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IAMGOLD is building a future with young talent
E
ven before she started
working at IAMGOLD
Corp. a year ago, Julie
Nguyen wanted to make
sure that the company was a good
fit. The mining firm, which has
operations in Ontario, Québec
and Africa, is explicit about its
corporate values, which include
excellence, transparency and
innovation along with a strong
emphasis on respect, diversity and
safety.
“A lot of companies have a
vision or mission statement,” says
Nguyen, director of ESG (environmental, social and governance)
reporting and governance. “But I
find it more insightful during an
interview to ask what the culture
is like. Are you living and breathing those values?
“What I like about mining,” she
continues, “is that while you’re
generating value for the business,
you’re also creating value for
communities and mitigating your
impact on the environment. It was
important to me to understand
IAMGOLD’s practices around
sustainability, about diversity
and inclusion and environmental
responsibility.
“I think for a lot of my
generation and the younger generation it’s about making an impact,
and that’s important to me.”
“Our values are the foundation of our workplace culture,”
says Dorena Quinn, senior vice
president of people at IAMGOLD.
“Our people live and breathe these
values, whether they’re on-site
or in the office. They’re weaved
into our onboarding, our talent
management practices, the way we
communicate – every aspect of the
work we do.”
Nguyen, who has degrees in
biology and sustainable energy
development and worked for both
industry and in consulting, thinks
that there are plenty of roles at a
mining company like IAMGOLD
that young people and students
might not know suit their skills
and qualifications.
Besides engineering and
technical skills, she points out
the need for people trained in
human resources and finance,
and in environmental specialties
like herself. “What IAMGOLD
is doing is asking, ‘Where’s the
untapped talent, and how can we
raise the level of awareness about
careers in mining?’”
“I think for a lot of my
generation and the younger
generation it’s about
making an impact and that’s
important to me.”
— Julie Nguyen
Director, ESG Reporting and
Governance
An IAMGOLD employee on-site at the organization’s Westwood Gold Mine in Québec.
Quinn talks about a “broad
sweep of skills” the company
looks for, and how “there’s a vast
skillset in the schools that mining
companies need, but it may be
unknown.”
“We are investing heavily in the
future of the company,” Quinn
says. “We’re in schools, we’re in the
communities, and we’re talking to
young professionals about mining,
but also about the linkages
between what they’re learning and
what they can contribute to our
sector.
“Skills retention in mining
is absolutely critical, and one
of the levers we adopt is career
