In her role as a recruiter at the German HR consultancy Heinrich & Coll., Eva Brückner looks for potential middle- and upper-level managers in the defense industry. "There has been a notable removal of taboos in the defense sector," Brückner said. She gets applications from people already working in the security, defense, automotive, or mechanical-engineering industries, she continued. "They don't have to have worked in the defense industry for a long time. Female candidates should understand before they apply that men still dominate many defense companies at the executive level, Brückner added.

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