Specified Select Group

Specified Select Group is a Melbourne based recruitment agency that works in Australia's building-products sector. It describes itself as a boutique specialist in technical sales and executive recruitment, and it operates in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

It places sales representatives, key account managers, business development managers, specification consultants, product and technical managers, project managers and state and national sales leaders, as well as executives. It serves builders, civil and infrastructure projects, industrial and manufacturing sites, and architects and designers, with areas that include interiors, lighting, plumbing and construction chemicals.

The company works through contingent search, where clients pay when a placement starts, and retained or executive search, run as a confidential head-hunt. It also offers market mapping and competitor analysis. It says its team has over 40 years of combined industry experience and more than 20,000 LinkedIn connections. Tom Jeffery is Managing Director, and the company publishes salary guides and market reports for the sector.