Five ways to become an industrialist in Yakutia

As you know, industry is a fairly promising field of activity. Given the vector of its development in the republic and competitive salaries, industrial specialties will be in demand in the coming years.  YSIA together with the Russian Polymetal Mining Company Here are five effective ways to get a job in this industry.

Post your resume on job search websites

According to the Deputy Director for Personnel and Social Affairs of the Yakut branch of Polymetal Management Company JSC Natalia Chepurnova they constantly monitor job search sites. Therefore, it makes sense not to sit back and post your information – this is how your future employer will see you.

It is best to turn to websites that specialize in vacancies.: HeadHunter, SuperJob.ru, rabota.ru, local website rabota.ykt.ru and others. Polymetal also cooperates with the Republican Employment Center, promptly transmitting information about its vacancies. The main thing is to write a resume correctly. This method is for those who already have a relevant education and are looking for a specific specialty.

"We select vacancies ourselves, we contact our partners – the Agency for Human Capital Development, the Department of Employment and others. We also independently post vacancies on websites, study applicants' resumes, cooperate with the Mining and Geological College in Khandyg, with NEFU mining and exploration faculties and other institutions of our profile"- Natalia Chepurnova comments.

Keep in mind that applicants are attracted to those employees who are geographically closer to their future place of work. It is clear that the Yakut companies focus on the local population. Our region is remote, and it is expensive for an employer to transport staff from other Russian cities to the capital of the republic, and then to the deposits.

We emphasize that wages in industry are really decent. Businesses pay both student interns and interns starting their careers.   Shift work does not seem romantic to everyone, and the "two months worked, two months rested" mode may not suit someone for various reasons.  It is noted that shift settlements with developed infrastructure, comfortable dormitories with safe conditions, in which from one hundred to one thousand people can live at the same time, are currently being built.

On the foothills of the Southern Verkhoyansk region, on the territory of the legendary Nezhdaninka, a modern shift settlement has grown up that meets all safety requirements

Search for jobs on your own

If employers do not find the right person, they post information about the search for specialists themselves. You can view already published vacancies on ad sites or on the web pages of the companies you are interested in.

Be attentive to the description of professions and requirements for employees. Each specialty has its own set of competencies: industrial enterprises need not only geologists, miners and crushers, but also drivers, accountants, lawyers, dispatchers and crane operators.

"We need drivers, geologists, laboratory technicians, miners, and people mostly want to be managers and managers. Technical specialties are in high demand. Lawyers and accountants are always needed, but not in large numbers"- Natalia Chepurnova notes.

Polymetal has been working in the mining industry for 20 years and is one of the three leading gold mining companies in Russia. It has nine operating enterprises, and in Yakutia it is based at the Nezhdaninsky gold deposit in the Tomponsky district and at the silver deposit Forecast in the Verkhoyansky district.

Note that there is no stereotypical discrimination in the fact that industry is not a woman's business. There are representatives of the beautiful half of humanity in other regions of the company. They work as drivers of heavy bulldozers, laboratory engineers, construction workers, and geologists.  As for age, both 30-year-olds and 60-year-olds can work in the industry, depending on their health status. Polymetal has 12,000 employees, one third of whom are under the age of 30. But, of course, shift work in the Far North requires a medical examination. There are no other restrictions.

Show all your practical experience on WorldSkills

Personal activity and initiative will help you get your dream job. To do this, you can become a participant in such championships as WorldSkills.

WorldSkills International is an international non–profit association whose goal is to raise the status and standards of professional training and qualifications around the world. The organization holds championships in more than 45 specialties every two years. Yakutia officially joined this movement in 2013.

Qualifying competitions in various competencies are held annually in the republic. The winners participate in Russian and international professional skill competitions according to WorldSkills standards. Among the current employees of Polymetal, there are those who have won prizes in this competition. The exam at such championships is as close as possible to the real conditions. Practical experience is useful for students, and for employers it shows the abilities of a future employee, his principles and skills.

Graduates with secondary vocational education can become participants.

Sergey Ulyanich, head of the motor transport and special equipment section at Nezhdaninsky, with Vasily Chuprov, the winner of the competition in Khandyga this spring.

"A talented bulldozer driver is not only someone who masterfully performs all actions, hammers nails with a ripper or digs meter—long trenches. A true professional takes care of his equipment, spends a minimum of time on repairs in the garage, and more on the line for 11 hours in the cold to minus 45 degrees. From the very beginning, I noticed one kid among the six contestants. Even though he had some mistakes, his understanding of the technique couldn't be overlooked. He was not afraid of the bulldozer, it was obvious that he felt his car, moved quickly and confidently, and performed all tasks accurately. As a result, it was he who scored the most points.", — said the head of the motor transport and special equipment section at Nezhdaninsky Sergey Ulyanich.

Prove yourself at the CASE-IN Engineering Championship

International Engineering Championship "CASE_IN" — the largest practice-oriented competition in Russia and the CIS countries for solving engineering cases. Interested schoolchildren (junior league), students of higher educational institutions, as well as young specialists in the fields of fuel and energy and mineral resources complexes can take part in it.

For example, a graduate of the NEFU Geological Exploration Faculty Kira Olenova, who eventually became an employee of Polymetal, twice participated in the finals of the Case-in International Engineering Championship in Moscow. Thus, this competition can be considered a forge of potential personnel in the industry.

Kira Olenova on the silver Forecast during practice. A little less than a year ago, the girl jumped for the first time with a backpack from a helicopter that brought another shift to the mountains. Kira had a two-month internship, a midge, endless rows of cores, the support of colleagues, the mentoring of chief geologist Maxim Malykh, a fun Day at the metallurgist, and eventually an offer that could not be refused.

Complete an internship or internship at the company

The experience during the student period will be a plus for employment. The search for employees begins with the personnel reserve, from the list of those already familiar with the activities at the fields. As a rule, the best interns get places where they studied during their student years. In addition, they already have experience working in shifts.

To do this, you need to enroll, for example, at the NEFU Geological Exploration Faculty, whose practical employment involves cooperation with enterprises. Interns are accepted for internships from the third year with five years of study and from the second if the student studies for four years.

Polymetal has agreements with the Northeastern Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov and the Khandyg Mining and Geological College. The company has a corporate program "Youth. Professionalism. Career" for the adaptation and self-realization of students and young professionals.

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