Stardust Search

Interim.An experienced recruiter on site with you.

With Inhouse Search, one of our recruitment consultants joins your team and runs the recruitment, full-time or part-time, for as long as you need.

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“A skilled and reliable recruitment partner.”
Peter Ekholm, Country Manager, Superwood
  • Castellum
  • Kia
  • Sjöfartsverket
  • OX2
  • Toyota
  • GroupM
  • Fastighetsägarna

When recruitment cannot wait but a permanent hire is not the answer, one of our consultants steps in.

We call it Inhouse Search: the consultant becomes part of your team and runs your recruitment processes –⁠ during an unexpected vacancy, a change project, a build-up phase or as cover for parental leave. Many of our consultants are former headhunters and are used to finding candidates who are not looking for a job themselves.

“Despite an often tight schedule, we have had really good help finding the right candidate.”

Rickard Bracken
Secretary General, Suicide Zero

In industries where everyone competes for the same talent, it takes patience and structure. The consultant builds a talent pool over time, with referral recruitment, employer branding and contact with candidates in the right channels, which is why Inhouse Search is often more effective than ordering one recruitment at a time. Many clients have the consultant on site 20–60 percent of the time and get more out of it than the hours suggest.

What is included

  • The full recruitment process
  • Search for passive candidates
  • Referral recruitment
  • Employer branding
  • A talent pool over time
  • Structure for the process
  • Choosing a recruitment system
  • Interview technique training

Why companies choose us

Hands-on experience. Our consultants have worked as recruiters, HR specialists or TA managers themselves, and many have a background as headhunters or executive recruiters.

Fast matching. Through our Friends network of hundreds of HR and recruitment professionals, we quickly find the right consultant, on site in Stockholm or remotely anywhere in Sweden.

Flexible. You have the consultant for as long as you need, full-time or part-time, for peaks, cover or projects.

We stand behind the consultant. Everyone works with proven, competency-based methods. You get a person who takes ownership and becomes part of the team, not just a temporary resource.

How it works

How to hire an interim consultant

From the first call to a consultant on site, as fast as possible.

  1. 01Call

    Needs and conditions

    You do not need a finished role profile. In the first call we go through your needs, your culture and values, contract terms and an estimated price range.

  2. 02Proposal

    One or two profiles

    From our consultant network you get proposals for one or two consultants as soon as possible, based on their experience from earlier assignments.

  3. 03Interview

    You meet the consultant

    You interview the consultants you want to meet. When needed we run tests and check references – all to find the right match.

  4. 04Start

    Contract and start

    If you want to go ahead, we go through the final details of the contract, and the consultant joins your team.

Kund: Fastighetsägarna

“Great commitment to every assignment”

Stardust is a competent and highly professional partner that we have engaged several times. Their team shows great interest in and commitment to the specifics of each assignment, and we have great confidence in them in our recruitment work.

Anna Bellander

Head of Communications, Fastighetsägarna

Kund: Superwood

“A skilled and reliable recruitment partner”

The entire recruitment process is well planned and carried out with a high level of professionalism, both toward us as a company and toward the candidates. I warmly recommend Stardust Search to anyone looking for a skilled and reliable recruitment partner.

Peter Ekholm

Country Manager, Superwood

Kund: Suicide Zero

“Really good help finding the right candidate”

We have used Stardust Search several times and are very satisfied. The collaboration is reassuring and easy, with solid support throughout the recruitment process. Despite an often tight schedule, we have had really good help finding the right candidate.

Rickard Bracken

Secretary General, Suicide Zero

Kund: Sobona

“A personal and professional approach”

We have engaged Stardust Search for three recruitments and are very satisfied. Their holistic view of both the client and the candidate experience, and the personal and professional way they handle the whole process, is something I truly appreciate.

Christina Lingdén

Head of Communications, Sobona

Kund: Funmed

“I would not hire without Stardust Search”

I used to be skeptical of personality tests, but today I would not hire a new doctor at Funmed without first having Stardust Search run tests and give feedback on them.

Nils Edelstam

Chief Medical Officer, Funmed AB

Kund: Castellum

“Quality all the way”

We were extremely pleased with Stardust Search in our CEO recruitment. We had a good dialogue during the process and were also very happy with the end result. With Stardust Search you can count on being listened to and getting quality all the way.

Hanna Brandström

Head of People & Culture, Castellum

Kund: Qicraft

“A thorough process”

Stardust Search took the time to get to know us as a company before they started, so that the match would be as accurate as possible – a more thorough process than any I had been part of before.

Farhad Jabbari

CEO, Qicraft

Kund: Motor Trend

“Recommended as a recruitment partner”

Stardust Search understands our needs and is always professional – toward candidates and toward us as we look for new talent. We are very happy with our collaboration with Stardust and warmly recommend them as a recruitment partner.

Mikael Brunnhagen

CEO, Motor Trend

Christine Martin, Stardust Search

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An informal video call where you can ask questions and hear how we can help you move forward.

  • 30-minute free discovery call
  • Answers to questions about your specific challenges

Questions and answers about interim recruitment

The questions we hear most often.

What is interim recruitment?

Interim recruitment means hiring a qualified recruiter for a limited period. It is a flexible solution when the company quickly needs to fill an important role, for example during an unexpected vacancy, a change project or to cover parental leave. The consultant steps in and runs your recruitment processes for as long as you need.

How does an interim recruitment consultant work?

When your company needs to fill a vacancy but may not want to, or have time to, hire permanently, an interim recruitment consultant can be a smart alternative. The consultant is an experienced specialist engaged on a temporary or project basis to help with the recruitment process.

Hiring an interim recruitment consultant saves you time and resources and gives you the expertise needed to find and recruit the most suitable candidates.

At Stardust Search we call this inhouse recruitment, and we can also help you set up a recruitment process from scratch and train your managers in interview technique when needed.

What can an interim recruitment consultant help with?

An interim recruitment consultant can help with many parts of the recruitment process. This includes identifying the skills and requirements for a specific position, writing and publishing job ads, interviewing, running background checks, negotiating terms of employment and advising on your overall recruitment strategy.

What does an interim recruitment consultant cost?

The cost varies with a number of factors, such as experience and expertise, the length of the assignment and the scope of the work.

Some clients choose to have our interim consultants on site only 20–60 percent of the time. Even so, the output can match much more –⁠ a big advantage of working with highly experienced and skilled recruitment consultants.

How do you hire an interim recruitment consultant?

Start by contacting us! At that point you do not need to know the exact conditions or have a finished role profile. Our first call is exploratory and informative enough for us to start looking for candidates right away. We take your culture, values and wishes about the consultant's personal qualities into account, and we also go through the key points of the general terms and an estimated price range.

As soon as possible you receive proposals for one or two consultant profiles and decide whether you want to meet them for an interview. Our consultant network is large, and thanks to long-term relationships and first-hand experience of the consultants' earlier assignments we can quickly find a good fit. When needed we run tests and check references –⁠ all to find the right match.

After the interview you decide whether to go ahead. We then go through the final details of the contract for signing.

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