Regional managers hiring on instinct
A site is short-staffed, the roster is exposed, and the area manager hires the first person who can start Monday. It solves this week. It is also how a location quietly becomes a team that nobody would have built on purpose.
59% of recruiting employers were replacing someone who had left, and 41% could not fill the vacancy within a month.
Source: Jobs and Skills Australia, Recruitment Insights Report, June 2026
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