Bridging Vacancies:
The HRblue Tandem Solution
The perfect combination: Remain operational through Interim Management. Recruit in parallel.
The elegant solution for bridging vacancies: Everything from a single source
When key roles become vacant, a double risk often arises:
Operations must continue – and at the same time, the process for permanent recruitment must not be neglected. This is exactly where the HRblue Tandem Solution comes in.
We combine Interim Management for immediate bridging with permanent recruitment – both processes run in parallel and are precisely coordinated with your needs in terms of timing and content. This ensures performance, speed, and quality: stabilize in the short term, recruit correctly for the long term.
“I look forward to our conversation!”
Kerstin Mey
Head of
HR Interim Management
Two project leads – one goal:
A coordinated solution with clear responsibility
You don’t want to or can’t afford to wait until your vacancy is filled?
Our combined solution for your success!
With our Tandem Solution, you have two dedicated project leads: one for Interim Management and one for permanent recruitment.
Both work in close coordination: a shared understanding of roles, aligned milestones, and clear communication.
For you, this means a coordinated approach, no loss of information, and a process that spans from the vacancy to the handover.
In practice, bridging vacancies fails not due to a lack of will, but because of the interplay between time pressure, responsibility, and handover: day-to-day operations require immediate management, recruitment requires care – and without a handover, knowledge gaps, duplication of work, and friction within the stakeholder environment arise.
The Tandem Solution prevents exactly that: Interim Management ensures stability and progress, while permanent recruitment is carefully built up in parallel – including optional parallel operations for the handover. The result: less risk, less downtime, and better decision-making certainty.
Immediately operational through the right interim placement
We provide short-term support with an Interim Manager who covers responsibility, stakeholder logic, and the agreed services appropriately within your context.
Parallel recruitment: sustainable instead of “sometime”
While the Interim Manager delivers results, permanent recruitment runs in parallel – structured, active in the market, and with a clear target profile.
Secure handover & know-how transfer
Upon request, we can define an overlap: interim ↔ outgoing job holder or interim ↔ new job holder. This reduces risk and accelerates onboarding.
How does the HRblue Tandem Solution work?
Our HRblue Tandem specializes in HR positions and supports you with expertise and passion in bridging and correctly filling your HR vacancy.
Clarifying the assignment &
Tandem setup
We sharpen the target vision, tasks, success criteria, stakeholders, and timing. This results in the interim mandate and the search profile – consistent in content and optimally timed.
Interim & permanent recruitment in parallel
The Interim Manager quickly takes on responsibility. In parallel, we start the recruitment process: active sourcing, direct approach, qualification, and a focused shortlist.
Handover & regular operations
We support the selection and finalization of the permanent hire and organize the handover – including overlap and know-how transfer by the Interim Manager as required.
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Q&As
The Tandem Solution combines Interim Management for immediate bridging with parallel permanent recruitment. Two project leads (interim + permanent) coordinate closely to ensure you remain operational throughout while recruiting the right person for the long term.
When a vacancy significantly impacts a critical HR role: leadership roles, bottleneck functions, transformation, high stakeholder pressure, or short-term absences. Tandem is ideal when you need immediate stability – and still want to build up a clean, market-oriented permanent placement in parallel.
Both. “Tandem” means: two coordinated project leads at HRblue. Additionally, there can be a defined overlap within the company: the Interim Manager works temporarily in parallel with the outgoing or new job holder – for handover and know-how transfer.
We start with a joint role clarification (context, success criteria, stakeholders, must-have/nice-to-have criteria). This target vision guides both the interim mandate and the search profile. In this way, the Interim Manager doesn’t just bridge the gap “somehow,” but specifically stabilizes what is relevant for the permanent placement.
Often, yes: the combined commission creates efficiencies that can be reflected in an advantageous overall arrangement. The specific details depend on the mandate and are transparently coordinated during the briefing.
The primary contact for the HRblue Tandem Solution is Kerstin Mey. She can be reached at kerstin.mey@hrblue.de and by phone at +49 (0)89 5419 6585 11. She looks forward to hearing from you! Alternatively, you are welcome to use our inquiry form.
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