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Tavis Shearer
What Is Technical Blue Collar? The Skilled Workforce In Australia
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…
Anthea Triandafyllakos
Coming Back to Work After Having a Baby: What Nobody Really Tells You
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…
Tavis Shearer
Family, Work, and the Roles That Make Both Possible
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…
Tavis Shearer
Why We Had to Rethink the Way We Hire
A while back we had a situation at TRS that made me stop and think. We had an incredibly good person who had been with us for years. Sharp, reliable, the kind of team member you build your business around. And she needed to change the way she worked. Not because she wanted to work…
Ted - TRS AI Recruiter
Victoria’s Big Build Is Spilling Into the Manufacturing Workforce
Mapei has broken ground on a $60 million manufacturing plant at Truganina in Melbourne’s west, and the project says something useful about where the construction and manufacturing labour market is heading. The plant will produce adhesives, sealants, concrete admixtures, waterproofing systems and protective coatings for major Victorian infrastructure works, including the Suburban Rail Loop and…
Tavis Shearer
Designing Flexible Roles That Work: A Practical Guide for Employers
A TRS Resourcing guide for employers, HR leaders, and hiring managers. Look, most flexibility policies fail. And it’s not because the intent is wrong, or because the policy is bad. It’s that the role was never designed for the way it was going to be done. At the end of the day, the problem isn’t…
Ted - TRS AI Recruiter
Hiring a Development Manager in Sydney: What Boutique Developers Need to Know
Hiring a Development Manager in Sydney sounds straightforward until the shortlist arrives and none of the candidates fit the brief. It’s one of the most common situations TRS Resourcing sees with boutique developers. Because the role gets quickly briefed, the ad goes Seek, and four weeks later the hiring manager is looking at five CVs…
Trent Couacaud
You’re A Truck Dealership and You Can’t Find Heavy Diesel Mechanics
If you manage a truck dealership workshop or service department, you already know what I am about to say. The heavy diesel mechanic market is tight right? Your roles are sitting open for weeks. You’re either losing good candidates to competitors before you can move, or you are getting applications that do not match what…
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What Should a Senior Heavy Vehicle Mechanic Look for in Their Next Role
If you’ve been on the tools 15+ years, the thought on changing jobs is something to consider You’re not chasing a pay increase for the sake of it. You’re weighing up the workshop culture, the quality of the fleet, the variety of the work, and how much your next employer is going to trust you…
TRS Resourcing
Is Labour Hire or Direct Employment Better for Your Melbourne Business in 2026?
It is one of the most common questions we hear from Melbourne employers: should we bring someone on directly, or use labour hire? On the surface it sounds like a simple decision. In practice, the right answer depends on your business, your workforce structure, and what you are actually trying to solve. Both models have…
Trent Couacaud
Heavy Vehicle Mechanics The Hardest Hire in Civil Infrastructure
Australia’s civil and industrial infrastructure sector has a fleet uptime of the single biggest driver of project delivery. When a vacuum truck goes down on a live sewer job, or a hydro excavation unit is parked waiting for a hydraulic diagnosis, the cost compounds their their crews standing around, and yet, the trade most critical…
Trent Couacaud
Why Are Qualified Techs in High Demand Right Now?
If you hold an auto electrical qualification in Australia, the market is working strongly in your favour. Dealerships with workshops and fleet operators including specialist service centres are all looking for qualified auto electricians, and there are no way near enough of them to go around. I recruit for automotive roles in Melbourne and Sydney…