Expanding our Business

By Melissa Occhipinti

Regional Director Qld, WA and NZ - Paxus and Director - APSCo Australia

Over 2020, COVID brought so many challenges from maintaining good employee mental health to new COVID safe ways of working, to delivering to changing business requirements. It was a tough year for everyone - and 2021 will see us continue to navigate the uncertainty that surrounds a global pandemic.

With this in mind, it may seem like an unusual time to expand our business, but we have found now more than ever, our clients are looking for alternative workforce solutions to respond to changing business needs. Due to COVID and the lack of hiring, many internal recruitment teams were let go.

As a result, when business ramps up quickly, many of our clients don’t have the capacity to manage part or all of their recruitment functions inhouse. This has meant we have seen a sharp increase in demand this year - and along with the impacts of State based COVID shutdowns, it has been difficult to forecast where investment in resourcing support will be required. To cater for this and the growing need in the market, we have introduced a dedicated Talent Solutions team - focusing on Volume Recruitment, Project Solutions, and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO).

Our Talent Solutions team will play a major role in supporting the peaks across our business, and ensuring consistent delivery to our clients. Our highly experienced Talent Solutions Manager, Sarah Kearns, heads up our team of workforce solutions experts, who are already busy designing and implementing innovative solutions.

As a leader, my focus for 2021 will be on supporting our business and its stakeholders to get through (what is hopefully) the tail end of COVID. The impacts of COVID are widespread, and it’s important we look after each other, our mental health, and focus on supporting our team, clients, contractors, and candidates.