Areas of expertise
No industry is taboo for us, but yes, we do have our favourites:
Yet, we never say no to other challenges. Our field of expertise thus widens with every project.
Headhunting in a humane way is not only our motto, it’s our creed.
We focus primarily on candidate search for specialized and top positions through executive search. In other words we are a headhunting boutique company. We believe that everyone deserves their own headhunter. See for yourself how we work; we know that even headhunting can be done tactfully and with humbleness.
No industry is taboo for us, but yes, we do have our favourites:
Yet, we never say no to other challenges. Our field of expertise thus widens with every project.
When cooperating with Nováček & Partners I am always pleased by their high level of motivation to assist me and truly find the help that I need – they initiate search processes quickly, actively share new information and find the most suitable solutions. A systematic approach helps them achieve great results which is crucial to staking a great reputation within the work market. One of their leading fields of expertise is filling technical positions, and they deliver outstanding technical candidates. This is normally a challenge as it requires the ability to translate specific technical requirements of a certain position towards candidates, but they certainly excel in this regard!
Tomáš Drbal, Technical Director, BTL zdravotnická technika, a.s.I very much appreciate the professional, yet kind and friendly approach during the process of change I’ve gone through thanks to Alena Sanders. The communication didn’t end with me joining the company, she’s been interested in how I’ve been doing there even after that. She gave me useful feedback and advice after every meeting, which was important for me especially since I was a newcomer in the industry. I’d like to thank her very much once again.
Kateřina Steinerová, Construction Designer, SIPRAL a.s.I knew that our collaboration would be a success from the very first moment I met with Jan Nováček. Jan is an experienced professional with a large network. His positive and diplomatic attitude makes it a pleasure to work with him.
Iva Štylerová, Head of Program Office, ČEZ a.s.What I appreciate most about Honza Nováček is his professionalism, fairness and reliability. He acts very precisely, is devoted and is always pro-active. I enjoy the fast and effective communication, flexibility when negotiating, and friendly, trustful and informal approach. The next time I consider a new job opportunity, Honza will definitely be my first contact.
Karolína Matějková, Deputy Finance Director, BTL zdravotnická technika, a.s.We have cooperated with Mr. Nováček in recruiting staff for a series of job positions over the past years. I greatly appreciate the level of professionalism with which he conducts the head-hunting process. From the general outline of a profile of a suitable future candidate provided by the client, he is able to develop a sophisticated model of the process for searching for potentially interesting candidates – ranging from market mapping to ultimately contacting specific persons. I had not previously experienced a more effective and successful model in operation before. At present, headhunting is a bit of a challenge mainly for IT positions; however, working alongside Mr. Nováček substantially enhances the likelihood of your success.
Norbert Meszaros, General Manager, Apcom Czech s.r.o.I would like to thank Nováček & Partners for their professional yet personal approach when reaching out to me with a job offer within the ČEZ Group. Despite already considering another job offer, I have reconsidered my choice due to their fast and effective communication and action. I’m very pleased with my decision now since I’m very happy working in a positive environment and having great colleagues. Such an environment is the best motivation for me to work effectively. I really value their professional approach and wish them all personal as well as professional success.
Michael Šulc, Procurement specialist, ČEZ a.s.I have had very positive experiences with Nováček & Partners as a candidate as well as a hiring manager. They are different from other headhunters in that they are intersted in the person not just in a CV, and they try to match the needs of both candidates and companies on a personal level. Their work doesn’t end with “selling” the candidate; they also help the candidate and the company to overcome initial difficulties, misunderstandings and the feelings of being overwhelmed. I’ve never encountered such an attitude and service in all my practice.
Jan Krch, Procurement Manager, BTL zdravotnická technika, a.s.Our cooperation with the team of Honza Nováček was excellent. I’ve appreciated mainly the professionalism, deep engagement and personal attitude. I shouldn’t have been surprised by how quickly and how well they understood our industry, identified our needs, mapped the work market and presented the first candidates of high quality, as I’ve known Honza for a long time and he has always been a true professional.
Václava Jersáková, HR Director, SIPRAL a.s.Professionalism combined with informality, structure with ability to improvize, empathy with broad perspective, clear and justified recommendation or rejection of the candidate. These are the reasons why we’ve repeatedly come back to Nováček & Partners headhunting team when looking for new candidates.
Jaroslav Pól, General Manager, Anton Paar Czech Republic s.r.o.When I started to deal with Ms. Břízová and Mr. Nováček, I could immediately sense the friendly and relaxed atmosphere during our meetings, which were at the same time professional, to the point, and tailored to my personality, as it were. I am a little bit indecisive, which is why I appreciated that they very openly shared all necessary information with me and tried to help me make the right decision. I must also mention the care after I joined the new company: Ms. Břízová called me repeatedly and discussed all my impressions and observations.
Michal Bártík, Product Specialist, Anton Paar Czech Republic s.r.o.Our office had previous experience with other headhunters, mainly with big agencies, with which the cooperation, or the candidate search was rather a matter of luck. Moreover, the attitude of those agencies has never conviced me to grant them an exclusive contract. However, Mr. Nováček immediately caught my attention with his client-oriented approach and he was the first to convince me to enter into an exclusive agreement. I’ve never regreted it. We have found top candidates thanks to our coopertation with Mr. Nováček, which for us as an advisory office is indeed crucial. I especially appreciate how Mr. Nováček tries to understand the needs of our office and ideal candidate’s profile in detail, and then he’s able to select such candidates who really fulfill our requirements and needs. Other benefits of working with hin are high levels of flexibility, personal engagement and presence at all meetings with the candidates regardless of where and when the meetings take place. We can 100 % rely on anything we’ve agreed on.
David Krch, Managing Partner, TAX ADVISORY SERVICES s.r.o.If you wish for a real change of work, Nováček & Partners is a great choice that I can sincerely recommend. They won’t “label” you before they meet you for an interview. The consultant will listen to what you have to say, and not just assess how well your answers match a chart.The options that they’ll offer will be relevant and real, not just a formality. It’s an ideal combination of standard HR processes with common sense and empathy. And another bonus at the end is that they’ll call you even if it hasn’t worked out (-:
Tomáš Muthny, Product Specialist, Anton Paar Czech Republic s.r.o.
Impact Hub Praha
Drtinova 557/10
150 00 Praha 5
ID: 05730074, Tax IN: CZ05730074, VAT registered company
info@novacekandpartners.com
+420 739 685 356
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Why do we need your personal data?
In order to be able to connect the right candidates with the right employers, we have a database with personal
data about prospective and/or placed candidates, as well as contact information about people we deal with on
our clients’ side. The more accurate information we have, the more appropriate job offers you can get, and the
more suitable candidates we can present to clients. We appreciate your trust and we assure you that we pay great
attention to the safety of your personal data and to the compliance with all legal provisions.
The legal basis for processing clients’ data is contractual obligation (be it a company searching for new employees
or individuals looking for their dreamjobs). We process data from public sources (e.g. LinkedIn) on a general
level on the basis of our legitimate interests; however, as soon as we enter into direct contact with the prospective
candidates we ask for their consent to the processing of their personal data. The data of those who haven’t granted
us the consent is deleted.
Who stores and processes your personal data and how?
The controller of your personal data is our company, Nováček & Partners, s.r.o. with registered office at Drtinova 557/10, 150 00 Praha 5,
ID: 05730074, registered at Krajský soud v Ústí nad Labem. All data is processed through
a professional database run by a European company with a branch in the Czech Republic. The data is stored on
servers located in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and backed-up on servers within the EU. For maximum security
we also back up the data regularily on another server located in the Czech Republic. We have entered processing
with all of our processors to ensure maximum security of your pesonal data.
What type of personal data do we process?
As far as our clients are concerned, we process work contacts of people we deal with on individual projects.
With prospective candidates, we process their contact information and information about their current or previous
employment. In the beginning of the placement process, we draw upon public information (e.g. published on LinkedIn),
but we ask for the consent to personal data processing as soon as possible. When relevant, we keep record of
further data from CVs or interviews. These mainly concern education, work experience and qualifications.
Special categories of personal data or sensitive data
Sensitive data is personal data revealing racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical
beliefs, trade union membership, genetic or biometric data allowing the unique identification of a natural person,
data concerning health, sexual orientation or sex life.
We do not intentionally collect this type of information, unless you explicitly provide it (e.g. in an interview
as you consider it important for your prospective employer to know about) or unless it is required by law.
Who can access your information?
In our company, the access to your personal data is limited to the individuals who need it for performing their
job. Data is accessed through their personal account in our database from their password-protected PC belonging
to our company. They are, of course, contractually bound to secrecy. If we obtain the consent to it, we provide
candidates’ personal data to prospective employers through a secured database access. The employees and contractors
of the database controller can see the data stored in the database only in an encrypted form.
International transfer of data
Since we are members of the International Association for executive search (IMSA), we receive requests from
our foreign partners looking for Czech candidates for their clients. In that case we ask for special consent
granted only for such specific projects. The due date of this consent is limited and our partners, of course,
secure their data carefully, too.
Data retention
We usually store personal data for the period of five years through our CRM database and on our external back-up
server. If you want to have your data deleted from our CRM systems, or if you wish to object to the processing
of your personal data, please email us via info@novacekandpartners.com.
Security
We have adpoted technical and organisational measures in order to protect and secure your personal data. We
protect the data from loss, abuse or unauthorized access. All of our employees and contractors, as well as all
relevant third parties, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of your data. They are bound by internal directive
and/or processing contracts.
However, it is not possible to ensure 100 % security. Even so, we regularly check our system for data storing
and processing and we apply all security measures that we are able to, in order to prevent unauthorized access
to your personal data. This is intended to grant sufficient security, given the current technological possiblities
available to us. We also regularly update our security measures.
Controlling your personal data
You are legally entitled to request details of our personal data about you.
To confirm whether your personal data is processed in our CRM systems or to access your personal data in our
CRM systems, email your request to info@novacekandpartners.com.
Rectification, erasure, restriction of processing or data portability
In order to confirm that your personal data is accurate and current or to request rectification, erasure, restriction
of processing or a readily portable copy of your personal data, you can contact us by sending an e-mail to info@novacekandpartners.com.
In the same way, please contact us with other inquiries or comments.
Complaints
If you are concerned about an alleged breach of privacy law or any other regulation, contact us via email at
info@novacekandpartners.com or in writing at Nováček & Partners, s.r.o., Impact Hub Praha, Drtinova 557/10, 150
00 Praha 5. Our GDPR expert will investigate your complaint and provide information about how it will be handled.
If you are not satisfied with how Nováček & Partners, s.r.o. resolved your complaint, you have the right to
complain to the Office for Personal Data Protection.
IMSA is an international network that carries out recruitment through executive search to identify the best professional executives, both nationally and internationally. It’s a worldwide network of 47 offices in 22 member states. IMSA helps to build business across the continents. We are honoured to have become their partner in April 2018. The experience, enthusiasm and synergy of all the members are great inspiration and motivation to us. We sincerely share their vision.
An example of a typical situation. An interview with a candidate:
„How did it all start?“
„They contacted me outside my working hours, which I appreciated. You don’t want to discuss a job proposal in front of your colleagues. Talking with them made me curious and I agreed to meet them in person and learn more about the offered position. I guessed from their website that it wasn’t a massive work agency and that it wouldn’t be a waste of time.“
„Was there anything that surprised you at the first meeting?“
„Definitely the informal attitude and environment. Nothing was stiff, and there was no time limit. I soon realized we wouldn’t discuss just the items in my CV. It was rather a discussion about my ideas regarding my future and whether this job would be the right one for me. The best surprise was that they knew the company in and out and knew exactly who they were looking for. Even though I hadn’t been looking actively for a new job opportunity, I gladly agreed to go on to a non-committal interview.“
„So you went on to the interview at the company?“
„Yes, I did. But I hadn’t experienced having a headhunter present at the interview. However, I soon realised what a benefit this was. I had no reason to be nervous with him present; in fact, it sped up the whole process. He didn’t really interfere, he acted rather as support or as a facilitator. He added information I’d otherwise forgotten. It actually felt like a quite pleasant conversation rather than a typical stiff job interview. That very same day I got the feedback. I’m convinced that even if they had declined me as a candidate, they would have justified it properly, and not just written that typical ‘we chose a more suitable candidate…’.“
„Apparently, this wasn’t your case…“
„No, it wasn’t. Shortly after that, I got an offer. Then I had to decide; the headhunter helped me go through various options. Yet, I never felt pushed to make a specific choice. I could feel he really wanted me to be happy with my choice and wanted to make sure I was a perfect fit for the position. Eventually, I decided to go for the change and I gave notice. It was really challenging at the beginning, mainly when I had to refine the scope of my responsibilities with my superior. I’m still in touch with the headhunter who has shown me that his support doesn’t end with me joining the company. I’ve never experienced such candidate care.“
An example of a typical situation. An interview with a client:
„How did it all start?“
„Nováček & Partners were recommended to me. I approached them when we were looking for a manager for our production business. At the beginning, I was a bit sceptical, but we ended up cooperating on a long-term basis.“
„What was the first meeting like?“
„It was unexpectedly long. It took place at our company, because the headhunter wanted to see the production premises and get the feeling of the atmosphere, culture and relationships in our company. Until then I was used to sending the job description to the agency and that was it. Other companies didn’t want to know more, but at Nováček & Partners they asked for further details. It surprised me, but this initial time investment eventually proved worthwhile. What’s more, it even saved the time when we assigned new positions which we needed for other departments.“
„So how long did it take them to find the right person?“
„Several weeks, but it was worth the wait. They mapped the market first and provided some useful information and overviews; we were in touch a lot. They sent us three profiles of people they had already met and whose references they had checked. Only then they accompanied the pre-selected candidates for an interview at our company. We just booked a conference room, made coffee and that was all we had to take care of. The headhunter was always present as an observer or even a mediator. He was of a great help. He paid attention to details I’d have otherwise overlooked, which in turn helped with giving feedback to and negotiating with the candidate.“
„What was the headhunters’ further role in the process?“
„They counselled us during the follow-up interviews and they also helped to some extent around the on-boarding process. They worked as sort of mediators or facilitators during the probation period, too. Both parties knew about that and it was very useful. I do like this complex counselling service, which doesn’t disappear after the position is filled, but the partnership and cooperation keep naturally on.“
Our motto conveys our company’s very essence: I surround myself with people I consider to be my partners. We apply this same approach when selecting candidates. The candidates we place must match their new workplace on both a professional and a human level, meaning they must have the right motivation for their new job, as well as see this change as a productive step in their lives. I’ve worked in recruitment for both small enterprises and large corporations since 2007, and thanks to that I’ve realized what it comes down to when finding your dream job. I’ve found mine in headhunting.
jan.novacek@novacekandpartners.com
All my life, I’ve been challenged with situations in which I had to “figure it out and cope with it.” When we started Nováček & Partners in 2016, headhunting was completely new to me. Honza helped me to “figure it out”, but most importantly, he saw the value in my previous experience, and he let me bring my own qualities to this job. As a result, I have always found headhunting to be a humble and humane process. I listen to both clients and candidates, I don’t judge, and I seek the perfect match. I enjoy being the person in the process who doesn’t decide but connects. I love searching for, finding and opening the doors for the right people.
alena.sanders@novacekandpartners.com
Communication and improving have always been important at my work as well as in my life. When I met Alena, I was taken by how interested she was in other people’s stories and how well she managed to show them where they could find their dream jobs. Eventually, she brought me to Nováček & Partners, to my perfect match, where I now set up the database of clients and candidates. I love that I have the opportunity to connect what, at first glance, seems impossible to connect, and that people still can be humans and not just items in the tables. This database enables my colleagues to find the right people for the right jobs.
anna.valouchova@novacekandpartners.com
I love meeting people who have a desire to change something in their lives. I find pleasure in working with clients with whom I can partner and assist in searching for optimal solutions. At Nováček & Partners I not only do headhunting but I’m also responsible for finances. I teach financial mathematics at the University of Economics in Prague and simultaneously manage a company engaged in accounting, tax and corporate finance advisory.
tomas.kabrt@novacekandpartners.com
I’ve always loved looking for relevant information: previously when I worked for a news agency, and now in headhunting, which is about connecting the candidates and the employers on both professional as well as human level. It makes sense to me to be the bridge between the candidates and their new occupation.
eva.tisnovska@novacekandpartners.com
I met Honza and the others through my previous work. I immediately appreciated their openness, professionalism and above all their humane attitude. That’s why I jumped at the offer and gladly became part of Nováček & Partners team. During our cooperation, we managed to find candidates for a variety of companies who are very happy at their new jobs. Although, my life has taken me elsewhere and I have decided to study health and yoga, I feel 100 % confident that when you become ready for a change, don’t hesitate; you are in good hands here.
Headhunting has always been one of my dreams and I’ve always wanted to try it out. That’s why I’d like to thank Honza for trusting me and giving me the chance to do that. I learnt a lot during the year and a half of our cooperation, I met many interesting people, and I also made progress in my personal search. However, it’s time to move on now, for life is too short to be lived otherwise than to the fullest.
I have never imagined a career in headhunting but when Honza showed me that it can be done with empathy, I realized how much I enjoy this profession. For me, candidates are not just CVs, but people with skills, experience, and potential. It is a pleasure to be able to connect our clients with the right candidates and help them succeed together.
alena.skodova@novacekandpartners.com
While I was still studying at university, I decided to take the chance and apply to Nováček&Partners as a data cleaner. I had no idea it would be such a positive career move. What I have found there, was an amazing team of people who are always there to support me and allow me to grow professionally. Thanks to them, I am discovering the interesting world of headhunting.
jitka.doubkova@novacekandpartners.com
I have spent a considerable amount of time wondering where to direct my professional life. The main priority was to find a job that would make me feel beneficial both to myself as well to the others. I did not want to just sit through my daily working hours. And that is exactly why I have decided to work for Nováček & Partners. I believe that listening to people and respecting their uniqueness is the best way to work as a headhunter. There’s a right job position for everyone and I enjoy helping people find it.
jitka.novotna@novacenandpartners.com
I am inspired by people who are not afraid to pursue their dreams. When I met Honza and his team, I knew they were doing headhunting differently to what I was used to. It was the enthusiasm, care, and interest in clients and candidates that helped me accept the offer to become a part of it. I enjoy helping others succeed, and seeing that things work as they should makes me feel fulfilled.