The multinational Cerrejón is the leading mining company and the only one in the top 100 for attracting and retaining talent in the country, according to Merco Talent Colombia 2024this is his fifteenth consecutive year maintaining that privilege.
This is a recognition of the company’s efforts to be a quality employer that promotes an organizational culture based on respect for human rights, personal and professional development, and access to excellent benefits that impact the lives of workers and their families. .
Merco Talento is a reputation ranking that each year identifies in Colombia the companies in all sectors that best attract and retain corporate talent. The meter includes the analysis of multiple variables within which work quality stands out.
This is how the employer brand and internal reputation are evaluated according to the rating obtained through more than 64,000 surveys carried out with opinion leaders, members of academia, civil society, workers, directors and experts, among others.
“At Cerrejón we work every day to develop leaders who take on present and future challenges, as well as on strategies that lead to a productive environment for our employees and contractors. In addition, we seek to develop a motivated, disciplined and safe workforce to achieve goals.
We are based on good treatment and respect, seeking to have relationships based on trust with our key actors such as the union, contractor companies and other collaborators, which distinguishes us as an attractive employer for the labor market.“, he claimed Juanita Bejaranovice president of Human Resources and Services at Cerrejón.
In 2023, Cerrejón generated jobs for more than 12,500 workers, including direct workers and contractors, of which 58% are from La Guajira and, if the personnel hired in the Caribbean region are added, the indicator shows 90%. Additionally, 12% of its direct employees are women and 50% of the steering committee was made up of women.
To achieve results such as Merco Talento or Merco Responsibility and Corporate Governance, as well as other corporate recognitions, the organization provides great benefits to its employees such as the provision of educational aid for employees and their children of up to more than 11 million pesos per student. ; housing loans with a lower rate of up to 50% of those of the market; the 89% subsidy of the Prepaid Medicine Plan, among others.
