Mastering Candidate Experience: Blue Collar Recruitment | COAR S2-E6
From Confessions of a Recruiter by xrecruiter.io
May 10, 2026 · 56 min
About this episode
Theo Elliott discusses the challenges and strategies in blue collar recruitment, sharing insights from his experience at Rover Recruitment.
Send us Fan Mail We sit down with Theo Elliott from Rover Recruitment to unpack the real first-year story behind a fast-growing labour hire desk in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, including the ugly parts recruiters don’t post about: rejection, cashflow stress, and learning suburbs on the fly while still trying to win work. We get practical about what moved the needle early. Theo shares why he doubled down on manufacturing, warehousing and logistics recruitment, how he approached market m...
People in this episode
Guest: Theo Elliott
Topics covered
- candidate experience
- blue collar recruitment
- labour hire
- recruitment challenges
- manufacturing
- warehousing
- logistics
Keywords
- candidate experience
- recruitment
- labour hire
- manufacturing
- warehousing
- logistics
- Brisbane
- Gold Coast
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Rover Recruitment
Places: Brisbane, Gold Coast
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