Chris Bradley is the Managing Director at VRents Construction Equipment. Located in Adelaide Australia, VRents provides specialist rental services to the civil construction, bulk materials handling, major projects, quarries, pipeline, utilities infrastructure, road construction, mining, site remediation and bulk earthworks industries.

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Ian Coleman is the Managing Director at Conplant, a company with over 60 years of history in the Australian equipment rental industry.

Conplant was awarded Hire Company of the Year at the HIRE22 Convention in Adelaide.

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Tom is a Hire Controller and Transport Coordinator at Camden Hire in Sydney Australia. Tom is 21 and is the youngest guest we have had on the podcast and shares his insights from joining the equipment rental industry while in high school to now working full-time at Camden Hire.

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Mark Simonsen is the host of The Rental Journal Podcast. Many requests have come in over the past year to learn about Mark's story, so Gary Radford of Mynt Group stepped up to the plate to host this weeks podcast episode.

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Glenn Martin is the Managing Director at Ahern Australia / New Zealand and the President of Snorkel Asia.

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Ben Blood is the Vice President of Big L Rentals & Sales an equipment rental company based in Garden City Kansas.

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Weekly Equipment Rental News in 12 minutes, all news articles are available in the show notes.

News Links

• https://www.hireandrentalnews.com.au/orange-hire-lists-at-2-best-place-to-work/
• Countdown to an inspirational HIRE22 - Hire And Rental News
• New standard for NSW scaffolding - Hire And Rental News
• Dingli announces world's first oil-free, all-electric MEWP series (hireandrentalnews.com.au)
• https://www.forconstructionpros.com/construction-technology/apps/article/22158917/united-rentals-inc-five-ways-mobile-apps-improve-equipment-management
• The Latest Innovations in Asphalt Roller Design & Technology | For Construction Pros
• 5 Tips to Improved Hydraulic Hammer Operation | For Construction Pros
• https://www.rermag.com/home/article/21240896/ameco-expands-site-services-offerings-with-acquisition-of-fm-mafco
• Manitou First Quarter Revenue Declines 4.5 Percent on Supply Chain Issues | Rental Equipment Register (rermag.com)
• Rental Equipment Investment Corp. Acquires Total Construction Rentals | Rental Equipment Register (rermag.com)
• https://www.internationalrentalnews.com/news/irn100-survey-deadline-extended-to-3-may/8019760.article

Federica Gargiuli is regarded as one of the top recruitment specialist in the equipment rental industry, and the founder of Talent Supply. Federica talks about her journey in the equipment rental industry, talks about some of the common challenges rental businesses are faced with and provides some tips on improving your recruitment strategy.

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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Introduction
0:52 - Who is Freddie?
5:16 - Joining the industry
9:54 - Careers in rental
12:36 - Dealing with rejection
14:06 - Resume targets
16:50 - Starting Talent Supply
23:40 - Recruitment process
26:25 - Flat fees vs percentage
33:32 - Recruitment misconceptions
36:35 - Example of trust
39:00 - New people in the industry
43:01 - Be kinder to yourself
45:50 - Women in Hire
48:20 - Definition of success

Curtis Fort is CEO of Construction Credit and Finance Group and specializing in debt collection.

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This podcast episode was sponsored by Boom & Bucket. If you’re selling, Boom & Bucket will inspect, photograph, market, and sell your machines so you can focus on your rental business. If you’re looking for new equipment, Boom & Bucket has hundreds of inspected and guaranteed machines that you can browse and buy from your phone. See why the average buyer gives Boom & Bucket a 9.5 out of 10 review. Learn more at at https://www.boomandbucket.com/

This podcast episode was sponsored by The Fleet Office. Get away from paper documents and spreadsheets and become more compliant by using our cloud-based fleet management software. Save money by streamlining your hire business and understanding your fleet and utilisation better. Learn more at https://www.thefleetoffice.com.au/

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Gary Radford is the Managing Director of Mynt Group a company focused on power, fuel & distribution products. Gary has a lifetime of experience in the equipment rental industry working at Wreckair, Donpra Hire, Onsite Rental Group and starting his own businesses Generator Solutions, WASP & Rhino FSD which would eventually be merged into Vortex Group of Companies and sold to National Pump and Energy (NPE).

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This podcast episode was sponsored by Boom & Bucket. If you’re selling, Boom & Bucket will inspect, photograph, market, and sell your machines so you can focus on your rental business. If you’re looking for new equipment, Boom & Bucket has hundreds of inspected and guaranteed machines that you can browse and buy from your phone. See why the average buyer gives Boom & Bucket a 9.5 out of 10 review. Learn more at at https://www.boomandbucket.com/

This podcast episode was sponsored by The Fleet Office. Get away from paper documents and spreadsheets and become more compliant by using our cloud-based fleet management software. Save money by streamlining your hire business and understanding your fleet and utilisation better. Learn more at https://www.thefleetoffice.com.au/

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