Why Job Adverts Alone Cannot Protect Your Operations Desk

When a senior operations desk sits empty, the financial impact is immediate. In high-volume shipping, an unmanaged desk quickly leads to missed terminal cut-offs, lost space allocations, and frustrated clients.

While posting a job advert is a standard step in any hiring process, relying solely on inbound applications introduces a significant commercial risk. Public postings only capture the active market—a very small fraction of the total talent pool.

The professionals who possess the instinct to negotiate with a terminal manager under pressure, or prioritize cargo when a vessel is suddenly overbooked, are rarely looking for a job. They are already fully engaged, successfully protecting margins for your competitors. A standard CV submission will never show these unwritten operational instincts.

Securing this caliber of talent requires a comprehensive search mandate. It means utilizing targeted advertising to capture active candidates, while simultaneously mapping the market to discreetly headhunt passive top performers.

At Tetrus Recruiting, we execute mandate-driven searches. We go beyond the job board to extract the precise operational expertise required to keep your commercial logistics running without disruption from day one.