Case Studies

Mining
Restructuring – Career Centre

Customer Need

• Closure of three mines in northern Ontario.
• Approximately 750 employees leaving the organization - 500 immediately; 250 managers with 3 months working notice.
• Managers on working notice needed to transition the work to other mines and close the locations.

Verity Solution

• Met each employee both in a group (for announcements) and individually (1:1 with a consultant) on-site, over three days.
• Set up and ran two off-site career centres for 750 employees – one for employees, one for managers.
  • Centres were open for six months.
  • Ran seminars on a variety of topics.
  • Had regular 1:1 meetings with each employee. Resourced a “Job Developer” to find opportunities for employees.
• Provided specialized reporting (statistics/charts/graphs) to company on a weekly basis.

Outcome

• Job developer found hundreds of opportunities for employees.
• Approximately 80% were re-employed within six months (some had to relocate; some were hired back to the organization).
• High satisfaction ratings from employees and organization.
• References available.