Kinga Milewska-Barcikowska

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Founder and Headhunter | Strategic Hiring Advisory at KB Recruit

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Overview

Kinga Milewska-Barcikowska is the Founder and Headhunter at KB Recrui, specializing in strategic tech and finance recruitment. With a background that includes growing an engineering team from 1 to over 50 people at Globalization Partners, she is also a Certified Trainer for FRIS Style Myślenia.

Outside of her primary role, Kinga is a career mentor and a vocal proponent of using psychometric tools like Gallup and FRIS to understand professional and personal styles. She is multilingual, speaking both German and Italian, which complements her work across European markets.

Unique Fact: She believes 70% of the best candidates are passive and require direct outreach, not just job postings, to be engaged.

Personality Overview

Rigorous & Demanding

Thorough Evaluator

Precise But Practical

They are very proud of what they do.  More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product. They respond well to strong and respectful communication.

Topics They Care About

Tech Talent Strategy
As the founder of a recruitment firm, she focuses on strategic hiring for roles in software engineering, cloud solutions, and security, with experience building entire teams from scratch.
Skills-based Hiring
Her professional profile explicitly lists skills-based hiring as a core service, indicating a focus on candidate capabilities over traditional credentials.
Psychometric Tools
She is a certified trainer for FRIS Style Myślenia and has publicly expressed her appreciation for tools like Gallup StrengthsFinder and the Big Five personality traits.

Media Appearances

Kinga has no verified media appearances

Work History

4-2025
Founder and Headhunter | Strategic Hiring Advisory at KB Recruit
1-2024
Career Mentor at zmianapracy
1-2025 - 3-2025
Talent Acquisition Partner at Universal-Investment
5-2024 - 1-2025
Talent Acquisition Partner for EMEA at Johnson & Johnson at AMS
1-2022 - 12-2023
Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Globalization Partners

Education

10-2019 - 6-2021
Postgraduate Studies from Kozminski University
2015 - 2016
Postgraduate Diploma from Uniwersytet SWPS

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Exp : 4 Location : Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland Job Level : Leadership Designation : Founder and Headhunter | Strategic Hiring Advisory at KB Recruit
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Insights For Selling To Kinga

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Hold your ground without indulging in one-upmanship
  • Use phrases like ‘it’s your decision’, ‘strategic impact’ etc.
  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending time doing small talk

DONT's

  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them
  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority
  • Avoid being a storyteller and don’t try to oversell

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Kinga is

  • Confidence in impact is paramount to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Kinga

  • If they decide not to go ahead, they will say no without hesitation.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Kinga move?

  • They can take decisions very fast if you manage to convince them.
  • Can Kinga take some risk or not?

  • The risks don’t matter much to them.

You And Kinga

Personality Compatibility


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