Strategic recruitment for Australia's construction, engineering and insurance sector.
ConstructEng Australia places talent on the largest building and civil developments, and across the insurance sector. With 25+ years in technical and executive recruitment, founder Simon Bloom has built an extensive network of engineers, construction professionals and insurance specialists around the world.
25+ years of recruiting talent around the world.
Founded by Simon Bloom in 2009, ConstructEng Australia grew into a recruitment brand with a LinkedIn network of over 15,000 industry professionals. Simon's own background spans executive search inside Transport for NSW's internal talent acquisition function, supporting senior appointments across its once-in-a-generation $76.7B infrastructure program, through to in-house talent leadership for a global insurer. That network and experience now sit behind every ConstructEng search.
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- 01Talk to STARselectSay what you want and STARselect does it: add a vacancy, run a market map, score someone, move a candidate, draft a message, or say “remind me what a candidate was doing between 2018 and 2022”. And remember to say please!
- 02LinkedIn market mapsWrites the search from your job, runs it on your own LinkedIn or Recruiter, grades every person A, B or C with the evidence and puts the best first, at light speed! Message the good fits, or download the whole map.
- 03Market maps in ExcelDownload the whole map: title, employer, location and connection for each person, graded against every requirement, with your message history and notes on their own sheets.
- 04Applicant scoringImport up to 300 CVs at once from any job board or system. Each is scored out of 100 against your role description: Met, Partly met or Not shown, with the reason for every requirement.
- 05Evidence checkInvestigates the claims in the CVs you choose: what is well backed, what is vague or unsupported, and what is worth checking, with up to 10 fair questions to test them.
- 06Pre-screensSend a link by email or text: a short details form, then 4 or 5 questions answered on a phone or computer, typed or spoken. Each answer is scored out of 5 and summarised against the role.
- 07One combined CV documentOne click combines the cover sheet, CV, score, evidence check and pre-screen questions and answers into one document for each vacancy. Send it to a client or colleague, or download the PDF.
- 08STAR interview guides and templatesA tailored interview guide for each candidate, with a scorecard for your panel, plus ready-made templates for role descriptions, candidate screening and candidate scoring.
- 09Find new clients and jobsSee the companies advertising roles right now, by industry, location and size. Add the hiring managers behind them to your client contacts in one press.
- 10Market this candidateFor agencies: on a candidate’s record, STARselect reads their CV and finds the jobs advertised on LinkedIn now that suit it. Each ad is scored against the CV and those scoring 80 or more are kept. Add the company as a client and the ad as a vacancy in one press. Each job scored against the CV counts as one CV scored.
- 11Reference checksA private link for each referee, sent from your own email or phone. They type or dictate their answers, the completed reference lands on the candidate’s record, and a reminder goes if they have not answered.
- 12Browser extensionRank applicants straight from a job board page or a browser-based applicant tracking system: open the application, then right-click the CV and choose Rank this CV with STARselect (or right-click the page and choose Rank this page). It is scored against your vacancy. The candidate and their score come straight into STARselect, under that vacancy.
- 13Shortlists for hiring managersSend a shortlist and each hiring manager marks every person Interested or Not, with a comment and no sign-in. The links work for 30 days, and their answers come straight back to you.
- 14Messages in one placeLinkedIn, Recruiter and email conversations together, so nobody is contacted twice. You are alerted when they reply, and you can reply from the same screen.
- 15Phone call logLog your phone calls with clients and candidates. Type or dictate your notes, add files, and see every call on the person’s record.
- 16Reports by team memberChoose what you want to see, a time and whose: calls made, interviews, pre-screens, checks, CVs scored, vacancies and more. Filter by category and export to Excel.
- 17STARselect CheckJob seekers, take back control: let the detective inspect your CV. Don’t feel as helpless: check your CV against a role description and, in seconds, get a score and constructive feedback on your strong claims, your weak claims and any inconsistencies, so you put your strongest CV forward for every application. Any CV is scored against a role description, then its claims are investigated. For recruiters and employers too: from A$5 a check, paid once, no subscription and no applicant tracking system needed.
What clients say.
“I would like to personally acknowledge your recent efforts and contribution in all of the recruitment activities you have undertaken and are currently undertaking for our branch. Your experience, organisation, forward planning and prompt actioning of requests has made it a delight working with you and our branch is securing quality talent as a result. Your approach is highly professional and it is worth recognising as it is the best recruitment service I have personally experienced and my team are also highly complementary. So, we thank you!”
“Simon is a great talent specialist who has helped me find key resources for project leadership roles.”
“Simon's network within the infrastructure and construction industries is second to none. He brought deep industry insight to both the internal clients he worked with along with candidates, and was highly valued by all.”
“Simon gets results! Simon recently led executive recruitment for a full team of high performing executives with great outcomes and excellent communication throughout. He is one of the most efficient and professional executive recruiters I have worked with.”
“Simon is an excellent recruiter. He is well networked in the engineering industry and always provides high calibre candidates. I can think of 5 key long-term members of my team sourced by Simon.”
“Simon is a fantastic recruitment partner. He has helped me find some exceptional talent for key leadership roles through advertising and his own professional networks. He is uber professional, efficient, focused on helping drive organisational outcomes (e.g. inclusion & diversity outcomes), action oriented and is fun to work with.”