Posts by claire.ford@trsresourcing.com

When businesses come to me looking for a heavy diesel mechanic, the conversation usually starts the same way. They need someone experienced, they need them soon, and they’re frustrated because the last few attempts to fill the role haven’t worked out. What I’ve noticed over time is that the frustration often comes from a gap…

When people ask me what I do now, I tell them I am a Client Relationship Manager at TRS Resourcing. And sometimes the follow-up question is: what does that mean exactly? As the role did not exist at TRS before I came back from parental leave. It was built around a gap in what the…

A few years ago, the term “technical blue collar” wasn’t widely used. Today it’s appearing in industry conversations, workforce planning documents, and recruitment briefs across Australia. At TRS Resourcing, we’ve been working in this space since our founding, and we believe the term matters because it draws an important distinction that too many businesses still…

Coming back to work after having a baby is quite the logistics challenge, but, it’s also a professional identity challenge too. Honestly I was nervous to have the conversation. Even after years in recruitment, knowing our clients and sectors well, there was a moment where I was not sure how to approach it. What made…

  A few weeks ago I was on a call with a candidate who is a brilliant operations coordinator. Ten years of experience in logistics, knows the industry backwards, well-regarded by everyone she has ever worked with. She had been out of the workforce for two years after her second child and was ready to…