CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
Attracting new talent
Attracting the next generation
Our new ‘High Potential’ programme is identifying and shaping future leaders throughout our business to ensure they are encouraged to continue their careers at Kazakhmys. In 2011, we began by selecting 2,000 promising employees from across our workforce to undergo aptitude testing for the programme.
An external supplier carried out the testing to ensure it was done fairly and objectively. We used the results to select 331 employees with the potential to help lead our business in the future. The next phase will narrow the field to 100 employees. Each of the 331 shortlisted employees will be interviewed by a functional director, each of whom will select the best candidates for the final list. Those with ‘High Potential’ will then receive the training needed to ensure they are suitable successors for key management roles.
Training will range from Masters degrees to visits to leading companies and best-in-class mines around the world. The 231 employees who do not make the final list will continue to benefit from our talent management programme. Though still in development, we intend to continue the Top 100 programme in some form each year.
