Metro AG’s innovation hub Nx-Food has announced a partnership with Düsseldorf-based job platform foodjobs.de to assist food start-ups in their search for staff.
The website will create a dedicated category for start-ups, which will help young entrepreneurs in their recruitment process by providing them access to prospective employees with various skill sets.
Director of food innovation, and in charge of the innovation hub Nx-Food, Fabio Ziemßen, said “One of the most critical moments for a start-up is the beginning of its growth phase.
"Without expert staff, these companies cannot produce reliably.”
Assisting Start-Ups
As a part of the partnership, start-ups belonging to the Nx-Food hub will be able to place job advertisements for experts and management staff free of charge on the online platform.
Moreover, Nx-Food and foodjobs.de will continue to collaborate on new and next-generation food topics to optimally assist the target group of start-ups.
“We are the job portal for experts and managers in the food industry. Our know-how and our job portal benefits established food producers in the same way as new companies who strive to enter the market with innovative products,” said foodjobs.de founder, Bianca Burmester.
NX-FOOD is an incubator for companies, with innovative food and hospitality ideas, who want to test their products in the market.
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