Jessica Buddle is a labour hire leader known for building high-performing, tech-first recruitment businesses that deliver speed, scale, and standout results. With over 10 years’ experience on the frontline of agency recruitment, she specialises in helping consultants and teams maximise fill rates, unlock efficiency, and drive revenue growth.
As the force behind award-winning agency Z Staffing, Jessica has set a new benchmark in labour hire performance - filling over 3,000 roles per week at peak, with a 95–97% fill rate, and most roles filled within 30 seconds to five minutes of being requested.
She is also the Co-Founder of ZREC - a job filling engine that smart-matches roles to candidates instantly. By automating the fill, ZREC removes outdated, manual processes, enabling consultants to focus on what drives revenue: building relationships, growing their desk, and winning new business.
Jessica shares how using the right technology is revolutionising the way labour hire businesses operate - unlocking new levels of speed, scalability, and performance.
From Bulk SMS to Smart Matching: How Top Agencies Are Filling Faster at Scale
In today’s labour hire market, speed is revenue - and the agencies that win are the ones that can fill roles faster, more consistently, with great quality Candidates, and at scale. Yet many high-performing consultants and teams are still held back by outdated, manual processes that limit their ability to grow (bulk sms is not it).
In this session, Jessica Buddle, Co-Founder of ZREC, will unpack how leading agencies are leveraging smart matching technology to transform the way they operate. Drawing on real-world results from Z Staffing - where over 3,000 roles are filled weekly at peak with a 95–97% fill rate - Jessica will show how automating the fill can unlock both performance and profit.
Attendees will walk away with practical strategies to increase fill rates, reduce time-to-fill, and free up consultants to focus on what truly drives revenue: building relationships, growing their desk, and winning new business.
This session is designed for consultants and team leaders ready to rethink their approach and embrace a faster, more scalable model for labour hire success.
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