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Your resume is your first professional introduction to a potential employer. It’s a snapshot of your career summary and successes written with the aim to get you interviews. Here are five common and critical mistakes applicants make on their resumes that hurt their...

Americans like nothing better than creating a kitschy tagline and branding. It makes us feel part of something, a movement. Our workforce generations have names like Baby Boomer and Gen X, and our eras have names like the Summer of Love and the Roaring 20s. The...

This post was created from Lindsey Schultz’s keynote to the Student and Young Professional Luncheon at AEMA Mining is a unique industry full of smart, passionate professionals. SME has forecasted, though, that by 2029 more than half the current workforce will be...

The holidays are upon us and while you’re making your list (and checking it twice) ensuring you’ve got gifts for Mom, the kids and the neighbor who waters your plants when you’re gone, you should also be thinking hard about your employees. Traditionally, a monetary...

Several years of thoughtful planning went into the recent Women in Mining National Annual Conference in Salt Lake City and it showed. I enjoyed my time there tremendously and the message, Changing the Face of Mining, was on point. The conference allowed participants...

In a U.S. job market teeming with opportunity, you’d think finding and landing a new position would be fairly easy. For a lot of people, it can be. But what if the place you’ve been dreaming of isn’t hiring? What if you’re ready for a career change or even a slight...

The Importance of Fulfilling the Generational Gap Our CEO Lindsey was recently interviewed by Jason Fearnow from the Mining Mavericks. We know the generational gap within the mining industry is critical to sustainability, but what are we doing about it? Lindsey and...

We’re excited about this conference because the focus is on the mining industry’s current challenges to attract and retain a diverse future workforce and what that looks like in collectively transforming the industry. Let us know if you are going! Email...

In my last blog I wrote how capitalizing on Generation X and Millennials’ strength will ensure a solid progression from Baby Boomer leaders to younger generations taking the industry’s helm. It may seem a bit premature, but let’s talk about the generation that follows...