and professional placements in the same Swiss SME/enterprise customer base.
• Adecco (Switzerland): Adecco is the world's largest staffing firm, with a deep Swiss presence across temporary staffing, permanent placement, and career transition/outplacement. It is the dominant incumbent against which Stellenwerk's Personalverleih, Try & Hire, and outplacement lines directly compete in the same Swiss employer base.
• Spring Professional (Adecco): Spring Professional is the Adecco Group's mid-to-senior permanent and interim recruitment brand with a Swiss practice. It competes with Stellenwerk for professional search and senior interim HR placements, leveraging the broader Adecco infrastructure for clients in the same geographies.
• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global executive search and organizational consulting firm with a strong presence in Switzerland for C-suite and senior leadership search. It competes with Stellenwerk's Executive Search and Ad Interim HR Management lines at the upper end of the senior placement spectrum in the same Swiss enterprise market.
• Hays (Switzerland): Hays is a global specialist recruiter with a substantial Zurich office covering permanent, contract, and temporary placements in Switzerland. It is a broad incumbent with overlapping services to Stellenwerk across both Professional Search and Personalverleih/Try & Hire offerings in the same DACH-region client segment.
• Randstad (Switzerland): Randstad is a global HR services leader with a Swiss footprint offering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and HR solutions. It directly competes with Stellenwerk across temporary leasing and professional recruitment for enterprise customers in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
• Manpower (Switzerland): ManpowerGroup operates one of the largest staffing brands in Switzerland, providing temporary, permanent, and career transition services. It overlaps substantially with Stellenwerk's Personalverleih and outplacement offerings and competes for the same mid-market and enterprise employer customers in the same Swiss-German market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights10 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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