Smart-HR Doradztwo Personalne

What Smart-HR Doradztwo Personalne does

Smart-HR Doradztwo Personalne is a Polish HR consulting and recruitment agency headquartered in Katowice, operating as a sole proprietorship under founder Anna Pycia-Pytlik. The firm delivers a full-service employment offering that includes recruitment and selection (direct search, executive search, headhunting), HR consultancy (personnel management, motivation and reward systems, training needs analysis, internal communication), staff leasing, payroll and HR administration outsourcing, outplacement, psychometric testing, and a consumer-facing career coaching sub-brand (SMART-JOB COACHING). It also operates SMART-ASSISTANT for administrative staff leasing and a Pogotowie HR hotline for urgent staffing needs. The company is licensed under the Polish Employment Agencies Register (number 9901) and demonstrates regulatory compliance with GDPR/RODO through a dedicated data protection officer.

The firm serves manufacturing and service companies across IT, real estate, education, hospitality, and other industries, with named enterprise clients including Saint Gobain, ArcelorMittal, myPhone, and Eurobox. Its technology stack is conventional: no proprietary platform is referenced, with the firm relying on a third-party ATS (erecruiter), candidate databases, and its own multilingual (Polish/English/Russian) website and job portal. Cross-border placements have been extended to Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Belgium, while domestic coverage spans all 16 Polish voivodeships.

The go-to-market is a sales-led, primarily direct outreach model targeting enterprise and mid-market employers, supplemented by digital channels (website, social media on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest) and content marketing through blog articles and a newsletter. Revenue is generated on a fee-per-placement basis for recruitment, quote-based for consulting and leasing, and a published rate from 79 PLN for individual job coaching sessions. The firm has no institutional funding, no parent company, and no disclosed financial figures, and is privately founder-owned. Cumulative scale is reported as over 500 completed projects (per Polish/Russian pages) or 200+ projects (per the English homepage), with several hundred employees placed in the last three years.

Name

Smart-HR Doradztwo Personalne

Legal name

SMART-HR Anna Pycia-Pytlik

Website

https://smart-hr.pl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Smart-HR Doradztwo Personalne is a Katowice-based Polish HR recruitment and consultancy firm offering direct/executive search, staff leasing, payroll outsourcing, outplacement, and career coaching to enterprise and mid-market employers across all Polish voivodeships and select cross-border markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Consulting and Recruitment Services

NAICS

Human Resources Consulting Services (541612), Temporary Help Services (561320)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies (BPACACAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA), Comprehensive HRO (Multi-Process HR Outsourcing) (BPACAKAA), HR Service Delivery & Employee Contact Centers (HR Helpdesk) (BPACAKAI), Compensation & Performance Administration Outsourcing (annual cycles, merit, reviews) (BPACAKAL)

Keywords

• HR consulting services
• Recruitment and selection
• Staff leasing
• Payroll outsourcing
• Executive search

Headquarters

HQ city

Katowice

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Recruitment and Selection Services: Fee-based recruitment services placing employees across all organizational levels, from production workers to senior management, using direct search and executive search methodologies. Revenue is generated per placement.
2. HR Consultancy: Advisory services covering personnel management, motivation systems, reward systems, employee surveys, career paths, training needs analysis, internal communication strategy, and managerial coaching.
3. Staff Leasing (Leasing Pracowniczy): Temporary worker leasing services for employers, providing flexible workforce solutions including SMART-ASSISTANT for assistant-level leasing (permanent and temporary staffing, hourly rental).
4. Payroll and HR Administration (Obsługa Kadrowo-Płacowa): Payroll processing, HR administration, and BHP (health and safety) services for business clients, offered as outsourced professional services.
5. SMART-Job Coaching: Career coaching services for job seekers, priced from 79 PLN, with a 10% discount for Facebook followers. Includes CV preparation, interview coaching, and career path development.
6. Outplacement Services: Redundancy management and outplacement support for employers undergoing workforce reductions.
7. Recruitment Testing Services: Psychometric testing services (SOFTSkill personality tests and MasterMIND intelligence tests) offered to employers for candidate assessment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Smart-HR Doradztwo Personalne is a Katowice-based Polish HR consulting and recruitment agency that places employees across all organizational levels through direct search and executive search, and provides HR consultancy, staff leasing, payroll and HR administration outsourcing, outplacement, psychometric testing, and career coaching for job seekers. The company is registered in the Polish Employment Agencies Register under number 9901 and operates as a sole proprietorship owned by Anna Pycia-Pytlik.

Product overview

Smart-HR Doradztwo Personalne is a Polish HR consulting and recruitment agency based in Katowice offering a comprehensive suite of workforce solutions. The core offerings include Rekrutacje (recruitment services) using methods such as Direct Search and Executive Search, HR Consultancy covering personnel management and motivation systems, and Training Services for management and sales skills. Add-on services include SMART-JOB COACHING for career development, Testy Rekrutacyjne for psychometric assessment, and Pogotowie HR for urgent staffing needs. Additional HR services encompass Leasing Pracowniczy (staff leasing), Obsługa Kadrowo-Płacowa (payroll/HR administration outsourcing), Outplacement, employee motivation programs, and personnel auditing. The company also operates SMART-ASSISTANT as a specialized sub-brand for administrative staff leasing. Advisory services through Porady dla Kandydatów and Porady dla Pracodawców provide practical guidance for job seekers and employers respectively. The firm primarily serves manufacturing and service companies across IT, real estate, education, hospitality, and other industries throughout Poland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SMART-JOB COACHING: Career coaching service providing individually tailored career development plans for job seekers.
• SMART-ASSISTANT

Products and services

• Rekrutacje (Recruitment and Selection Services)

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 500 recruitment and HR projects completed
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Randstad Poland: Randstad is a global staffing leader with substantial Polish operations providing temporary staffing, permanent recruitment, and HR solutions. It overlaps with SMART-HR's offerings but at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach.
• Adecco Poland: Adecco is one of the world's largest staffing firms with significant Polish operations spanning temporary staffing, permanent placement, and HR outsourcing. It is a broad incumbent peer because, while serving similar customers, it operates at much greater scale and with a wider service portfolio than SMART-HR.
• ManpowerGroup Poland: ManpowerGroup is a global workforce solutions provider with established Polish operations covering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and talent management. It competes with SMART-HR for enterprise staffing and recruitment mandates, though from a much larger scale and broader service portfolio.

Direct peers

• HRK: HRK is a Polish HR consulting and recruitment firm offering executive search, permanent placement, and HR advisory services. It is a direct peer given its overlapping mid-senior recruitment focus and HR consultancy services in the Polish market.
• Work Service S.A. Work Service is one of the largest Polish staffing and HR services companies, offering temporary staffing, permanent placement, and HR outsourcing across multiple sectors. It is directly comparable to SMART-HR's staff leasing, recruitment, and HR outsourcing offerings in the Polish market.
• Grafton Recruitment Poland: Grafton Recruitment is an international recruitment firm with deep operations in Poland offering permanent, temporary, and contract staffing across multiple sectors. It is a direct peer because it competes for the same mid-market and enterprise recruitment and HR outsourcing mandates as SMART-HR in the Polish market.
• Antal Poland: Antal is a recruitment and HR consultancy firm with established Polish operations focused on specialist and mid-senior placements as well as HR consulting. It competes head-to-head with SMART-HR for executive search, direct hire, and HR outsourcing engagements in Poland.
• Michael Page Poland: Michael Page is an international recruitment firm with operations in Poland specializing in mid-to-senior level permanent placements across multiple functions. It competes with SMART-HR for the same direct-hire and executive search mandates from Polish employers.
• Devire: Devire is a Polish-headquartered recruitment and HR services firm offering permanent placement, temporary staffing, and HR outsourcing across multiple specializations. It is a direct peer due to overlapping service lines, target customers, and Polish market positioning relative to SMART-HR.
• Hays Poland: Hays Poland is part of a global specialist recruitment firm with a strong Polish presence focused on mid-to-senior permanent and contract placements. It is directly comparable to SMART-HR's executive search and direct search offerings for skilled professional roles.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SMARTHR5
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCyLmxjPtcW4fGo8A3EvxM3A
• Facebookfacebook.com/AgencjaRekrutacyjnaSmartHR
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/smart-hr-poland

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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