Managing Consultant | Owner
+41 44 330 40 51
+41 79 456 30 30
er@heartsandbrains.ch
Elke Rottmann is cited as an expert in recruiting, Executive Assistance and employer attractiveness, and has shared her insights in publications including NZZ, Tagesanzeiger, WEKA HR Profi, Personal Schweiz, Miss Moneypenny, 20 Minuten and Blick.
Interview in NZZ on the topic of Assistance
Article: “Employer attractiveness as a decisive success factor and untapped potential”
“The path to business growth” | Contribution to the CEO Study 2022
“Why a rethink in recruiting is long overdue”
“How to get noticed online by headhunters”
in constitutional law on fundamental rights doctrine and the rule of law
SIX Event “Ring the Bell” | Expert panel |11.03.2025|
Assistants’ Day 2025 | Expert panel “Assistants Recruiting between Expectations & Reality” |10.09.2025|
I am a headhunter, consultant, listener and sparring partner with a clear understanding of innovative and sustainable recruitment and HR as what it truly is: Human Relationship Management.
Many years of leadership experience in operational management, strategic consulting and recruitment form the foundation. A well established network, professionalism, strong empathy, curiosity and genuine passion for what I do, as well as a keen sense for the right “fit”, are my greatest strengths.
I am convinced that the human factor is indispensable in recruitment. And that the best “matching” does not come from ever more intelligent algorithms. It takes real conversations, honest listening and curiosity about the person behind the CV. That is my vision and my daily business.
After more than 20 years of professional experience in hotel management, as a language and rhetoric trainer, in strategic and operational consulting, as the owner of an online shop and as a Senior Consultant in a recruitment consultancy, it was time to take the step into self employment. In recruitment, I found my passion.
With “hearts and brains”, I place personality, cultural fit and the power of an active, genuine network at the centre. Over the past years, I have invested a great deal of heart and soul into building this network and every day I meet new, impressive personalities, both on the candidate and client side. The countless recommendations, the feedback and the relationships that have grown over time continue to affirm and motivate me anew.
My passion is to combine innovation in recruiting through modern tools and new ways of working with empathy and personality, enabling me to recruit sustainably for my clients and partners through my network.
I like to question the status quo in my business because I believe that, especially in recruitment, it is time for change. Recruiting should, and could, have looked different long ago from the way it still does for most people today.
That is why I continuously develop hearts and brains further. With new models such as Profile Matching, the Speed Mandate and Research Services. I believe new forms of collaboration in recruiting are long overdue. Clients and agencies want greater efficiency and transparency in how they work together. And that is exactly what motivates me every day.
My added value as a recruitment partner is therefore my established network and, with it, fast and direct access to the right candidates. After all, companies can place adverts, wait for applications and set up traditional recruitment processes themselves.