For 9 years I’ve seen recruitment from both sides.
My name is Kaja Stefaniak-Olszanowska. I’m an IT recruiter, a psychologist by training and the founder of LET’S Hire.
Day to day I run recruitment for tech companies, and at the same time I work with people who are looking for a job or planning their next career move. That lets me see the same process from two very different perspectives.
Recruitment was meant to be a temporary job straight after university. It stayed with me much longer.
I’m a psychologist by training. I studied psychology at the Jagiellonian University, but I built my career in IT recruitment.
For 9 years I’ve been sourcing candidates, reviewing CVs, running interviews and working with hiring managers. In that time I’ve recruited for a wide range of roles, from developers and AI engineers to product, management and analytical positions.
I most enjoy working with smaller product companies, where there is more behind a vacancy than a list of requirements: a product, a real team, interesting challenges and people candidates genuinely want to work with.
Over time, a second perspective joined my work with companies. I started working more and more directly with people looking for a job. Today both areas are an equally important part of what I do.
The same meeting. Two completely different perspectives.
When I recruit for a company, I ask whether a candidate’s experience matches what the team needs. When I work with a candidate, I see their worries, their questions and the things they often won’t tell a recruiter in a first conversation.
That gives me a perspective I wouldn’t have if I worked on only one side of the process.
I work with companies
I recruit for specialist IT roles and support companies in selecting candidates. I talk to hiring managers, help them sharpen the requirements, actively source candidates and guide them through each stage of the process.
I’m not interested in sending as many CVs as possible. I’d rather introduce a few people and be able to say exactly why they’re worth talking to.
I work with candidates
I help people who are looking for their first job, planning to change employers or wanting to take the next step in their career.
We work on strategy, your CV, LinkedIn and interview preparation. But I don’t assume up front that the problem is your documents. Sometimes a great CV won’t help if you apply for random roles or can’t show your experience in an interview.
Behind all of this is, above all, practice.
* based on recruitment processes run by LET’S Hire in 2025.
- Glovo
- Brainly
- Sotrender
- Singu
- Primotly
- HSBC
- Flyr
- Grand Parade
- Omni Calculator
- Sinterit
You don’t build an edge by doing what everyone else does.
The job market is full of simple recipes. Candidates hear that they need an ATS-friendly CV, the right keywords and every single requirement. Companies hear that they need more candidates.
After 9 years in recruitment I know it’s rarely that simple.
A candidate can have a very good CV and the problem can still be their job search strategy. A company can receive dozens of applications and still not find the person it really needs.
That’s why I ask questions first and try to understand the problem. Only then do I look for a solution.
- I don’t teach tricks for getting past recruiters.
- I don’t scare candidates with ATS.
- I don’t send companies CVs just to make up the numbers.
- I prefer specifics, honest feedback and solutions that fit the situation.
Before I became a recruiter, I studied psychology.
I’m a psychology graduate of the Jagiellonian University. I don’t work as a psychologist, but that background has been close to my work from the very beginning.
In recruitment I’m interested in the person, not just the list of technologies in a CV. Motivation, how someone makes decisions, how they communicate and what they need from their next job often matter as much as the experience on paper.
I work the same way with people looking for a job. I don’t just want to fix a CV. I want to understand what you’re trying to achieve and what is really standing in your way.
I like talking about what recruitment really looks like.
Over the years, job hunting has gathered plenty of myths: ATS systems that automatically reject CVs, the one right CV length, having to meet every requirement, or tricks that supposedly guarantee an interview invitation.
In my content I’d rather show what I see in real recruitment processes. I write about it on my blog and on LinkedIn, run a newsletter, and share a good part of that knowledge on Instagram too.
Instagram isn’t purely an educational channel for me, though. Alongside recruitment and the job market, I also show a bit of my everyday life and the things that matter to me outside work.
And then there’s HRujże.
I co-organise HRujże, a Kraków initiative for people working in HR.
The project was started by a group of women passionate about HR who wanted a safe and supportive space to talk and exchange knowledge, experience and good practice. We meet around topics such as recruitment, HR, employer branding, workations and other areas of our work.
But it’s not just about more professional presentations. HRujże is also a chance to meet other people in the industry, talk freely about what we face at work and share experiences that don’t always fit into a presentation or a LinkedIn post.
We also talk about balancing work with life outside it. We want everyone to leave each meetup with new knowledge and with the feeling that they spent their time in good company.
Sometimes I swap the screen for a microphone.
I run workshops and give talks on IT recruitment, the job market, job hunting, AI and personal branding. I also take part in podcasts and expert conversations.
My favourite topics are the ones where I can draw on real recruitment processes and show both sides of hiring. No theory that looks good on a slide but changes little the next day.
I talk about, among other things:
Talks and collaborationAfter hours there has to be pizza.
And I don’t mean ordering it in. I bake real Italian pizza and I love cooking. Even more, I love inviting family and friends over, cooking for them and spending time together at the table.
I also love plants. I have more and more of them, and I can definitely give a monstera more attention than I ever planned to.
I show these parts of my life on Instagram too. So you’ll find plenty about recruitment and the job market there, with pizza, cooking, plants and my everyday life regularly in between.
Because in the end, even an IT recruiter doesn’t live on recruitment alone.
LET’S Hire is a brand. I’m the person behind it.
LET’S Hire started around IT recruitment, but over time it grew together with me. Today it brings together several areas of my work: recruitment for companies, one-to-one support for candidates, education and sharing knowledge.
I don’t want to give the impression of a large, anonymous agency. If you decide to work with LET’S Hire, the person on the other side will be me.
Kaja Stefaniak-Olszanowska IT recruiter · psychologist by training · founder of LET’S Hire
There are a few ways we can work together.
Hiring for your team?
I recruit for specialist IT roles and support companies in selecting candidates.
For companiesLooking for a job or planning a change?
You can join the comprehensive programme or get support in one specific area.
For candidatesOrganising an event, workshop or podcast?
I share knowledge about IT recruitment, the job market, candidates, AI and personal branding.
TalksHave a different idea for working together?
If you’d like to talk about recruitment, support with changing jobs, a talk, a workshop or a podcast appearance, write to me.
+48 533 356 215 kontakt@letshire.pl- IT recruitment
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