The Mining People Polling/Media Centre

Welcome to the Mining People Polling/Media Centre. We want to know what you think on a broad range of mining, recruitment, human resources (HR) & other mining industry topics.

Please contribute your thoughts below via our most current poll question or browse the archives of previous questions. If you have a question or wish to submit a topic for discussion, please email the team.

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Current Poll

What would it take for you to move to Kalgoorlie?

In this month’s poll, we want to know what it would take for you to move to Kalgoorlie to take up a residential mining job?

What would it take for you to move to Kalgoorlie-Boulder to take up a residential mining job? Please number your top 3 responses 1-3. (All responses are anonymous.)?

Subsidised housing and living costs for residential miners
Higher wages for residential mining than I can earn FIFO
Tax relief and tenure bonuses for residential miners
Offers of cheaper airfares so I can visit my family easily/affordably
Additional annual leave
If mining companies offered training opportunities
A really good promotional/career advancement opportunity
Subsidised private education for the children of residential miners
A clearer understanding of the benefits of living in Kalgoorlie
I would not move to Kalgoorlie for a mining job
Other (please comment below).

How likely are you to ever consider moving to Kalgoorlie for a mining job?

Never under any circumstances
Probably not, but if the opportunity was right I’d consider it
I’m open to it
I could easily see myself living and working in Kalgoorlie
I’d move there in a heartbeat for a good mining job

Thanks so much for taking part in this Mining People Polling/Media Centre poll. We’ll publish the results on our website next month. You can see the results of some of our other recent polls below!

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Previous Polls

Date	Name	Votes
July 2016	Which one of these would you say the personality of most successful GEOLOGISTS is most closely related to:	140
July 2016	Which one of these would you say the personality of most successful Mining Engineers is most closely related to:	121
June 2016	Do you see a bright future - would you encourage young people to enter the mining industry?	197
May 2016	Do you feel that Mining is a relatively "safe" industry? (Please select the option that reflects the level of your current/most recent position)	220
May 2016	Do you feel that Mining is a relatively "safe" industry? (Please also indicate the level of your current/most recent position)	80
May 2016	What device do you use to apply for jobs?	214
May 2016	Would you say LinkedIn has been helpful in searching for a new job?	99
April 2016	Have you been financially impacted by the recent downturn, i.e. job loss, salary cut, roster change or loss of benefits?	176
April 2016	What do you want to see more of in our blog posts?	6
April 2016	Do you agree with Rio Tinto’s initial attempt to make suppliers wait a minimum, of 60-90 days to be paid?	35