Graduates wined and dined by mining industry headhunters 'thirsty' to fill skills gap

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Meet the 20-year-old mining engineering students being offered 'six-figure' salaries as they approach graduation in the middle of a boom.

Generous Friday night bar tabs and on-the-spot job offers while playing pool — this is the life of mining engineering students soon to graduate amid a skills shortage in Western Australia's latest mining boom.Uni students in relevant fields are being courted through social eventsFor many university students around the country, graduation this year is a daunting process with an uncertain pandemic-hit economy.

Mining students Ryan Stewart and Jarvis de Lacy say the amount of free alcohol and food they get is 'crazy'.Ryan Stewart is a fourth-year mining engineering student at the Kalgoorlie campus and already has six job offers."The mining industry is thirsty for us," Mr Stewart said.

"I was drunk having a chat and they [company representatives] gave me a dart and they were trying to convince me to come work for them," geology student Harry Taverner said."They're doing a nice thing offering it to you but there's just so much out there right now you're just not interested.

 

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Ban all fossil fuels and destroy this industry oh wait we need to get food shipped to stores don't we

Yuck yuck yuck yuck yuck. Coal is killing this country and this planet. Shut it down, save our environment, invest in clean energy. Invest your super, your banking, your home loans, in companies that value clean air and seas. Stop shitting where you eat!

“Generous Friday night bar tabs” So, plied with alcohol... Alcohol is a very dangerous drug.

Good on them! That’s smart.

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