Mining Industry Jobs: Job-Seeking Advice
How to Get on the Mining Industry Job Ladder
Students, graduates and people wishing to get their first job in the mining industry can find out information about mining scholarships offered in schools and colleges, and receive advice from mining recruiters currently looking for engineering graduates.
Interview: Carl Bosman, Recruitment Specialist
Interview with Carl Bosman, a recruitment specialist working in the mining industry. Carl offers advice for graduates looking for jobs in mining and talks about his experience working on mining infrastructure and underground mining construction.
Interview: Sacha Iley, Human Resources Manager
Sacha Iley is a human resources manager for Nova Gold, a growing mining concern. With growing issues of staff shortages in the North American mining job market, Sacha describes the measures Nova Gold are taking to ensure their ability to recruit matches their growth.
Interview: Chris Sennitt, Vice President of Exploration
Chris Sennitt is an exploration geologist by profession and is currently the vice president of exploration at Orient Minerals in South Korea. He tells us of mineral exploration in hostile environments and gives advice to anyone who's dreams are of finding the next big body of ore.
Interview: Paul Kincell, Interim Manager
Interview with Paul Kincell who works as an interim manager for DavyMarkham, a multi-skilled heavy engineering company.
Paul talks about graduate interim manager programmes, including applying for positions and undertaking training and placements to gain experience.
Interview: Richard Davies, Opencast Site Manager
Richard has worked in the coal industry since 1971 and has seen a lot of changes in the industry. We talk to him about his career, look at the passions that drive him, and pick up some advice on the future of coal industry careers for the next generation.
Interview: Keith Thomas, Deputy Site Manager / Engineering Manager
Keith is the deputy site manager and engineering manager at Nant Helen opencast mine in South Wales. We catch up on his career in coal from the early 1970s, the range of disciplines available within coal mining and why you should always be prepared to move to push your career in coal.
Interview: Shona Prosser, Production Superintendent
Shona is production superintendent of the casting facility at Rio Tinto's aluminium smelter in Tasmania. From her early career as a development engineer and metallurgist, Shona tells us how her first taste of people management changed her career path.
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