No vague promises. This is how an engagement with Specter runs, step by step — how fast we move, who you deal with and what we expect from each other. If something here is unclear, ask us directly.
Start a conversationOnce we have aligned on the assignment, we begin a focused search within the relevant specialist community. Every person presented has been personally contacted, screened for the assignment and confirmed as interested and available. If a requirement is genuinely unworkable, we say so during the intake rather than starting a search we cannot deliver.
We start with the work, not a job description. In an intake call we map the project context, the team someone joins, the technical stack, budget, timeline and what success looks like after three months. We confirm the agreed brief in writing before anyone starts searching.
Our communities are built per specialism — ERP, Data & AI, Security, Infrastructure & Cloud and Software. That means we already know the relevant market and can begin with established relationships instead of a database of strangers.
We only send profiles we have personally spoken to. That conversation covers technical depth against your actual context, availability, notice period, rate expectations and motivation. What we are unsure about, we flag — we do not smooth it over. You typically receive two to four profiles, not twenty.
We schedule the interviews, prepare both sides and keep feedback moving after every round. When you want to move to an offer, we manage the negotiation — rate, start date and contract terms — so nothing avoidable stalls in the final stretch.
We support contracting, freelance and consultancy engagements. The commercial model, responsibilities and terms are agreed for the specific assignment before work begins. We do not send profiles you did not ask for.
One dedicated contact who knows your specialism, no CV spraying and no submission of your profile to any client without your explicit approval. We come to you with concrete opportunities — with context, rates and honest trade-offs — and if we have nothing relevant, we say so instead of keeping you warm.
Belgium, the Netherlands and France, with offices in Antwerp, ’s-Hertogenbosch and Paris and the same specialist communities operating across all three. Cross-border assignments are common — we handle the practical and contractual differences per country.
We keep personal data only for defined purposes and share it where there is an appropriate basis to do so. You can exercise your privacy rights through our preferences page. We verify requests where necessary and apply any legal retention exceptions before confirming the outcome.
Core system modernisation, regulatory pressure and security expertise that has to hold up to an audit.
Public sectorDigital public services, long procurement cycles and a hard requirement for continuity.
Energy & utilitiesGrid data, OT security and the engineers who understand both the physical and the digital side.
Retail & logisticsCommerce platforms, supply chain data and peak seasons that leave no room for a slow hire.
Healthcare & life sciencesClinical systems, validated environments and data that carries the highest sensitivity there is.
Manufacturing & industryERP transformation, factory connectivity and the specialists who can stand on a shop floor.