Mining faces an unprecedented skills shortage, which has elevated talent to the top of executives’ agendas. Partner Tino Grabbert and colleagues find mining is not seen as an attractive industry for young talent in Canada, for example. Of nine sectors evaluated in a recent survey, young talent placed mining last when considering sectors for employment.
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A vertical bar chart displays 9 sectors, representing the attractiveness of different industries to young talent in Canada. Each bar represents a different industry, and each bar segment qualifies what polled respondents think about their own likelihood of working as employees of these industries. The bars are arranged in ascending order of attractiveness of each industry to the respondents and, from left to right, are labeled as follows: mining (as the least attractive industry), followed by oil and gas, construction, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, financial services, arts and culture, high tech, and finally, healthcare. From top to bottom, the bar segments are labeled as follows: definitely would, probably would, might consider, probably would not, and definitely would not—with a baseline between “might consider” and “probably would not” running across all bars.
Note: Totals may not sum to 100, because of rounding.
Source: Mining Industry Human Resources Council 2020 Employer Survey, Mining Industry Human Resources Council, 2021: 15 Canadian mining companies, representing more than 25,000 employees, participated in the survey, which was conducted during Dec 2020 and Jan 2021
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To read the article, see “Has mining lost its luster? Why talent is moving elsewhere and how to bring them back,” February 14, 2023.