Searching for future mining talent

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Searching for future mining talent

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• What’s driving the mining industry to look outside of its usual talent pool today
• What ‘alternative talent’ is in the context of mining, and where companies could look for candidates with essential and transferrable skills sets
• Factors that mining companies need to consider when hiring, upskilling and looking to retain people from outside of the mining and metals sector
• Why it’s so important that the industry meets people where they’re at in terms of their needs and wants, especially as Gen Z moves through the ranks
• How job sharing and ‘returnships’ could also help to mitigate mining skills gaps in the future
• How searching for talent and leadership, particularly from outside of the traditional mining pool, can help the industry to become more successful and sustainable

Further reading

Read further insights from Lindsey here and listen to her chat with Emily King on the Ore-atory podcast