Smienk Consulting is a world leader in international hospitality recruitment and is staffed by dedicated and motivated professionals with a long experience in the field of international hospitality placement. We are a qualified international placement office recognised by the Swiss government and surrounded by high-quality hotel management schools.

Smienk Consulting can look back on a successful history of providing many hotels and restaurants around the world with the right persons for the right positions. Our placement team is successful because we are very sensitive to the needs of our clients for confidentiality and professionalism. The qualified professionals, managers, graduates and students we place have good language skills, educational background in hospitality (certificates, diplomas or degrees) and work experience in the hospitality industry.






The placement process consists of three simple steps:

1. Please contact our office by phone or through email and inform us about your opening (starting date, position) and the candidate's profile.

2. If we have potential candidates registered that matches with the desired profile and starting date, we submit the dossiers. If there is not a suitable candidate in our database that matches with your submitted criteria, our research will start.

3. After you have made a selection of the right persons for the positions, we will organise (telephone) interviews.

Over the past years Smienk Consulting has developed an accurate selection process which provides clients with the best suitable candidates for a position.

We are looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Smienk Consulting is proud to present three of our client reference letters below. Please read what our clients have said about our placement services.

Gareth  –  General Manager of a famous 5 stars hotel in England.
Dear Rene, I hope you are well, I have used your company in the past and have always been impressed with the high level of candidates you have to offer. With kindest regards.

Linda – Assistant manager in a luxury 4 stars hotel in New Zealand.
A sincere thank you to you and your team for the recent CV’s sent to help us appoint a sous-chef needed urgently at our hotel. Once again the calibres of applicants are of a very high standard.

Furthermore we like to inform you that all of the employees we have engaged through your agency became fast valued members of our staff.  We will be in touch in May of next year to allow you a little more time to source specialised applicants for our next season. Once again my sincere thanks to you and your team, your speed and efficiency is greatly appreciated.

Tom – General Manager of a beautiful 4 stars hotel in England.
Dear Rene, I hope you’re keeping well. Firstly I would like to say how pleased we are with Saskia; she’s doing really well. This is now the third member of staff we have employed through your agency and they have all been of the highest standard.


If you require further information please contact our office through email or phone +41 796688250.




In the event of the client employing an applicant proposed by Smienk Consulting, then a fee shall be paid by the employer to the agency in accordance the following scale:
Hospitality student
Management student
Hospitality professional
Hospitality professional with at least 1 year work experience
Hospitality professional with at least 2 years work experience
Hospitality professional with at least 3 years work experience
Chef patissier
Lower Management 
Middle Management
Senior Management
FR. 550.-
FR. 950.-
FR. 990.-
FR. 1'200.-
FR. 1'300.-
FR. 1'400.-
FR. 1'800.-
On demanding
On demanding
On demanding



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