Introduction of Internship with Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold

Hello everyone ~

I want to introduce Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold to everyone!  Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold is a United States and also International based natural resource company with an industry leading global portfolio of mineral assets.  The company is a leading national and international resources company with headquarters in Phoenix.  The company's resources are reserves of copper, gold, molybdenum, cobalt, oil and gas.  The company is also the world's largest producer of molybdenum and a significant gold, oil and gas producer.

Nationally the company sites are located in Bagdad, Chino, Miami, Morenci, Safford, Green Valley (Tucson), and Tyrone in Arizona; along with a site in Colorado -- this entails the North America sites.  Internationally (South America) the sites are located in Peru and Chile.  Other sites internationally are in Spain, Europe, Asia, and Africa (Tenke).  This gives you an idea that the copper business is still booming! 

The company employs approximately 35,000 employees.  It has a strong commitment to safety performance, environmental management, and to the local communities where it operates.  The company follows strict values to the core that include honesty, fairness, respect, trust, and integrity.

Later in posts, I'll be able to explain the breakdowns of the reserves -- copper, cobalt, oil & natural gas, gold, and molybdenum.

Even though I am an Corporate employee as the Site Staffing Specialist in the Human Resource Department, I have physically been assigned and reporting in Bagdad, Arizona.  Bagdad is up north approximately one hour from Wickenburg and about an hour and a half from Prescott.  It's a small mining town and the company actually owns the town. 

My position in our office is specializing in recruiting and staffing for the company.  I work closely with my team at the site and also my team at Corporate in Phoenix.  I create and open the requisitions/positions, and work closely with all teams until the positions are filled.  Once a position has been opened, my team in Phoenix reviews all the Applicants that have applied, and the ones that meet the minimum requirements of the job position are then phone prescreened through them and then progressed forward to Bagdad.  At this point, I focus working closely with the Hiring Managers of the specific department.  The Hiring Managers advise me which candidates they would like to interview, and then I have them scheduled.  I have been assisting our HR Generalists in leading with the majority of the interviews.  It's a long process, but after the interviews are all conducted and a selected candidate has been chosen, Applicants depending if the position is exempt or non-exempt then goes into a thorough background check.  Once we receive notification that the candidate meets company standards (cleared background), then we can progress them to the next level which is to hire.  It's an exciting job and every day is different at the office.  Working with so many different teams, I have to be able to have great communication with all of them to make the process move smoothly!