Finding the best candidate for the position in a highly professional, high-quality and fast manner.

Listening to the client, understanding the complexity of the search and the client, knowing the candidate market, being able to analyse people in order to handle the search perfectly.

Support in the search for executives in all industries and divisions. I focus on senior executive searches.

Background

I was able to learn my trade from scratch with the best headhunters in the world at the time, and many national and international appointments in Austria were made possible by my successful candidate search. The professional search process I learned back then is still part of every search today. Back then, I was also allowed to train new employees at worldwide training courses. Today, digital elements and new search channels round off the search process.

In my past, I worked on a wide variety of search mandates in a wide variety of industries, nationally and internationally. Additional specialisation in CFO, industrial and energy searches as part of national and international search projects.

Examples of searches I have worked on:

  • CFO in a wide variety of industries
  • Head of Controlling
  • Head of Accounting
  • Head of Tax
  • Head of Treasury
  • General Manager Retail
  • Managing Director Business Unit
  • Managing Director Subsidiary
  • Managing Director Subsidiary Abroad
  • General Manager
  • Head of Project Management
  • Head of Human Resources
  • People and Culture Manager
  • Director Recruiting Europe/ Head of Talent Acquisition
  • Purchasing Manager
  • Head of Supply Chain Management
  • Head of Logistics
  • Marketing Manager
  • Sales Manager
  • Refinery Manager
  • Production Manager
  • Divisional Manager
  • Search for specialists in various industries, etc.

Focus

As part of AIKON Partners, I can cover searches in a wide range of industries worldwide. Personally, I only work on search mandates that I can carry out successfully.  If necessary, I consult my colleagues at AIKON Partners or liaise with them to ensure that each search mandate is in the best possible hands.

Search process

The search for suitable candidates is systematic. Each search is set up accordingly: even if most candidates are already well known on the market, because one knows the industry well, one must always think outside the box. Otherwise, one runs the risk of not identifying and finding further interesting candidates.

Search process:

  • Creation of a target company list
  • Identification of candidates
  • Approach of candidates
  • Interview
  • Candidate presentation
  • References

The above points represent a rough process that consists of many more sub-processes and nuances.

I do not simply process a search assignment, but there is ongoing communication between the client and me. This is the basis for successful cooperation. Each search is a dynamic process and thrives on interaction, a high level of customer understanding and the highest quality. Market intelligence is important for every client.

Team

I am personally responsible for all search projects and am used to working on several search projects in parallel. As part of the AIKON partner network, I make use of the additional expertise of my colleagues and have access to a research pool. This also allows me to carry out larger, more complex and international search projects.

All information about a search project is of course handled with absolute confidentiality.

Network

Bianca Flaschner e.U has been part of AIKON Partners since April 2025. The network consists of highly qualified and professional people with many years of executive search experience who can support me in international personnel searches. In case of illness or cancellation of my person, a replacement is also taken care of. The replacement will only be realised in specific cases with the client’s consent.

Success factors

The success of a placement depends on much more than finding a person on a platform. My best placements are made through research and recommendations. The candidates not only have the right professional fit, but also the right personality for the respective client company culture.

Searching for candidates who fit the corporate culture: by this I mean the leadership and corporate culture actually lived, as well as the understanding of leadership of the respective superior. Only when there is a clear picture of these areas will the appointment be successful.

What distinguishes my work?

  • Agility, flexibility, speed.
  • Few “off-limits” situations.
  • Due to my many years of experience as the HR manager of a medium-sized, international company and as a former client of executive search projects, I am able to put myself in the shoes of the respective client.

Conditions

My conditions are standard: 30-day payment terms, 12-month guarantee.

Target group: companies