01 December 2008

New TMS CEO Andrew Chan beefs up WA

Just days after taking the helm at TMS Asia-Pacific, newly appointed CEO Andrew Chan has moved to increase the recruitment specialistÃ¢â¬â¢s operation in Western Australia.

Announcing the appointment of Sharon Moss and Scott Worgan to manage a dedicated WA desk Mr Chan said that while WA was feeling the effects of the global crisis, the regionÃ¢â¬â¢s hospitality and travel industry continued to offer potential for the company.

Ã¢â¬ÅâœThe WA industry has been experiencing a shortfall of skilled candidates for several years now, exacerbated in part by the stateÃ¢â¬â¢s mineral boom,Ã¢â¬~ he said.

Ã¢â¬ÅâœThis is particularly the case in regional WA where the tourism industry continues to struggle to find qualified staff."

Ã¢â¬ÅâœBut with the stateÃ¢â¬â¢s resource sector starting to feel the effects of the global recession and employersÃ¢â¬â¢ belts beginning to tighten, many people who left the travel industry to take on new roles with companies involved in the resource boom are now starting to filter back.Ã¢â¬~

Ã¢â¬ÅâœWeÃ¢â¬â¢re seeing slow growth in both the number of employers looking to recruit short term staff and the number of available candidates, many of them overseas-based Australians heading back home for the summer months."

Ã¢â¬ÅâœAnd if the British press is anything to go by, we can expect to see a significant increase in these numbers with the news that record numbers of Australians are leaving the UK to find better job opportunities back home.Ã¢â¬~

Many of these, he said, have good experience working in the European hospitality and travel sector.

Ms Moss will manage temporary/contract portfolio activity while Mr Worgan will focus on permanent recruitment.

A Report by The Mole