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28/11/2025

๐ŸŽ‰ 14 years of Human Direct. 14 years of human-centered IT recruitment.
It all started back in November 2011, when Erika Kosa founded Human Direct with a clear mission: to bring organizational psychology into Romanian companies and hiring processes. To her pleasant surprise, IT companies were the most open to motivational frameworks, retention strategies, and quality-based hiring decisions. And where thereโ€™s real demand, value follows.
Thatโ€™s when Csaba Balazs, a senior software developer at the time, joined the journey. He saw a challenge worth taking:
๐“๐จ ๐›๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐š ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ% ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐š๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐„๐ซ๐ข๐ค๐š.
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž: ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž, ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐ž๐š๐ฆ๐ฌ, ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐๐ฌ.

What happened over the next 14 years?
.::. We recruited experts for 1200+ IT roles
.::. We signed contracts with 550+ IT companies
.::. We built a community of 120,000+ tech professionals
.::. And weโ€™ve maintained a 98% retention rate โ€“ the people we placed stayed with our clients
Thatโ€™s one of our greatest professional achievements. We donโ€™t just fill roles.
We help companies make better hiring decisions. Weโ€™ve never stopped innovating
Over the years, we launched several initiatives โ€“ some of which are still going strong today:
๐Ÿ’ป Cipher โ€“ IT Salary Calculator
๐Ÿค– Friday โ€“ People-first AI recruiting software
๐ŸŽ“ Approach Academy โ€“ for non-IT hiring & HR advisory
๐Ÿงญ Beacon โ€“ our latest product, helping candidates (not just developers) prepare effectively for interviews ๐Ÿ”— https://trybeacon.eu/

14 ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›, ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘‘...
๐‘Š๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘ ๐‘ฆ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’-๐‘“๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ .
๐ผ๐‘› ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ โ€“ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘๐‘ฆ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘š๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘‘.
๐ด โ„Ž๐‘ข๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œโ€™๐‘  ๐‘๐‘’๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘—๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฆ: ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘›๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š. ๐Ÿ™
๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’โ€™๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก 14 ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘โ„Ž.

Photos from Human Direct's post 20/03/2024

What a fantastic and inspiring experience we had at the 2024 EFIKOT conference in Cluj-Napoca, organized by RMKT! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ก

Erika, Founder & Organizational Psychologist, and Csaba, Founder & Lead Software Engineer fueled their energy and inspiration tanks at EFIKOT, an insightful tech conference on innovation, digitalization, and robotization, topics of high interest for their ongoing projects.

Maybe not many of you know that besides Human Direct, their successful IT recruitment and consulting company, Erika and Csabi also have two original products and own a tech startup: Friday (https://fridayjobs.eu/jobs). This makes them eager to participate in many tech events and connect with young entrepreneurs and senior leaders who share their passion for the industry. ๐ŸŒ

๐Ÿ”„ The discussions of the EFIKOT conference were centered on the topic of innovation as seen from 4 different angles:

1. Supply chain
2. Future of Sustainable Mobility
3. The jobs of the future
4. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Investing

๐Ÿ† The young researcher Agota Bakos presented us dotLumen - Empowering the Blind, a product that revolutionizes the mobility of the visually impaired with Spatial Navigation AI. dotLumen has been selected as a finalist for the Prizes 2023, out of over 1,450 applications!

๐ŸŒฟ Nagy Zsolt discussed the importance of ESG. With the right corporate policies in place, companies can make better decisions that safeguard the environment and address important issues, such as climate change, while also attracting socially conscious investors.

๐Ÿ™ With her transparency, honesty, and encouraging words, Kinga Daradics, CEO of Emag, was a true example of what it means to pay it forward to the new generation. Her career path is a testament to her philosophy: she didnโ€™t make it a goal to become a CEO, but she focused on the impact she can have on the people and organizations around her. When you lead with your purpose, growth follows.

๐Ÿค– Levente Szasz, university lecturer, and Otto Csiki, researcher, caught our attention with the nine pillars of Industry 4.0. They also presented a holistic approach to the challenges of HR in the face of digitalization, one of the main effects of industry 4.0 technologies on HR. What is the role of human resources in adopting digital manufacturing technologies? What are the skills and competencies different organizational levels need? We got answers to these questions and many more, and since their research is so relevant to the tech industry and our activity at Human Direct, we are eager to write an article covering the new findings.

๐Ÿ‘ Congratulations RMKT for organizing such a high-quality event, and thank you for fostering an engaging context for debates and idea-sharing within our community. See you next year! ๐Ÿ’™



Photo Credit RMKT and EFIKOT

14/03/2024

Dear Lia โ˜€๏ธ,

Yesterday was one special day! We celebrated your birthday together for exactly 10 years now, which is such a beautiful testament to your loyalty, commitment, stability, perseverance, and many more qualities we love and appreciate about you. ๐Ÿ™

We witnessed your professional growth from intern to Head of Delivery ๐Ÿš€, and we can wholeheartedly say youโ€™ve been and always will be ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ˆ๐“ ๐‘๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ!

The clients are amazed by your capacity, as an HR professional, to impress candidates with your tech approach, your passion for tech and for the clientโ€™s product. ๐Ÿ’ปโš™๏ธ

The valuable tech recruitment specialists you helped grow through your coordinator role are forever keeping you in their hearts. ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅฐ

And our HD team is in awe of your ability to excel in your professional journey (you still possess the ๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ 9 ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฒ๐ž๐ ๐œ๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก)! ๐Ÿ’™

We see a dedicated professional, an exceptional mother, and a strong woman who always has a bright smile on her face.
Happy Birthday, Lia!!! ๐ŸŽ‚๐Ÿฅณโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿฅ‚

Photos from Human Direct's post 06/03/2024

Adelina is our youngest team member, and you know what they say: strong essences are kept in small bottles โœจ

During the celebratory birthday lunch we had together, we seized the opportunity to tell her the many reasons we appreciate her as a colleague ๐Ÿ™ and delighted in delicious food and wholesome conversations.

Adelina has been part of our team for almost 2 years now, and we have this funny saying: 1 year in Human Direct is like 2 recruiting somewhere else ๐Ÿ˜… So itโ€™s safe to say she is already a remarkable specialist in the field, and we count on her big time for our daily activity in HD.

Thank you for shining your light! ๐Ÿ’™

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