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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…

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…

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…