The market for consultants, project and interim managers is confusing. Companies that start to search for the right candidate by themselves - eg. through Google, supplier directories or Internet platforms - are facing a task that can hardly be solved. piquano supports you as a neutral partner in the search and pre-selection.

With 20+ years of experience in purchasing consulting services, we help you to find the right provider for your individual situation. We support you in the definition of the scope, in the preparation of a professional project briefing and in the pre-selection of suitable candidates. With piquano, you can reduce your search effort to just a few hours. As a result, you will find your consultant faster and can start the project sooner.

The use of freelance consultants, project or interim managers makes sense especially in two situations.

1. You do not have the resources you need
2. They do not have the required know-how

In both cases, it is irrelevant whether the resources or the know-how are generally not available or just cannot be allocated at the moment. If you weaken or lose your ability to act due to this bottleneck, external support usually makes sense.

Important: By using freelance (external) resources, you do not replace internal staff, but you supplement your team where necessary.

With piquano you will find expert experts on the most important HR topics. Program Managers, Project Managers or entire Project Teams can be put together and arranged for your needs. We also provide management consultants and consultants for strategic topics.

Upon request, we assess your needs based on a project briefing or just a short phone call. Our experienced recruiting managers know the candidates and can usually give you a direct estimate of the availability of the candidates you are looking for.

Based on your project briefing, we identify a selection of suitable candidates. These are individually and manually screened by us, so that in the end two to three consultants are proposed for a project. You will receive our proposals as a shortlist free of charge. Of course, the final decision for or against a consultant will be yours.

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The founders and partners of piquano worked for many years as a consultant, project- or interim manager. Uwe Sunkel has been active in the industry for 20+ years and has successfully filled numerous projects with suitable candidates. Based on this experience "on both sides" we can assess the needs of our customers very precisely. Accordingly, we target research and placement. Our candidate proposals run i. d. R. already on the basis of the first shortlist for a project cast.

piquano works only with proven professional consultants and operationally experienced project managers. As part of the selection process, we review the relevant references for you and, in particular, evaluate the achieved project results. Due to our many years of experience in the placement of project and interim managers, we now know many of the candidates personally.

You can reach us by phone at +49 8124 910064 or via our contact form. You are also welcome to send us your project briefing directly online.

Normally you negotiate and conclude all contracts directly with the selected candidate. On request piquano is also available as a general contractor. In this case, you only conclude a project contract with us, which regulates the tasks, rights and duties. In addition, you are welcome to complete an additional bilateral NDA with the Advisor.

The search and preselection are completely free for you. We are happy to assist you in the definition of the project scope and in the preparation of a professional project briefing. The briefing can also be done online at any time. These services are also free for you.

Only then, if you decide for one of our proposed consultants, project or interim managers, we will charge the daily rates. This rate already includes our placement fee, so there are no additional costs for you.

The daily rates of consultants, project and interim managers are based on market prices. Typically, the costs are below the daily rates required by established consulting firms.

The prices vary depending on the role, the responsibility to be taken, the experience of the candidate and the duration of the assignment. As a guideline, you can expect the following costs per day:

• Theme Experts about 900 - 1,300 EUR
• Program Manager about 1,500 - 2,300 EUR
• Project Leader approx. 1,300 - 1,900 EUR
• Project Manager approximately 1,100 - 1,600 EUR
• Interim Manager about 1,000 - 2,500 EUR
• Consultants about 1,500 - 3,500 EUR
• Trainer about 1,200 - 2,800 EUR
• Coach approx. 1.300 - 2.500 EUR

Travel costs for the project will be normally charged additionally. We are happy to give you a first price indication as part of the project briefing.