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  • May 17, 2012 - Image makeover needed to draw fresh talent to mining - Industry has to do a better job of informing the public about the facts of modern mining and especially about the social, environmental and health and safety advances it has made.

  • May 9, 2012 - Canada-wide building boom leaves labour pool dry - Economists for the Construction Sector Council predict that Canada will create 111,000 new construction jobs by 2019, while 208,000 workers will retire, creating "unprecedented demand" on the labour workforce, says the president of the national construction association.

  • May 3, 2012 - Australian recruitment war hits Canada’s energy, mining sectors - Australia alone will need to recruit 100,000 skilled professionals to develop more than A$150-billion in mining and liquefied natural gas projects set to roll out in the near future

  • April 25, 2012 - Mining skills battle heats up - Whether it be a junior, an intermediate or a major, it seems mining companies are scouting the world to find skilled workers for the latest mining boom.

  • April 25, 2012 - Barrick joins global war for talent: Corporate Canada - In Canada, average weekly wages for workers in the mining, quarrying, oil and gas industries, the country’s highest paid industry, rose 8.2 percent to C$1,842.59 ($1,846.28) in January from a year ago, according to Statistics Canada.

  • April 15, 2012 - Gold glitters for North American mining students - The average starting offer across the four departments was $65,868 a year, well above the $42,569 median that the National Association of Colleges and Employers expects first-time job seekers with college degrees to command in 2012.