Ep 30: Redesigning Mining's Workforce Across Borders

👤 Gabriela Castro-Smith, President of Trade in Motion
🎙️ Lindsey Schultz, CEO of MRC Recruiting

Host Lindsey Schultz and guest Gabriela Castro‑Smith (Trade in Motion) unpack North America's mining talent gap: retirements, shrinking engineering and trades pipelines, and the perception problem. They dig into real-world barriers—remote sites, dual-income households, childcare, commute/rosters—and why culture, leadership, and continuous upskilling beat pay alone. Gabriela outlines a playbook: put workforce planning on par with capital planning, partner early with colleges, modernize schedules…