Lisa Belcastro is Zoom Recruitment’s Transport Specialist. She has been working in recruitment for 20 years. For the last 15 years, she has focused on recruiting people in the Warehouse, Transport and the Logistics sector, specialising in sourcing drivers and building relationships with trucking companies.
There are over 7,000 recruitment agencies that support almost every industry in the Australian market. How do you know you have the right one?
On the 8th of March, we celebrated International Women’s Day in a very special way through a partnership with one of our biggest Transport and Logistics clients.
Harmony Week is about celebrating Australia’s cultural diversity that respects and welcomes people of all cultural traditions and faiths. At Zoom Recruitment, we all play an important role in supporting any and all differences - which aligns to this year’s Harmony Week message of Everyone Belongs. We value our multicultural, diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects our people, clients and community.
Australia has a culturally diverse population with one in every 4 people having been born overseas. On top of this, 46 per cent of the Australian population has at least one parent who was born overseas, and around 20 per cent of Australians speak a language other than English at home. Since we provide recruitment solutions, we are recruiting from the entire spectrum of the Australian workforce. So why is it fundamental that we embrace diversity in our workplace?
The effects of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic have left many people feeling isolated, disconnected, and exhausted. The past 2 years have presented a unique set of challenges, and more than ever, it is crucial to make sure our people feel safe, valued and supported.
At the beginning of this year, we shared this image with everyone on our LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram pages:
We are always blown away by the stories our staff share with us when we start to ask them how they Make People Matter. Take for example when our General Manager Nathan interviewed (yes, he still jumps in and does this to help) a young person looking for a warehouse role. When Nathan saw that our candidate didn’t want his leg disability to define his ability to work, Nate immediately ordered a functional capacity test and full screening, which the young man passed with no issues. Today, after many months, this person is still at the warehouse helping to make sure packages arrive at people’s homes on time. His name is Jonathan.
In an industry where the core service revolves around people, it could be considered quite ironic when staffing requirements make people less important than the recruitment process just to deliver in the quickest time possible.
How can our recruiters understand the anxiety and uncertainty that our candidates feel when moving from one casual job to another? Or how about the surge of nervousness that our candidates feel when interviewing for a permanent role? How can we, as a recruitment agency, encourage empathy for what every person our recruiters speak to over the phone feels each day?
