Middle Point Selections

Executive search for maritime, engineering and technical management

You don’t always find the right professional for a key position on the job market. Sometimes you need to know where to look.

Middle Point Selections is Middle Point’s specialist executive search label. We find and select experienced professionals for specialist, senior and management positions within the maritime sector, engineering and technical management. Professionals who join our clients directly as employees.

With in-depth market knowledge, a strong specialist network and a targeted search approach, we identify candidates who not only have the right expertise, but also fit the organisation, the team and the ambitions of our client.

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The best candidates are often not actively looking

For specialist and key positions, simply publishing a vacancy is rarely enough. The professionals who can truly make a difference are often already successful in their current roles and are not actively considering a new position.

That is why we look beyond the available candidate market.

Middle Point Selections maps the relevant market in a targeted way, identifies potential candidates and approaches them personally. Based on our many years of experience within the maritime and engineering sectors, we know where to find specific expertise and what motivates professionals to consider their next step.

Don’t wait to see who responds. Search specifically for the person who fits.

Tailored executive search

Every position requires a different approach.

The search for an experienced Lead Engineer is different from the search for a Project Director, Technical Manager or senior specialist. Scarcity, seniority, confidentiality and the client’s position in the market determine how we structure the search.

That is why we agree in advance on the approach that best fits the assignment. This can be based on exclusivity, semi-exclusivity or a tailored arrangement.

From that starting point, we build the search. We select candidates based on, among other things:

  • professional expertise and relevant experience;
  • seniority and level of responsibility;
  • leadership and professional competencies;
  • personal ambition and motivation;
  • fit with the organisation and team;
  • development prospects and mutual expectations.

The result is not a stack of CVs, but a targeted selection of candidates who are genuinely worth meeting.

Our market

Middle Point Selections focuses on specialist and professional positions within the sectors and environments we know:

  • Maritime & Shipbuilding
    From naval architecture and ship design to project, engineering and technical management.
  • Engineering
    Specialist and senior engineering positions within complex technical projects and organisations.
  • Project & Operations Management
    Professionals who lead technical projects, teams, departments and operational organisations.
  • Specialist & Leadership Positions
    Scarce expertise, key positions and leadership roles where professional expertise and organisational awareness come together.

Our strength deliberately lies within the professional and specialist segment of the market: positions in which knowledge, experience, responsibility and development are central.

Looking to fill a key position?

For some vacancies, you need reach. For others, you need a targeted search.

Middle Point Selections helps organisations within maritime, engineering and technical management find professionals who may not respond to a vacancy themselves, but could still be the right person for the position.

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Aleksandra Popova 
Senior Recruitment Consultant
Middle Point Selections

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Maarten van Haren 
Managing Director
Middle Point Selections

This is Middle Point Selections

Middle Point Selections is Middle Point’s specialist executive search label for specialist, senior and management positions within the maritime sector, engineering and technical management.

The label was created from the conviction that executive search requires a different approach from secondment. Whereas secondment can involve presenting professionals for various suitable assignments, a search focuses on one specific position, one organisation and one clear objective: finding the professional who truly fits.

That focus requires specialist market knowledge, a personal approach and consultants who can dedicate themselves fully to the search.

“Executive search requires focus. You are not looking for an available candidate, but for the professional who fits that specific position, the organisation and the ambition behind it.”
— Maarten van Haren, Managing Director Middle Point Selections

Middle Point Selections is being built by Maarten van Haren and Aleksandra Popova. Aleksandra brings many years of recruitment experience and knows both the German market and the maritime domain, as well as Electrical & Automation, from the inside. Drawing on her experience and network, she focuses on identifying and personally approaching professionals who are often not actively looking for their next step.

The collaboration came about at a natural moment. Maarten had been considering for some time how to position executive search as a separate label within Middle Point. When Aleksandra indicated that she was ready for a next step and also had the ambition to build something new, the two ideas came together.

“Sometimes the right idea, the right person and the right moment come together. For us, that was the moment to truly launch Middle Point Selections.”
— Maarten van Haren

With Middle Point Selections, we combine Middle Point’s market knowledge and network with the focus of a dedicated executive search team. Personal, specialist and focused on sustainable matches.