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01 / Recruitment

HR Holding

Multi-brand recruitment holding operating across Poland, Germany and the Netherlands. We built a lead generation system across Meta Ads, Google Search and automated qualification funnels.

+487%
Qualified candidates
+487%
Qualified candidates
$2.10
Average CPL
16,759
Total leads
8 mo
Timeline

About

The client.

A recruitment holding with several specialised brands targeting blue-collar and skilled-trade candidates in Poland, Germany and the Netherlands, plus international sourcing across India, the Philippines and Ukraine.

Industry
Recruitment · HR · Staffing
Markets
PL · DE · NL · sourcing from IN, PH, UA
Engagement
8-month transformation · ongoing retainer
Stack
Meta Ads · Google Search · HubSpot · Make / Zapier
CHALLENGE

02 — The challenge

47 campaigns,
no clarity.

The holding ran 47 active Meta campaigns across multiple brands and markets, with overlapping audiences, inconsistent creative, and no shared qualification layer. Sales were drowning in unqualified contacts.

  • A.CPL ranged from 1.5 zł to 9.5 zł across campaigns with no clear pattern
  • B.Lead quality varied — most contacts didn't meet basic qualification
  • C.No automated routing — every lead handed manually to the right brand
  • D.Google Search untouched — competitors owned the high-intent traffic
APPROACH

03 — What we did

One system,
three markets.

Five disciplined moves — audit, segmentation, search, automation, reporting.

Step 01

Account audit + restructure

Cut 47 noisy campaigns into 6 disciplined clusters by brand × market × role. Killed audience overlap, restored signal density.

Step 02

Geo-segmented Meta ads

Native-language creative per market (PL, DE, NL) and per source country (IN, PH, UA). Lead-form ads with built-in pre-qualification questions.

Step 03

Google Search layer

High-intent keyword campaigns per market — "praca operator", "Stellenangebote", "vacatures". Match types curated weekly.

Step 04

CRM + automation

Make.com pipes leads from Meta forms → HubSpot, scores them on qualification rules, auto-routes to the right brand-team SDR within seconds.

Step 05

Weekly reallocation

Each Monday: 30-minute call to review CPL by brand and market, kill underperformers, push spend where qualified rate is climbing. No quarter-long bets — small, frequent decisions.

RESULTS

04 — Results

Eight months.
16,759 qualified leads.

Cleaner pipeline, lower cost, more predictable hires across three markets.

+487%
Qualified candidates
$2.10
Average CPL
16,759
Total leads
47
Active campaigns
503k
Unique reach
1.43M
Impressions
−68%
CPL on top market
3 mkt
PL · DE · NL
PROOF

05 — Live dashboard

Real numbers,
real account.

A snapshot from the Meta Ads dashboard — top performers from the 47-campaign portfolio.

Campaign performance Max range · 16 Jun 2021 — 16 Jul 2024
Campaign Results Reach Impressions Cost / result Spend
HINDUSI · Lead-form operator2019,03728,1681.81 zł364.70 zł
LG · Cała Polska10013,25526,9185.86 zł585.89 zł
LG · Core7612,09926,2199.55 zł725.96 zł
ESTRA · Lead-form25625,06257,2952.83 zł725.50 zł
ESTRA · Core11113,13724,6675.31 zł589.27 zł
FILIPINY · Nowa test38811,54846,6471.53 zł593.78 zł
LG NOWA · Tailored leads62,0272,7997.72 zł106.31 zł
LG NOWA · Core93,2164,7266.14 zł145.30 zł
ESTRA Zabrze · UA39691,1159.44 zł28.31 zł
+ 37 more campaigns
Total · 47 campaigns 16,759 503,598 1,430,237 1.60 zł avg 26,778.83 zł

Campaign names sanitised · per-NDA

In the client's words

"Recruitment finally feels like a system, not a scramble. Pipeline is predictable across all three markets."
PK

Piotr K.

Head of Acquisition, HR Holding

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