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More applications haven’t led to better hires. AI has made it easier for candidates to apply for dozens of roles in one sitting, and the result is more noise, not more fit. That’s the strongest case for using a recruitment agency in 2026: a good one cuts through the noise, tests the résumé against the…

Diesel mechanic pay rates in Australia have moved, and many employer offers haven’t kept up. At TRS Resourcing, we’re regularly seeing businesses lose diesel and heavy vehicle mechanics at the offer stage because the base rate on the table reflects the market from two years ago, one year ago, or in some cases only six…

The Melbourne recruitment market is improving, and at TRS we’re hiring across more desks than we’ve had going in a long time. But I’m not going to pretend it’s been a straight line. Industrial recruitment in Melbourne put TRS through a very tough 18 months to two years before this one, and I made a…

  I get asked about the diesel mechanic hourly rate in Melbourne more than nearly any other question, and for good reason. If you’re trade qualified and you’ve been sitting on the same number for two years, you want to know what the market is paying before you go anywhere. So here’s what we’re seeing…

A couple of weeks ago I put out a short video saying the Melbourne recruitment market is improving. I had a few people reach out asking what I meant by that, so here’s the detail. The clearest indicator I’m watching is diesel mechanic pay rates in Melbourne, because rates tend to move before anything else…