Selectif

What Selectif does

Selectif (legal name OOO SELEKTIF KONSALTING, ООО «СЕЛЕКТИФ КОНСАЛТИНГ») is a privately held boutique HR recruitment and consulting agency founded in Moscow in 2009. The firm operates from a single headquarters at 115054 Moscow, ul. Valovaya d.8 str 1, near Paveletskaya metro station, and reports a headcount band of 11–50 employees. Its core offerings are permanent staff search and executive search for C-level positions (Legal VP, COO, CFO, Directors), supplemented by market research, salary surveys, training, and candidate competency assessments. Specialized verticals include banking and finance, IT, sales and marketing, PR and communications, industrial, legal, HR, and administrative personnel.

The go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven: direct client engagement with enterprise and mid-market firms in Russia, supported by Skype-based remote consultations and a VKontakte presence. Pricing is not publicly disclosed; revenue is generated through professional services fees on permanent placements and consulting engagements. The firm cites between 120 and 500 cumulative client companies and has publicly referenced project outcomes (e.g., 46% sales lift for LLC Launsh, 30% cost reduction for LLC DetroGaz, SCM enabling 15-region expansion for LLC ModnyDom) to substantiate consulting impact. Ownership is private, founder/management-controlled, with no disclosed external investors, subsidiaries, parent entities, patents, awards, or partnerships in the source data. The company is operating, with the website showing a 2026 copyright notice.

Name

Selectif

Legal name

OOO «SELEKTIF KONSALTING» (ООО «СЕЛЕКТИФ КОНСАЛТИНГ»)

Website

https://selectif.me

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Selectif is a Moscow-based boutique HR consulting agency offering permanent staff search, executive search, salary surveys, training, and candidate assessment for enterprise and mid-market clients across banking, IT, legal, and industrial sectors in Russia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Search and Recruitment Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Functional Leadership Search (HR/Finance/Legal/Marketing/Sales/Ops) (BPACAAAB), Financial Services Leadership Search (Banking/Insurance/PE/Asset Mgmt) (BPACAAAF)

Keywords

• Executive search services
• Permanent staffing recruitment
• HR consulting services
• Candidate competency assessment
• Salary survey consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Moscow

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Executive Search and Staffing Services: Revenue generated from permanent placement services, executive search consulting, and HR-related professional services including market research, training, salary surveys, and candidate competency assessments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Selectif is a Moscow-based boutique HR consulting agency that sells executive search, permanent staff search, market research, training, salary surveys, and candidate competency assessments to corporate clients. The firm sources senior and mid-level professionals for roles in banking/finance, IT, sales, marketing, HR, legal, and industrial sectors across Russia. Engagements are delivered by the firm's internal consultant team on a fee-for-service basis.

Product overview

Selectif is a boutique HR consulting agency offering a comprehensive suite of recruitment and human resources services. The core offering consists of permanent staff search and executive search as the primary services, supplemented by market research, training, salary surveys, and candidate competency assessment services. The company specializes across eight industry verticals: HR and personnel management, PR and marketing, administrative personnel, banking and finance, industrial sector, information technology, sales and marketing, and jurisprudence.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Permanent Staff Search Recruitment service that sources mid-level and specialist permanent employees for Russian corporate clients across banking/finance, IT, sales, marketing, HR, legal, and industrial sectors.
• Executive Search
• Candidate Competency Assessment
• Market Research
• Salary Surveys
• Training

Quantifiable outcome

• Sales increased by 46% for ООО «Лаунш» after implementing corporate standards
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Korn Ferry: Korn Ferry is a global organizational consulting firm with a large executive search practice serving multinational and large enterprise clients. It competes with Selectif for top-tier executive mandates but operates at significantly larger scale and with proprietary assessment methodology that Selectif cannot match.
• Robert Half Russia: Robert Half is a global specialized staffing and consulting firm with operations in Russia focused on finance, accounting, and administrative placements. It is comparable to Selectif in serving enterprise finance and back-office hiring needs but with broader geographic and functional reach.

Direct peers

• Michael Page Russia: Michael Page is a global recruitment firm with a Moscow office providing permanent placement for professional and middle management roles. It is a direct competitor to Selectif in the multi-sector permanent placement segment, though it operates with greater brand recognition and broader candidate reach.
• Antal Russia: Antal Russia is a mid-market executive search and recruitment firm operating in Moscow and CIS countries. It is directly comparable to Selectif because both serve Russian enterprise clients for senior and mid-level permanent placement across multiple functional verticals using a relationship-driven, boutique-style engagement model.
• Ward Howell: Ward Howell is a Russia-headquartered executive search and leadership consulting firm focused on C-suite and board-level placements. It competes directly with Selectif in the confidential senior executive search market for Russian enterprises, particularly in financial services and industrial sectors.
• Hays Russia: Hays Russia is the local operation of global recruitment firm Hays, providing permanent placement, temporary staffing, and executive search in the Russian market. It is a direct competitor in mid-to-senior permanent hiring with greater scale and international reach than Selectif.

Emerging players

• HeadHunter: HeadHunter is the largest online recruitment platform in Russia, providing job listings, candidate search, and recruitment tools. While it operates a different business model (marketplace vs. boutique search), it increasingly competes with Selectif by enabling direct enterprise-to-candidate connections and offering recruiter-side services for mid-level roles.
• Superjob: Superjob is a major Russian online recruitment and job search platform serving employers and job seekers across all sectors. It is an adjacent competitor to Selectif, particularly for mid-level placements, as its digital tools reduce the cost of in-house sourcing for enterprise clients.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/selectif-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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