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Who and What’s Hiring in Commercial Fuel
One of the questions I get asked a lot is which sectors are actually hiring right now. People want to know where the work is, where the demand is real, and where they should be paying attention if they’re either running a business in the space or looking for their next move as a tradesperson.…
Read MoreSovereign Capacity Starts on the Workshop Floor
Sovereign capacity has become one of those phrases that gets thrown around in policy papers, ministerial speeches, and industry conferences. Everyone agrees Australia needs more of it. Fewer people are willing to sit down and answer the harder question, which is what sovereign capacity actually looks like when you walk into a workshop on a…
Read MoreThe Eastern Seaboard Diesel Supply Chain Needs Skilled Trades
If you’ve driven down the Hume on a weekday, you’ve seen Australia’s diesel supply chain in action. Tankers, prime movers, fuel haulage rigs, and the trucks that depend on the diesel those tankers are delivering. The whole thing is constantly moving, and most people never give it a second thought. They probably should. The eastern…
Read MoreTwo Recruiters, One Honest Conversation About the Australian Job Market
Most recruiters stumble into their recruitment career. They land in it by accident and stay because it gets its hooks into them, and then they spend the next decade or two trying to explain to people at dinner parties why they find it so genuinely interesting. That is roughly the story Tavis Shearer and…
Read MoreFuel Security, Sovereign Capacity and Commercial Fuel in Australia: A Workforce Briefing
Over the past week I’ve written about Australia’s fuel security position from a few different angles. The trades workforce question. The sector hiring outlook. The eastern seaboard diesel supply chain. Sovereign capacity and what it looks like on a workshop floor. This piece pulls all of that together into one place, because the more I…
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