Career Transition GmbH

What Career Transition GmbH does

Career Transition GmbH (trading as "Veit Hirche – Career Transition") is a Wiesbaden-based, founder-owned boutique advisory firm that delivers premium executive outplacement and career transition coaching to top-level executives and C-suite professionals across German-speaking markets. The firm was registered as a private limited company in 2011, but its practice has operated for more than three decades under managing partner Veit M. Hirche, supported by an executive assistant and a small team of approximately nine employees. Its core offering is the branded "Second View" service, which provides holistic, systemic coaching that addresses both professional and personal dimensions of executive career change, including a 2-day intensive kickoff retreat, confidential one-on-one advisory work, introductions to international executive search firms, and guidance on alternative career paths such as private equity, interim management, succession-driven management roles, and consulting.

The firm deliberately caps concurrent candidate engagements at twelve to preserve a high degree of personalization and confidentiality. No proprietary technology platform, software product, or AI capability is described — the practice is structured as a traditional senior-advisor model delivered through personal engagements. Go-to-market is conducted via direct corporate engagement combined with referrals and word-of-mouth, leveraging three decades of relationships with corporate HR departments, enterprise clients, and executive search networks. The named client base spans more than thirty blue-chip enterprises and one private equity firm across consulting, aerospace, IT, automotive, telecommunications, logistics, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, industrials, education, and nonprofit sectors — including Accenture, Airbus, Deutsche Telekom, SAP, Microsoft, Bertelsmann, Boehringer Ingelheim, Thyssenkrupp, and DHL — alongside individual executive clients.

Revenue is generated through fee-based professional services engagements that are individually quoted rather than publicly priced, with billing to either commissioning corporates or the individual executive. The firm has no external funding, no institutional shareholders, and no subsidiaries; it operates as an independent, owner-managed practice under Veit M. Hirche's direct ownership and management. Marketing is minimal and primarily reputational, relying on the founder's personal brand, the firm's longevity, and a track record of several hundred successful executive newplacements.

Name

Career Transition GmbH

Legal name

Career Transition GmbH

Website

https://ct-wiesbaden.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Career Transition GmbH is a Wiesbaden-based boutique advisory firm delivering premium executive outplacement and career transition coaching to top-level executives and C-suite professionals via its "Second View" service, operating with a deliberate cap of twelve concurrent candidates.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Outplacement Services

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Executive Outplacement (C-Suite & Senior Leaders) (BPACAOAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Individual Outplacement & Career Coaching (BPACAOAA), Leadership Transition & Onboarding Coaching (New Role, New Manager, Promotion) (EDABANAB), Career Transition & Reemployment Services (Job Search Support) (BPACAOAD)

Keywords

• Executive outplacement services
• Career transition coaching
• Executive career consulting
• Senior executive coaching
• Newplacement advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Wiesbaden

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Executive Outplacement & Career Transition Consulting: Fee-based professional services for executives undergoing career transitions. Services include one-on-one coaching, access to executive networks, job search strategy, and personal brand positioning. Revenue is generated through professional service engagements with both individual executives and corporate clients commissioning outplacement services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Career Transition GmbH provides exclusive executive outplacement and career transition coaching for top executives (C-suite, Managing Directors) through its branded "Second View" service. The offering centers on one-on-one holistic, systemic coaching, a 2-day intensive kickoff retreat, direct introductions to international executive search firms, and guidance on alternative senior career paths including Private Equity, Interim Management, and CEO succession. The firm caps concurrent engagements at a maximum of 12 executives to maintain high personalization and confidentiality.

Product overview

Career Transition GmbH operates as a single unified service offering centered on its "Second View" brand. The core offering is an exclusive executive career transition and coaching service that works with a maximum of 12 candidates at a time to ensure high individualization. Services include holistic career counseling, a 2-day initial assessment workshop, connection to international executive search firms, and guidance on alternative career paths including private equity, interim management, and succession-driven management roles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Second View Exclusive executive outplacement and career transition coaching service for top executives (C-suite, Managing Directors). Includes a 2-day intensive self-assessment retreat, one-on-one holistic and systemic coaching addressing both professional and personal dimensions, direct introductions to international executive search firms, and strategic guidance on alternative senior career paths including Private Equity, Interim Management, CEO succession, and Consulting. Limited to a maximum of 12 concurrent clients to ensure high personalization and confidentiality.

Quantifiable outcome

• Hundreds of successful executive outplacement engagements over 30+ years

Named customers34 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH): Global leader in executive outplacement, career transition, and leadership development, part of The Adecco Group. Directly comparable as it serves the same enterprise outplacement buyer and senior executive end-customer as Career Transition GmbH, but at vastly larger scale and with technology-enabled delivery.
• Right Management (ManpowerGroup): Career transition and outplacement arm of ManpowerGroup, delivering executive-level transition services to enterprise clients globally. Directly comparable in service offering and customer segment, operating at significantly larger scale.
• Career Partners International: Global network of career transition and outplacement providers serving enterprise clients, including senior executives. Comparable in offering boutique-style senior-level transition services, delivered through a partner-network model.
• Randstad RiseSmart: Tech-enabled outplacement and career transition provider within the Randstad group, serving enterprise clients globally including in DACH. Directly comparable in service offering, with a more technology-led delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with significant executive outplacement and career transition practices alongside executive search and talent consulting. Comparable in serving C-suite transition needs for large enterprises, with broader portfolio and proprietary assessment IP.
• Egon Zehnder: Premier global executive search and leadership advisory firm with deep DACH presence and trusted relationships with CEOs and boards. Comparable as a high-end senior-advisor brand serving the same C-suite buyer segment, with broader search and advisory portfolio.
• Odgers Berndtson: International executive search and leadership advisory firm with substantial DACH operations serving senior executives, boards, and PE firms. Comparable in trusted-advisor positioning with C-suite and PE clients, with broader search and assessment portfolio.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm serving large enterprises across industries including DACH. Comparable as a senior-level advisor to executives and corporations, with adjacent leadership consulting that overlaps career transition support.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm serving large enterprises and PE firms in DACH. Comparable in serving the same C-suite and PE buyer segment with confidential, high-touch senior advisory relationships.

Emerging players

• Hays Career Transition (Germany): Career transition and outplacement practice of Hays plc, with a strong German presence serving enterprise clients and senior professionals. Comparable as a DACH-anchored career transition provider with overlapping customer base.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/career-transition-gmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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