Salaries for mining professionals have gone up substantially in the last two years across most vocations and there has never been a better time to enter the industry, in terms of career opportunities and salary packages._x000D_
With so many offers on the table and companies outbidding each other to attract the best talent, many new professionals are being lured in by the big money, sometimes at the expense of a satisfying career and a sustainable lifestyle._x000D_
What should we consider when accepting a new position? What are our values, and how do these drive our decision making? This paper examines our core values as people and makes some observations about what it takes to really succeed in the mining industry._x000D_
FORMAL CITATION:Fortune, R, 2006. Mining careers - short-term profit versus long-term gain, in Proceedings New Leaders' 2006, pp 95-100 (The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: Melbourne).