Notably, Management Occupations jobs accounted for a 10% share of the global mining industry’s corporate governance-related total new job postings in Q2 2023, down 29% over the prior quarter.

Management Occupations drive corporate governance-related hiring activity

Management Occupations, with a share of 10%, emerged as the top corporate governance-related job roles within the mining industry in Q2 2023, with new job postings drop by 29% quarter-on-quarter. Business and Financial Operations Occupations came in second with a share of 8% in Q2 2023, with new job postings dropping by 10% over the previous quarter.

The other prominent corporate governance roles include Architecture and Engineering Occupations with an 8% share in Q2 2023, Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a 7% share of new job postings.

Top five companies in mining industry accounted for 39% of hiring activity

The top companies, in terms of number of new job postings tracked by GlobalData, as of Q2 2023 were Cummins, Cleveland-Cliffs, Caterpillar, GEA Group, and Anglo American. Together they accounted for a combined share of 39% of all corporate governance-related new jobs in the mining industry.

Cummins posted 413 corporate governance-related new jobs in Q2 2023, Cleveland-Cliffs 403 jobs, Caterpillar 236 jobs, GEA Group 172 jobs, and Anglo American 133 jobs, according to GlobalData’s Job Analytics.

Hiring activity was driven by the US with a 39.53% share of total new job postings, Q2 2023

The largest share of corporate governance-related new job postings in the mining industry in Q2 2023 was in the US with 39.53% followed by Australia (12.90%) and Canada (12.10%). The share represented by the US was six percentage points lower than the 45.94% share it accounted for in Q1 2023.

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This content was updated on 24 July 2023

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