Targeted Recruiting Group

What Targeted Recruiting Group does

Targeted Recruiting Group (TRG) is a privately held, founder-led boutique recruiting firm operating exclusively within the U.S. plastics industry. Founded by Todd Garrison (President), the company is headquartered in New Albany, Indiana, near Louisville, Kentucky, and recruits from coast to coast for polymer and resin suppliers, plastic processors, and converters. Its service scope spans executive search and professional placement across three role families — corporate (CEO, CFO, VP, HR), manufacturing and engineering (Plant Manager, Process Engineer, Quality Manager, R&D), and sales and marketing (Director of Sales, Outside Sales, Key Account Manager) — covering individual contributor, management, and executive levels.

The firm's core offering is TRG Recruiting Services, a full-cycle contingency search supported by a proprietary database of more than 30,000 pre-evaluated candidates and a curated STARS (Superior Talent Available and Ready) tier of high-impact, actively-available candidates. Adjacent products include a public Job Board, candidate support services (resume, interview, and career guidance), and an opt-in SMS notification program. There is no proprietary technology platform, API, or AI capability disclosed — the company's competitive engine is its domain specialization, accumulated candidate network, and placement outcomes (85% interview rate, 85% four-year retention, 90% offer acceptance).

TRG operates on an employer-paid contingency fee model with no charges to candidates. Pricing is transaction-based and not publicly disclosed. Distribution is direct B2B sales to plastics employers, supplemented by direct candidate engagement, a self-serve job board, content marketing via the founder-authored blog, and email and SMS outreach. The firm holds no funding, has no disclosed investors, and operates as a single-office micro-cap services business.

Name

Targeted Recruiting Group

Legal name

Targeted Recruiting Group

Website

https://targeted-recruiter.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialized Staffing & Executive Search Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131), Executive Search Services (561312)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Executive & Leadership Direct Hire (BPACAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Sales, Marketing & Customer Success Direct Hire (BPACAFAD), Administrative, Clerical & Office Support Direct Hire (BPACAFAF)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Plastic industry recruiting
• Professional placement
• Manufacturing talent acquisition
• Contingency recruiting

Headquarters

HQ city

New Albany

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Contingency Recruiting Fees: TRG operates on a contingency fee model where all fees are paid by the employer (client companies). There is no fee charged to candidates. The company earns revenue when a placed candidate accepts an offer or is hired.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Targeted Recruiting Group is a niche, full-cycle recruiting firm specializing in executive search and professional placement within the U.S. plastics industry. It recruits coast-to-coast for polymer and resin suppliers, plastic processors, and converters, filling technical sales, engineering, manufacturing, HR, and corporate roles at individual, management, and executive levels on an employer-paid contingency basis.

Product overview

Targeted Recruiting Group (TRG) is a niche recruiting firm offering a portfolio of services centered on executive search and professional placement exclusively within the plastics industry. The core offering is TRG Recruiting Services, which provides full-cycle placement across corporate, manufacturing, engineering, and sales functions. The STARS Program (Superior Talent Available and Ready) is a curated pre-evaluated candidate network. The company also maintains a public Job Board and offers Candidate Services including resume, interview, and job search support. All services are positioned for polymer and resin suppliers, plastic processors, converters, and related entities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TRG Recruiting Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% of candidates submitted are interviewed
• +2 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• FPC (Franchise Placement Center / FPC National): Franchise of recruiting offices focused on manufacturing, engineering, and industrial placements, including direct hire and executive search. Comparable to TRG in its contingency-driven, full-cycle model for technical and leadership roles in industrial verticals.
• Aerotek: Large staffing and recruiting firm with dedicated manufacturing and industrial practices that recruit for technical, engineering, and production roles—the same categories TRG serves in plastics. Competes for the same employer clients and candidate pool, though at much broader scale and across multiple industries.

Broad incumbents

• Kforce: Public staffing firm with a professional staffing practice covering technology, finance, and industrial roles. Overlaps with TRG on permanent placement of technical and corporate professionals, though Kforce operates at significantly greater scale and across multiple sectors.
• MRINetwork: Global executive search and management recruiting network with strong manufacturing and industrial practices. Closely comparable to TRG's executive search and direct hire services, but serving a much broader set of industries and geographies.
• Robert Half: Established global staffing and consulting firm with dedicated finance, accounting, and administrative placement. Overlaps with TRG at the corporate and HR roles level (CFOs, HR managers) served across multiple industries.
• LinkedIn (Talent Solutions / Recruiter): Dominant professional network with built-in recruiting tools and an extensive passive candidate database. A structural competitor and partial substitute for TRG's candidate sourcing capability, especially for employers seeking to reduce recruiter dependence.
• Insight Global: Large staffing firm providing contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire placement across IT, engineering, manufacturing, and industrial roles. Competes for similar functional roles as TRG, though it lacks TRG's exclusive plastics industry specialization.
• Hays (Hays Recruiting): Global recruiting firm with a strong manufacturing and industrial operations practice covering engineering, supply chain, and operations roles. Comparable to TRG in placing technical and corporate roles in industrial settings, but at global scale across multiple sectors.

Emerging players

• ZipRecruiter: Tech-enabled recruiting marketplace that uses AI-driven candidate matching and a self-serve job posting model. Represents a partial substitute for TRG's job board and candidate matching capability, particularly for non-executive roles.

Others

• The Manufacturing Institute: Workforce development and research affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers. Addresses the talent shortage in US manufacturing through research, training, and credentialing—adjacent to TRG's plastics recruiting focus rather than a direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/targeted-recruiting-group

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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